"Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron meets supporters on a walkabout after he addressed a Vote Remain rally in Bristol". Campaigners on both sides of the crucial vote over whether Britain should remain in the European Union crisscrossed the country Wednesday, their last day to win support from the undecided.
Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his vision for a future with Britain retaining its place in the 28-nation bloc, bristling at the notion that the country would be headed in the wrong direction if it stayed in.
He flatly rejected the charge that the institution is moribund. "We are not shackled to a corpse," Cameron told the BBC.
"You can see the European economy's recovery. It's the largest single market in the world".
Pushing for a British exit, or Brexit, the most notable figure on the "leave" side, former London Mayor Boris Johnson, mugged for the cameras at the Billingsgate Fish Market in East London and pretended to kiss a fish — a not-so-subtle reminder that this is an island nation that takes great pride in its independence and self-assurance.
"It's time to break away from the failing and dysfunctional EU system," Johnson said. "It's time to have a totally new relationship with our friends and partners across the Channel."
David Cameron issued a statement from a podium in Downing Street to call on British people not to quit the EU, as he warned that the results of Thursday’s referendum would be “irreversible”.
Two days before the EU refendum the prime minister made a plea to the nation, saying he wanted to speak directly to people of his generation, and older, to persuade them to consider the impact on younger people.
“I know Europe isn’t perfect,” he said, adding that he understood those frustrations and felt them himself.
But he urged older voters to think of the “hopes and dreams of your children and grandchildren”.
He added: “Remember they can’t undo the decision we take. If we vote out that is it. It is irreversible. We will leave Europe for good and the next generation will have to live with the consequences for far longer than the rest of us.”