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    EU referendum: Who's In and who's Out?

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    By The Week Staff
    published 24 February 2016

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    George Soros has long been unpopular with the Hungarian government

    OUT:

    "We are a great nation and next week, we have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be even greater."

    IN: Chancellor George Osborne

    IN: Former prime minister Gordon Brown

    OUT: Actor Sir Michael Caine

    Click here for more celebrities for and against Brexit

    (Image credit: 2016 Getty Images)

    IN: Prime Minister David Cameron

    OUT: Conservative backbencher and London Mayor Boris Johnson

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    IN: Actor Benedict Cumberbatch

    IN: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

    OUT: De facto Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

    OUT: Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith

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    IN: Former prime minister Sir John Major

    IN: US President Barack Obama

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    IN: Former foreign secretary David Miliband

    OUT: Sir Richard Dearlove, former chief of MI6

    IN: Actor Emma Thompson

    OUT: Ukip leader Nigel Farage

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    IN:

    Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson

    OUT: Former Respect MP George Galloway

    IN: Home Secretary Theresa May

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