Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 16 Oct 2016

1. Boris wrote pro-EU column 48 hours before joining Leave

Boris Johnson wrote an unpublished newspaper column urging Britain to stay in the European Union just two days before he joined the Brexit campaign, reveals The Sunday Times. Johnson wrote: "Britain is a great nation, a global force for good. It is surely a boon for the world and for Europe that she should be intimately engaged in the EU." He also warned that Brexit would cause an "economic shock".

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