Campaign News - Bad day at the office for IN campaign.

Friend - Safety first. Our money, our priorities.  Vote democracy. It’s safer to take back control and spend the  money we send to Brussels on our priorities  than to keep giving away power  and money. Imagine if we Vote Leave… We will be able to  speak for ourselves in key international bodies like  the World Trade Organisation and not be forced to  take the line the EU tells us to. We can expect to see a number of questionable statistics published by the IN camp over the course of this referendum. They will try and spin facts and  figures to persuade people to stay in the EU. The reality is this: a vote to remain means sending more money to Brussels and handing greater control of our  economy, borders and democracy to the EU. It is safer to Vote Leave. Please help us spread this message by  forwarding this email onto your friends and family and asking them to sign up to Vote Leave. It’s the most important thing you can do to help the campaign. Get ready for #TakeControlDay on Saturday  12 March – a national day of action to explain  why the safer option is to #VoteLeave BSE flops again The pro-EU BSE (Britain Stronger in Europe) campaign  had yet another bad day at the office yesterday. First  it published a report heralding the benefits of the  single market, yet the headline figures were based  on an 18-month-old report by the EU-funded Centre  for European Reform. BSE claimed the single market  has boosted exports to the EU, yet respected  economist Jonathan Portes described the findings  as 'misleading representations of slightly dubious statistics'.  The Mail slammed the figures as a 'puerile barrage of  dodgy statistics'. Research by the independent think-tank Civitas published  on the same day highlighted the inaccuracy of BSE’s  claims. The Civitas report found that export growth  to the EU has in fact been strongest among non-EU  countries since the foundation of the single market,  and that Britain’s export growth has slowed by about  a fifth in comparison. Lord Rose of Monewden, the chairman of BSE, went on  Radio 4’s Today programme to defend his campaign’s  findings. He refused to withdraw their claim that UK  households benefit by £3,000 per year through EU  membership, even though this has been rubbished  by Channel 4’s independent FactCheck who described  the figure as ‘not based on any real research’. Lord Rose then spoke to Sky News, where he forgot the name of his own campaign FOUR times. His guesses ranged from ‘Stay in Britain’, ‘Better in Britain’ and ‘Better Stay in Britain’ campaign. Maybe a rebrand of BSE is on the cards?  Labour IN blunder The IN campaign’s gaffes didn’t stop with Lord Rose. Alan Johnson, head of Labour In for Britain, visited a textiles manufacturer in Derbyshire as part of his pro-EU tour. Unfortunately for him, the managing director of the factory is Christopher Nieper, a supporter of Vote Leave. You can watch the BBC Look East report on the visit here. Mr Johnson’s team clearly hadn’t read Christopher’s interview in the Derbyshire Telegraph last week, where he said that Britain’s influence in the EU is ‘absolutely pitiful’  and that business has ‘nothing to fear’ if we Vote Leave.  Get your campaign kit from our online shop Last week we launched our online shop, where you can order  all sorts of Vote Leave merchandise – from mugs and canvas  bags to umbrellas and iPhone cases. Every item bought will  help to spread the message – as well as help us raise the  funds we need to win this referendum and take back control  from the EU.