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The ex-Tory Cabinet minister said European Union membership was “essential” for the UK’s standing in the world and vowed to step up a campaign to keep Britain in the EU. 

Mr Clarke revealed he was joining Labour peer Lord Mandelson and Lib Dem Cabinet minister Danny Alexander in becoming a joint president of British Influence, a cross-party campaign in support of the UK’s membership of the EU.

Pro-Europeans have got to organise themselves properly in order to get across the advantages of Europe

Ken Clarke

Speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show, he said: “Pro-Europeans have got to organise themselves properly in order to get across the advantages of Europe and we have got to refute some of the sillier things that are being attributed to our presence in the European Union.” Express.