Boris Johnson declares Britain can have a 'great future' outside the EU in a new dig at David Cameron as the PM prepares to face MPs with his Brussels deal

Boris Johnson declares Britain can have a 'great future' outside the EU in a new dig at David Cameron as the PM prepares to face MPs with his Brussels deal
Mayor's new intervention comes hours after he revealed he backed Brexit
Cameron is due to address the Commons on his Brussels deal at 3.30pm
Boris electrified the Out campaign with his Sunday night announcement
He gave the PM just nine minutes notice before making doorstep speech
Boris has joined Michael Gove and other top ministers on Brexit campaign
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Boris Johnson today insisted Britain would have a 'great future' outside the European Union hours after he left David Cameron reeling by backing Brexit.

In a further sign of the energy and excitement the London Mayor will bring to the Leave campaign, Mr Johnson today cycled away from his home surrounded by an enormous pack of photographers.

Mr Johnson insisted he wanted to talk about his final City Hall budget today, warning there would be 'plenty of time' to discuss the EU.

But as the Prime Minister prepares to face down his party and sell his EU deal in Parliament, Mr Johnson repeated his view of a bright future for the UK.

After his statement last night, Mr Johnson was today again met by photographers outside his home. His decision to join Michael Gove, pictured right today, has electrified the Out campaign
He said today: 'There will be plenty of time to talk about Europe and the great future Britain can have outside the European Union in the next few weeks.'
The mayor electrified the Leave campaign last night with his doorstep declaration he was coming out against Mr Cameron.
The Prime Minister was reportedly left 'absolutely furious' with Mr Johnson following his speech, which invoked the glories of the British Empire and the leadership of Winston Churchill to say the country which gave the world parliamentary democracy should not subject itself to ‘legal colonisation’ from the EU.
Mr Cameron will try to get back on the front foot this afternoon with a major Commons statement on the marathon EU summit where he finalised his deal late on Friday night. The Government is also due to publish its report on why Britain should stay in the EU.


In other developments today:
Stanley Johnson, Boris' father, said his son's declaration could be a 'career ending move' if he ends up on the losing side.
The pound was left weakened off the back of the big name endorsements for the Vote Leave campaign over the weekend. City analysts warned over the uncertainty caused by the referendum.
Former foreign secretary William Hague has insisted David Cameron has achieved more than any other Prime Minister and is making the right recommendation to Britain.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon insisted the government would not be broken up by Tory arguments over the European Union
It remains unclear whether Mr Cameron will be joined on the front bench by eurosceptic ministers today.
Within minutes of his Downing Street address to the nation on Saturday morning, six Cabinet ministers had rushed to a Vote Leave campaign rally to start working against him.
The most senior of them, Justice Secretary Michael Gove, was pictured leaving home this morning with his ministerial red box.

Mr Johnson cycled away from his Islington home today to present his final City Hall Budget before his term as London Mayor ends in May
And Defence Secretary Michael Fallon today insisted the business of government would continue despite Tory splits on Europe.
Stanley Johnson today insisted his son was not positioning himself for career purposes.
He told the BBC it was hard to think of 'any more career-ending move' than opposing the Prime Minister.
He said: 'If he wanted to get a nice job in the cabinet... this is certainly not the way to do it.'
Mr Cameron was backed by his close ally William Hague today.
Mr Hague, who as Tory leader in 2001 ran a general election campaign founded on euroscepticism, said Mr Cameron had beaten the EU at its own game.
In a Telegraph column, he said: 'He came back with the European Union less powerful over the affairs of the UK than when he arrived, and left it with considerably weaker prospects of increasing its power in the future.
'For decades his predecessors have fought rearguard actions against new powers and rights for the EU.
'He is the first to have turned the pressure the other way around.
'Coming on top of his unique achievement of securing an actual reduction in the EU's budget, this entitles him to rather more praise than he often receives.'

Boris Johnson explains why he is backing Brexit for the UK

Boris Johnson explains why he is backing Brexit for the UK

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Mr Johnson made his declaration outside his home last night finally ending months of speculation about which side of the battle he would come down on
Mr Fallon said the declaration of Mr Johnson was not a huge blow to Mr Cameron's campaign.
He told the BBC: 'Well obviously he would have liked more support from Boris but he's taken his individual view.
'But it is up to each individual citizen to make their view now.'
Mr Fallon insisted that it would not lead to the break-up of the Government or the Conservative Party.
He said: 'Even those who wanted to leave made it absolutely clear [at the Cabinet] that we are going to come together again because there is work to be done.
'If you look back at the 1975 referendum, the then Wilson government came back after the referendum. The party stayed right through that parliament.
'The PM to his credit is allowing members of his Cabinet to dissent. He's allowing Tory MPs to express different views.'
Lord Lawson, who is chairing the Vote Leave campaign, today said the referendum would be a 'British declaration of independence'.
Speaking to the BBC, he insisted there was no reason new trade deals could not be negotiated 'pretty swiftly'.
SOUND-BITE DAVE: VOTERS WARNED FOR AVALANCHE OF KEY SLOGANS FROM PM

Voters have been warned to expect a four month campaign of soundbites as David Cameron repeatedly uses a handful of key phrases to try and convince people the country would be less safe if we left the EU.
In the 48 hours after being handed his renegotiation deal in Brussels, the former PR man deployed the carefully crafted soundbites over and over again as he hit the airwaves to set out his referendum stall.
During a 20-minute interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show today the Prime Minister three times warned that a vote to leave would be a 'leap in the dark'.
Mr Cameron also used the phrase, which is expected to be a cornerstone of the In campaign that has been nicknamed 'Project Fear', in a speech in Brussels on Friday night and again the next morning in Downing Street as he announced the date of the referendum.
In the three appearances, which were all televised, Mr Cameron used the slogan 'safer, stronger, better off', nine times – including twice in the address outside Number 10 that lasted only four minutes.
He separately used the words 'safe' and 'safer' another eleven times.
Despite failing to secure the curbs to migrant benefits promised at the election in the Tory manifesto, Mr Cameron repeated the expression 'something for nothing' six times as he attempted to sell the changes he did get that will stop newcomers being able to claim tax credits from day one.
Mr Cameron also delivered the catchphrase 'the best of both worlds' six times and 'strength in numbers' three times.
During the last parliament in the run up to last year's election, Mr Cameron deployed the phrase 'long-term economic plan' so many times it became a standing joke in Westminster.
By repeating his referendum soundbites ad nauseum, Mr Cameron is no doubt hoping to get the messages lodged in the public's consciousness in the run up to the vote on 23 June.
It is thought the short sharp messaging will have been tested in focus groups.
HOW BoJo'S VIEWS HAVE VEERED LIKE A SHOPPING TROLLEY
Boris Johnson’s backing for Brexit comes after months and years of indecision, prevarication and fence-sitting.
As recently as last week, he was telling friends he was ‘veering all over the place like a shopping trolley’.
Here, in Boris’s own words, we reveal how he has kept on changing his mind.

IN
‘Look, I’m actually rather pro-European, actually. I certainly want a European community where one can go and scoff croissants, drink delicious coffee, learn foreign languages and generally make love to foreign women.’
January 1997
‘We can’t leave Europe. We’re part of the European Continent. What is the English Channel? It’s a primeval river that got slightly too big … We’re always going to be a part of Europe psychologically.’
August 2015, Der Spiegel
‘We want, in an ideal world, to stay in a reformed European Union but I think the price of getting out is lower than it’s ever been. It’s better for us to stay in, but to stay in a reformed EU. That’s where I am.’
October 2015, BBC interview, Japan
‘The trouble is I’m not an “outer”.’ What he reportedly told eurosceptics trying to persuade him to lead the Leave campaign
January 2016
‘I’ve never been an Outer’. Boris to Eurosceptic Tory MP Bernard Jenkin after he was taunted in the House of Commons.
February 3, 2016

OUT
‘No matter how deep public anger, how many fishermen’s wives chain themselves to the railings in Downing Street, or how many trawlers tie up alongside the terrace of the House of Commons, the Government will not do it. That will not be the outcome of this debate. The objection is legal.
‘As long as Britain remains a signatory of the EU Treaty, it cannot unilaterally abjure one part of it without abjuring the whole.’
On fisheries policy. January 1995
‘I went there [Brussels] a pretty starry-eyed idealist. I came out a pretty vinegary sceptic.’ On his time as a journalist in Brussels.
May 2001
‘In the next couple of years we are entitled to pose the question, “What is the point of the EU?”.’
December 2013, Daily Telegraph
‘We have nothing to be afraid of in going for an alternative future...I’m sure there is a great and glorious future for Britain as an open, outward looking economy that has great trading relations with Europe, but that starts to think about the rest of the world where you are seeing huge growth. People should not be paranoid and scared about that option.’
August 2014, LBC Radio phone-in
‘It should be up to this Parliament and this country – not Jean-Claude Juncker – to decide if too many people are coming here. It is not that we object to immigration in itself ... It is about who decides; it is about who is ultimately responsible; it is about control.’
Speech to Tory conference, October 2015

The European Parliament can change David Cameron's EU deal AFTER Britain has its historic referendum on whether to stay In

The European Parliament can change David Cameron's EU deal AFTER Britain has its historic referendum on whether to stay In
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MEPs will vote on legislation for the deal but NOT before UK's referendum
The PM will try and finalise his deal with EU leaders at a summit this week
Expected to trigger a June referendum but MEPs will not vote until after
Any agreement will be binding on EU leaders but not the EU's parliament

The European Parliament could modify David Cameron's deal with the EU after Britain has voted on whether to stay in, it emerged today.
Downing Street insisted the agreement, which the Prime Minister is trying to finalise this week, would be 'legally binding' and 'lodged at the United Nations'.
But while the leaders of all 28 EU member states will have to sign up to the agreement before it is finished the European Parliament will still have to pass legislation to enact it - and MEPs will not be party to any legally binding deal.
The European Parliament will be asked to pass EU laws on the so-called 'emergency brake' on migrant benefits and reforms to how child benefit is paid to migrant workers.
It was made clear today the legislation will not be put to MEPs until after Britain's referendum - expected in June.
The potential roadblock to Mr Cameron's deal comes from the so-called 'co-decision' powers that hand the 751 MEPs veto powers over certain laws.
Mr Cameron is due to meet parliament president Martin Shulz in Brussels tomorrow as well as the leaders of two party groupings in the parliament.
But Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who claimed he had been due to meet the PM in Brussels, said Mr Cameron had 'run away
Mr Cameron's official spokeswoman said today: 'What we have seen from a number of senior MEPs in the last few weeks, in particular since the draft decision was published by the European Council, is comment from MEPs saying they want to work with us on these areas.


'The facts are that in a number of areas such as those relating to social security and welfare spending you need the European Parliament involved in it.'
She added: 'Subsequent to the legally binding decision, which is a matter for heads of state and government, there are a number of proposals within it that will then be subject to the usual EU decision making procedures.
'Yes, the Prime Minister will clearly be looking for the European Parliament to make clear they will work with the UK to deliver on the solutions that are being discussed.

'But do they need to ratify the draft decision... it's a decision for the heads of government.'
Pressed on the timetable for finalising the reforms, the spokeswoman continued: 'There is a proposal on the table that will allow us to cut in work benefits to EU migrants.
'What we will be working on for this week is for all the European member states to sign up to that so that process can then be taken forward following a referendum depending on the decision of the British people.'

The European Commission will be responsible for bringing forward a regulation to implement the deal.
This regulation will then be debated and voted on by MEPs.
The reason MEPs vote after Britain's referendum is because the deal being negotiated by David Cameron will not come into force unless Britain votes to remain a member of the EU.
Mr Cameron's spokeswoman said: 'We will be looking for all countries in the European Parliament to deliver on that following the choice of the British people.'
She added: 'The legally binding decision will take force in international law, it makes very clear the commitment of all parties to deliver on those commitments and indeed to do so swiftly.'
The spokeswoman insisted we 'should not get into hypotheticals' adding senior MEPs had made clear they wanted to 'work with the UK to deliver on these reforms'.
WHY MEPS WILL GET A SAY ON BRITAIN'S DEAL: THE 'CODECISION' PROCEDURE DESIGNED TO MAKE THE EU MORE DEMOCRATIC

MEPs will debate and vote on aspects of Britain's deal with the EU as part of the normal legislative workings of the EU.
But crucially, because of the way Brussels works this will not happen until after Britain has held its referendum.
The agreement David Cameron hopes to strike will not become officially live until after Britain has voted to stay in. This is the trigger for implementing the agreement.
It means the 751-member European Parliament, pictured above, will get a say over the welfare aspects of the deal - the crucial components relating to the 'emergency brake' on migrant benefits and reforms to how child benefit works.
They are at the core of what is likely to be the deal Mr Cameron presents to the country next week as his recommendation Britain stays In the EU.
But unless they are carried by a vote of MEPs in what is known as the 'co-decision' or 'ordinary legislative procedure' they will not be adopted.
This requires both the European Council - made up of national government leaders - and the European Parliament to agree a decision.
Number 10 insisted today they has received assurances from senior MEPs about the passage of the new laws, adding the national governments of all member states will be signed up.

David Cameron will REFUSE to take part in a referendum TV debate - but a top pollster warns if the PM is seen 'looking scared' it will boost the Out campaign

David Cameron will REFUSE to take part in an EU referendum TV debate - but a top pollster warns if the PM is seen 'running scared' it will boost the Out campaign
Reports today say Cameron will resist a head to head TV clash on the EU
He wants to avoid a TV row between top Tories and keep away from Farage
PM took part in pre-election clashes last year but avoided a one on one

David Cameron today appeared ready to refuse to take part in any head to head TV debates ahead of the EU referendum.
In what is set to be a repeat of the long running row ahead of the general election, the Prime Minister has reportedly ruled out a television clash.
But a top pollster today warned failing to appear in a debate could drive voters to the Out campaign.
Mr Cameron eventually agreed to take part in a series of election programmes last year but after protracted negotiations stood firm on his refusal to go one on one with Ed Miliband.
The Sun today said Mr Cameron was keen to avoid clashing directly with other senior Conservative during the heat of the referendum campaign.
The paper added that the Prime Minister's team sees little benefit in a clash with Ukip leader Nigel Farage - who took on ex Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg in European Parliament election TV debates in 2014 and was widely seen as the victor.
TV debates have become an established part of British elections after taking place in various formats since the 2010 poll.
Then, the three main leaders took part in three head to head clashes on live television.
Ahead of last May's elections, Mr Cameron took part in a seven way debate as well two other programmes where he appeared in the same programme as other leaders but not on the same stage.


Together with Ed Miliband, he took part in a Channel 4-Sky News show which involved an interview with Jeremy Paxman and audience questions.
In a final clash a week before polling day, Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg all appeared separately before the same BBC Question Time audience.
Ipsos Mori chief executive today told the Daily Telegraph not appearing in debates would now be a risk for Mr Cameron because opponents could suggest he was 'running scared'.
Mr Page said: 'If the Prime Minister doesn't take part in debates, the public will be wondering why. His opponents will be able to say he is running scared.
'It might have an effect, but a lot of people make up their minds a long time before they see any of these debates that confirm their prejudices.

'Ultimately it depends how close it is. If it is very close then anything can make a difference, a bad debate might make all the difference.
'They are important and people will be expecting them.'
Mr Cameron has hinted before he may not agree to debates.
He said last month: 'When we have settled the issue of the renegotiation then it will be a question of looking at how we best make sure that this debate, these arguments, are best put before the British people.
'I am very happy to talk about that at the time.
'I confidently predict that by the end of this referendum campaign, people will be sick of the sight of me on their television screens in whatever formats we decide to choose.'