EU Referendum campaign recap: David Cameron warns of 'risks' of Brexit There's just 12 days to go and it's getting silly now. David Cameron is threatening to take all the pensioners' lovely perks away if Britain votes to leave the EU - and he's so worried about it he said risk EIGHTEEN times in a 20 minute interview. pre bonded hairHis wife Samantha, somewhat unsurprisingly, has joined Dave's side in calling for Remain, for the sake of her "children and their future." More surprisingly, John Cleese - Basil Fawlty himself - has come out for Brexit. Cue a barrage of 'ex-project' and 'don't mention the war' jokes. Also out - though not yet out of the Ecuadorian Embassy - is Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is troubled by the European Arrest Warrant for all sorts of reasons. Here's all the action from EU referendum campaign trail as it happened.

Ben Glaze Labour MPs plead for TV air-time ahead of EU referendum Twenty Labour MPs have written an open letter pleading with TV bosses for air time in the EU referendum run-in. They fear the party’s message is being drowned out by the Tory civil war as the countdown to June 23 continues. remy hair extensionsLabour bigwigs launch a media blitz this week in a desperate bid to drum up support for Remain. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a speech on Monday, while Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn makes his second major intervention of the campaign. Read the full story here 15:53 Mikey Smith

Ben Glaze The big question of the day They’re calling it Hairgate. OK, nobody’s calling it that, but it’s still among the most asked questions of the day. Does Boris Johnson dye his hair? The story broke this morning when he admitted it in a Sunday Times Magazine article by political editor Tim Shipman. perruques cheveux naturelsBut hours later he backtracked, contacting the journalist who wrote the article only to claim it was all a jape. Mr Johnson told the hack: “I do remember saying yes in what was a satirical voice. I remember thinking ‘God I hope he doesn’t take that seriously’.” Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman, whose story triggered the storm, tweeted: “Boris Johnson has just called to say he thought I was joking about hair dye and that he was joking too about using it! “Boris has requested ‘an urgent point of clarification’ about hair dye. Says he was joking and has ‘never’ used it.” Mr Johnson’s wife, Marina Wheeler, told the journalist she would “stake my life on it and that of my children” that the political heavyweight does not dye his hair. And the MP’s sister Rachel Johnson tweeted: “No hair dye in the world can achieve the unearthly platinum shine of the @BorisJohnson barnet.” Insisting “all Johnsons are natural blondes”, she branded the big “reveal” a “massive headline grabbing wind-up”. But their brother Jo Johnson, the Science Minister, said it was “so liberating that last family secret” is “now revealed”. He added: “We all dye! The same colour!”

Mikey Smith David Cameron says RISK a lot David Cameron used the word ‘risk’ EIGHTEEN times during a 20 minute interview this morning, as he denied the Tory Remain campaign was negative. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr even the slogan ‘Stronger, Safer, Better off’ was positive - while reeling off a string of potential consequences of Brexit . The barrage of warnings meant he used the word risk once every 66 seconds during the live TV interview. It came after he warned he could be forced to slash pensions and NHS and defence spending if Britain votes to go. You can read the full story here ... but here’s the proof. Video loading Watch this video again Watch Next Click to play Tap to play The Live Event you are trying to watch is either unavailable or has not started Please refresh this page in your browser to reload this live event video 14:38 Mikey Smith Tory MP reported to police for 'flouting electoral law'perruques cheveux Tory MP Owen Paterson has been reported to the police over a Tweet which Labour’s Chris Bryant says “plays fast and loose with electoral law” Mr Paterson’s tweet (below) speculated on the contents of postal ballot papers. But the Representation of the People Act requires political figures “aid in maintaining the secrecy of voting” and “do not communicate to any person before the poll is closed.” Mr Bryant has reported Mr Paterson to West Mercia Police and to the Electoral Commission. Mr Bryant said: “Yet again Owen Paterson makes a shocking mis-step in his campaign, flouting electoral laws by commenting on the outcome of postal votes. “The secrecy of the ballot paper is a fundamental part of British democracy. It is completely unacceptable for a senior figure from Vote Leave to play fast and loose with electoral law. “This is the latest blunder from Vote Leave, after the discovery of their misleading copycat voter registration website last week, and it seems that it may infringe electoral law. I will be contacting the Commission and West Mercia Police to make sure they are aware of this incident and I expect them to investigate it fully.”

Ben Glaze Samantha Cameron backs Remain 'for her children' Samantha Cameron rode into the EU referendum row today as she backed the Prime Minister’s case for Remain. In a sign of No 10’s increasing desperation about the outcome on June 23, Mrs Cameron tried to rescue her husband’s Brexit fight by urging voters to stay in the 28-nation bloc. The millionaire heiress mum-of-three, a successful businesswoman, warned that quitting the EU would be was “gambling with our children’s future”. “I’m a parent and a businesswoman – I leave politics to my husband,” she wrote. “But in a few days there is a vote that I think is far bigger than any issue we’ve faced before.” She admitted having a vested interest - “my children and their future”. 13:51 Mikey Smith Julian Assange says "Leave is just more interesting" Julian Assange has come out for Brexit during an interview with ITV’s Robert Peston. Here’s how that went... RP: On Brexit, where do you stand? JA: On Brexit, well, leave is a lot more interesting, right? But I think you can put the camps like this. You’ve got got right-in, that’s basically a vote for the Empire, right-out a vote for the old Empire, left-out another world is possible, left-in another world is not really possible at all. But on that right-in camp you really have to include the Blairites. Now there’s been a range of now let’s say vulgar Transatlanticists from Hillary Clinton to Hilary Benn pushing the stay in case. They perceive that their power base is somehow connected to the United States and the United States wants to keep the UK in the EU to be its man in the EU, in effect to prevent continental Europe from being all that it might become. RP: So does that mean, sorry, that you’re a Brexit - that you think we should leave? JA: Pretty much, pretty much, I mean I also have something I have experienced personally which is seeing this government, the Cameron government repeatedly use the EU as political cover for its own decision-making. It launders things to the EU and then claims it can’t do anything about it. For example the EAW, the European Arrest Warrant, we think here in the United Kingdom that you have a right to a fair trial, that includes evidence, judges, and charges. But in my case we don’t have any of that and it’s not just me - many people in the UK have been affected by that, that’s a fundamental basis of sovereignty is random officials in the rest of the European Union can’t suddenly force your police to arrest people. What Cameron says in relation to my situation, well there’s nothing that he can do, it’s not the decision of his government to engage in this extremely expensive siege for the last four years, rather he’s forced to do it by the EU. But of course actually the EAW has been pushed by the former Labour government and this government and Cameron passes the buck to the EU in that case. Also on guard retention and also for the T-TIP. So some of the worst elements coming out of the EU have been actually pushed by governments in the UK so the UK is bad for the EU but also the EU is bad for the UK because it permits a lack of democratic accountability in this country by permitting successive governments in this country to simply say, ‘Oh we’re forced into doing things because of EU legislation.’ When it is precisely these governments that have been behind that EU legislation in the first place. And you can see that also in relation to immigration… 12:52 Mikey Smith Que? Basil Fawlty backs Brexit John Cleese has signalled he’s planning to vote Leave in the EU referendum, slamming David Cameron ‘s ‘failure’ to reform the EU.lace front wigs Basil Fawlty himself hinted he’s backing Brexit , despite his famous character relying on migrant workers and foreign tourists to keep his Torquay hotel afloat. The outspoken comedian accused European President Jean Claude Junker of “threatening” Britain and branded David Cameron’s attempts at reform a failure as he plumped for an out vote on June 23. Read the full story here 11:34 Mikey Smith Priti Patel: It's not project fear, Remain are "terrifying people" Priti Patel has told Dermot Murnaghan it’s not just project fear, but the Remain campaign are “terrifying people”. She claimed the Treasury’s forecasts have only been based on negative factors, and haven’t included potential growth sparked by “Britain being able to trade freely with the rest of the world”. And she claimed the International Monetary Fund aren’t actually an independent organisation, and that the government is always “arguing” with the IMF, suggesting the claims made by both should be dismissed. But she was forced to admit that her voting record hasn’t been entirely consistent with her current Brexiteer position. She voted in favour of enlargement, voting in favour of the Government’s support for Turkey joining the EU. But she seemed to suggest some of the information about supporting Turkey is brand new information to her, and she wasn’t aware of it when she voted. She said: “We now discover that British taxpayers cash is being spent on supporting Turkeys accession to the European Union.” Did she not know this when she voted on it?

Gordon Brown has no idea what The Last Leg is Dermot Murnaghan just asked Gordon Brown about Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance on The Last Leg on Friday Night. He noted JC gave his support for the EU a 7/10, and suggested Mr Brown would perhaps be a 10. The ex-PM’s reply was so delightful, we’ve transcribed it in full. Well, I’ve never been on that programme and I don’t quite know what kind of programme it is. They never invited me on when I was Labour leader. I think that’s a humorous programme. 11:12 key event Gordon Brown has been working with Jeremy Corbyn Gordon Brown says Labour needs to step up its efforts in the run up to the EU referendum, and says he’s been discussing a more detailed agenda for Remain with Jeremy Corbyn. He said: “Britain has always done best in Europe when it has been a leader. In the next 10 days the motto should be - of at least the Labour campaigners - not to leave the EU but to lead it. “It’s time to step our efforts up in the next 10 days.” He added: People need to know where the jobs are going to come from, how Europe can contribute, how their standards of living can improve - fuel bills for example can come down.” And he says he’s been developing detailed proposals with Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Tom Watson, and Labour will set out an agenda in the coming days. 10:58 Boris Johnson DENIES he dyes his hair Boris is apparently backtracking on his admission to enhancing his golden locks by artificial means. Sure, Boris. Sure. 10:51 Liam Fox slams project fear Tory Brexiteer Liam Fox has slammed the Remain campaign’s “project fear” approach to the campaign. cosplay wigsHe told Sky’s Dermot Murnaghan: “What is clear that we know that if we leave we will not be sending that money to the EU every year. We know that that’s a fact. We know that it’s a fact that we would be able to make decisions on immigration for ourselves. We know it’s a fact that we’d be able to make our own laws. That’s the difference. I think that the Leave campaign are setting out a series of choices for future governments that simply wouldn’t be possible if we remain in the EU. “And this project fear that it would ‘take us closer to war in Europe’, that it would bring genocide closer, and that today you’d lose your bus pass, it’s just getting ridiculous and the public are totally tuned out of it.” 10:43 John McDonnell has decorated a cupcake for the Queen's Birthday Here it is. As promised. John McDonnell decorating a cake for the Queen’s birthday. 10:40 Ben Glaze John McDonnell: Labour voice has been "squeezed out" Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has called for Labour’s voice to be heard in the referendum run-in to “save this campaign”. “It has been squeezed out of the media because of the punch-up in the Tory Party,” he told ITV’s Peston on Sunday. The Labour frontbencher also echoed his call for former BHS tycoon Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood if he fails to turn up a Commons Select Committee on Wednesday. Hitting out at “robber-baron buccaneers”, he said: “I don’t think these honours should be awarded to people if they don’t participate in the political process.” 10:35 Nick Clegg calls on Labour to do more in campaign Nick Clegg says it would be “great if Labour could just get out there in a full-throated way” and support the Remain campaign. And he had a pop at Nigel Farage. Asked if he thought the Ukip leader was racist, he said: “He’s got a nasty, sort of vindictive view of things.” And he compared him to Donald Trump, Dutch politician Geert Wilders and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen as part of a “populist” movement across the world. “In a sense he’s in good company, there’s a lot of populists, chauvinists and particularly nationalists across the developed world right now. They take people’s fears - and people are very fearful, I understand that, there’s a lot to be fearful and indeed angry about these days - and then they say ‘we can solve everybody’s problems. “Trump says “I’ll build a wall”, Farage says “just put a cross on that Brexit choice and all the problems will go. And that’s what I find so dishonest about Nigel Farage and indeed other populists across the developed world at the moment. They take complex problems and they fool people into thinking they have simple solutions.” 10:28 Meanwhile, on Peston on Sunday... This is John McDonnell’s face when he was asked to decorate a cupcake for the Queen’s birthday live on television. 10:22 Nick Clegg denies campaigning with Tories causes Remain campaign damage Ex-Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says campaigning with the Tories on the EU referendum hasn’t caused damaged to the Remain campaign. Sky’s Dermot Murnaghan asked him whether his supporters would be turned off voting Remain by who he chooses to campaign with - considering how being in coalition damaged his party’s support. Mr Clegg dismissed this, saying he doesn’t think people will vote based on such shallow appearances. He said: “I hope in these final frenetic stages of the campaign people will focus on the big picture.” He added he hoped people would realise “there is safety in numbers in being in this European partnership” 09:52 "A lost decade for Britain" Challenged on the Remain camp’s attacks on Boris Johnson, Cameron says he’s not going to talk about personalities. Marr quips back “no, you send out Amber Rudd to do it for you.” He went on to say he’d carry on as PM in the case of an out vote, but wouldn’t say whether he’d pick up any of the ideas from the Brexit camp’s ‘mini manifesto.’ And he warned of a “lost decade for Britain”, noting that has taken seven years so far for Canada to negotiate trade deals with the Union. “We would be stuck trying to renegotiate these things for a very, very long time, all the while we’d be suffering from a damaged economy.” Cameron says Brexit would be ‘putting a bomb under the British economy’, and there’s no way the EU would agree a better deal for us if we were out than if we were in. 09:47 'Who wants to vote for a shallow recession?' David Cameron has been responding to Nigel Farage’s dismissal of the predicted post-Brexit dip in the economy. He says Farage was saying “so what” to a sterling slump. He went on to say even if the recession is mild - “who wants to vote for a shallow recession?” And he claimed if we vote to remain on June 23, Britain’s influence in Europe will be stronger because no member state has held an in/out referendum before. 09:38 key event Nigel Farage on immigrants with HIV Nigel Farage has been struggling to avoid repeating his previous statements about immigrants who have HIV coming to the UK. He didn’t outright say they should be barred from the country, but said he wants Britain to be a “normal country.” He said: “Should we say to people from all over the world ‘if you’ve got a very serious disease we’re very happy for the NHS to provide you with any treatment you want’ at the same time as people are waiting two weeks to get a GP appointment?” “I think we should put our own people first.” 09:33 David Cameron warns cuts to pensions and NHS could follow Brexit David Cameron has warned the ‘triple lock’ guarantee on state pensions could be at risk if Britain votes for Brexit . And he said other pensioner benefits, as well as NHS and defence spending cannot be guaranteed either. The Prime Minister said the strain on the public finances caused by Brexit would threaten the end of the “triple lock” guarantee for OAP payments and the ring-fencing of health funding. And Chancellor George Osborne said the armed forces could see their budgets slashed by £1-£1.5 billion a year as the wider economy shrank. Read the full story here 09:25 'Prospect of Brexit isn't damaging the pound' Nigel Farage has denied the pound and FTSE have been damaged by the prospect of Brexit. He’s on Andrew Marr right now, and said the dip in the FTSE 100 index on Friday was caused by some bad economic figures from America. He sniffed at Marr: “I used to do this for a living. I know more about it than most people.” 09:16 key event Boris dyes his hair Boris Johnson has admitted the blonde bird’s-nest barnet on his bonce is from a bottle. The ex-London Mayor and top Brexit campaigner has come clean, and admitted his trademark hair colour is not entirely natural. In an interview with the Sunday Times Magazine , he said: “This is the real thing, it’s all natural.” But when interviewer Tim Shipman pressed him on whether he dyes it he said: “Yes.” Read more here 09:01 The morning ahead Morning all, Here’s what’s coming up in today’s political morning shows. Andrew Marr 9am, BBC1: David Cameron Nigel Farage Peston on Sunday @10am, ITV: John McDonnell Julian Assange Ruth Davidson and Suzanne Evans in ‘croissant corner’ Murnaghan from from 10am, Sky News: Gordon Brown Nick Clegg Sunday Politics @11am, BBC1: Chris Grayling Mary Creagh John Mann We’ll bring you the best bits as they happen. § Britain will have a new Prime Minister on September 9 and their first job will be forming our new relationship with Europe. Experts believe there are several different scenarios that could play out now that the nation has voted for Brexit . Here, we look at five of the ways our next leader is most likely to proceed. Norway model Nigel Farage would NOT like this option The next Prime Minister may decide saving our economy is the top priority after months of financial chaos following the referendum. In desperation, Britain could agree to join the European Economic Area, a wider group which includes the 27 remaining EU countries plus Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. This would allow us to keep full access to the EU’s single market, minimising the damage to Britain’s economy. With no new trade barriers, firms can continue trading as before. Read More The markets would surge at the news, the pound would soar and investment start to flow back into the UK. But there is a big catch. EEA countries must pay billions to the EU and accept free movement, so immigration could not be cut. Expect Nigel Farage to scream blue murder. The PM could be forced to call a referendum over the plan, and the nightmare of the past few months may begin again. Norway 'plus' model Jeremy Hunt wants to be your leader This was the proposal outlined by Health Secretary and Tory leadership hopeful (don’t laugh) Jeremy Hunt today. In his view, the free movement of people across the European Union is simply unfair and unsustainable. It has already been rejected by British voters and must be reformed if the EU is to survive at all. Britain’s next PM could therefore refuse to trigger Article 50 straight away and instead begin negotiating a reform of free movement rules. EU leaders would initially be angry, but may come to accept that if they fail to reform there will be more national referendums, and more countries breaking away from the bloc. Read More They could come back to the negotiating table and a genuine – though not total – clampdown on free movement is agreed. Britain would then invoke Article 50 and agree a “Norway Plus” deal, where we are outside the European Union but with full access to the single market and restrictions on migration. The deal could be put to voters via a general election in 2020. Canada model Canada thrashed out a new trade deal with Europe The next Prime Minister may take the view that the shock Brexit result means cutting immigration is now the public’s top priority – and that people are prepared to take an economic hit to achieve it. Britain could therefore trigger Article 50 later this year and begin the two-year process to leave the European Union. We would abandon the single market and all that goes with it, so ending free movement of people between Britain and Europe. New border controls would be imposed and an Australian-style points system introduced to cut immigration. Read More British officials would then thrash out a new trade deal with Europe, just as Canada has done. However, it could take many years to complete. In the meantime, swingeing tariffs on trade may be imposed. And it is certain that the final deal would be nowhere near as generous to trade as our current one as a full member of the single market. No trade The remaining EU states may seek to punish the UK as a deterrent to others This is the scenario which the Treasury fears most of all. Initially cordial talks with Europe may quickly descend into acrimony as EU leaders clash with Britain’s new Prime Minister over our new trade deal. Several European countries are keen to “punish” Britain for leaving the bloc, as a deterrent and warning to any other member states considering following suit. They could therefore refuse to cede ground over key trade areas, meaning talks may well drag on without a deal. The process for leaving the EU is heavily stacked in favour of the remaining countries, with any one of the 27 members able to veto the deal at any time. Read More And two years after the Article 50 process has been triggered, Britain will automatically fall out of the union. At that stage, if no deal has been done, Britain defaults to World Trade Organisation rules. This means big tariffs on food, clothes, cars and many other products. The Treasury has predicted the hit to our economy would be crippling, and we would need the agreement of all 27 remaining EU countries to turn it around. Go it alone First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, wants another independence ballot Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon was quick out of the blocks to claim the Brexit vote provided the grounds for a second referendum on independence . Scotland, along with Northern Ireland, London and Gibraltar all voted overwhelmingly for Remain. Ms Sturgeon is still pushing for a second independence ballot but she is also looking to see if Scotland could remain in the EU by other means. On Wednesday she will travel to Brussels for talks on “protecting Scotland’s relationship with Europe.” Read More While London Mayor Sadiq Khan has ruled out turning the M25 into a border, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland would watch what happens in Edinburgh with interest. Northern Ireland, which would have the only EU border of post-Leave UK, could see the additional attraction of retaining its membership. Some in Brussels are willing to look favourably on granting Scottish membership, not least because it would be one in the eye to England. But there are significant obstacles. Downing Street says foreign policy is solely the responsibility of Westminster. And EU states such as Spain would not want to see Scotland given special treatment, for fear of encouraging Catalonia towards independence.