Britain votes Thursday on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, and officials representing the Remain and Leave campaigns are making their final pitches to voters in a flurry of events, including a public debate in Wembley Arena. Prime Minister David Cameron, who wants Britain to remain in the EU, said the polls are "very close; nobody knows what's going to happen."
At the spirited Wembley debate, with 6,000 people in the audience and many more watching on TV, Boris Johnson, a member of Cameron's Conservative Party and leader of the Leave campaign, accused the Remain camp of going "back to project fear" on the economic fallout of leaving the EU and of "talking down" the UK. "This Thursday can be our country's independence day," Johnson said. Johnson's Liberal successor as London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, said the Leave campaign has "been 'project hate' as far as immigration is concerned." Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, speaking for the Remain side, accused the Leave side of "lying" and cautioned voters that if they vote to leave, there's "no going back on Friday morning." The Remain side, she said, has "refused to dismiss the experts" who all agree that "Britain is better-off in" the EU.
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