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05/06/2016 Major angry at Leave campaign 'deceit'

Sir John Major has delivered a withering assessment of the way the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union is being waged. He said it was squalid and misleading.

Sir John Major has delivered a withering assessment of the way the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union is being waged. He said it was squalid and misleading - and he singled out Boris Johnson for criticism, describing him as a court jester. Vote Leave dismissed the comments as name-calling and said Sir John was looking "slightly mad".

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