Clegg: Leaving the EU would be 'economic suicide'

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Leaving the European Union would be "economic suicide" for the UK, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has warned.

The deputy PM said pro-Europeans have been too quiet on the dangers of an EU exit, which would risk derailing the UK's economic recovery. Clegg has warned pro-Europeans that they cannot afford to be silent on the issue for any longer and to start preparing now for the ‘in versus out' debate that will play out in the 2015 general election. "The day I dread - the day I hope never comes - is a time when it is all too late: Britain has stumbled out of the EU, and we look back to these days and say we should have done more. It will not be enough to speak up on the eve of a referendum. We n...

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