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Widely - respected former Leave campaigner and Conservative MP, Sarah Wollaston, announced today that she has changed her mind and is now backing Remain.
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But some Leave campaigners will be concerned that the former mayor of London had already distracted from the gravitas of his own messages by singing in German.
Former Conservative chairwoman Baroness Warsi has announced she is switching allegiance to back remaining in the EU — but many Leave campaigners have been left surprised that she was ever supporting Brexit.
However, Leave campaigners responded to the former England captain's comments by tweeting seemingly anti-EU comments made by Victoria Beckham in 1996.
A prominent campaigner for remain, the former education secretary has used her position at the helm of the Treasury select committee since losing her cabinet position to press the government over its plans for leaving the EU — often acting as a voice for business in parliament in her efforts to prevent a no - deal Brexit.
«I would oppose such a move with every fibre of my body,» says David Hall - Matthews, a former parliamentary candidate and chair of the influential centre - left pressure group the Social Liberal Forum, founded by Lib Dem members and campaigners.
Last week, the Leave Means Leave campaigners, including Digby Jones and the former Ukip leadership hopeful Steven Woolfe, had arrived with Marmite, cheddar cheese and some Shakespeare for their date with the Brussels negotiator.
A pressure group backed by a string of former Vote Leave campaigners from Michael Gove to Gisela Stuart has claimed that exiting the EU with a «clean Brexit» could save the country # 450m a week.
And former defence secretary and high - profile «leave» campaigner Dr Fox is set to make a dramatic return to the Cabinet despite strained relations with Mr Cameron.
Also coming to Mr Johnson's defence, Conservative Leave campaigner Jacob Rees - Mogg said the former London mayor's comments were «absolutely true».
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