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Cameron needs to get creative if he wants the left to vote In, writes CHARLEY ALLAN

SOMETIMES I wish that, alongside the usual Yes, No and Don’t Know options provided by pollsters, there was another possible answer — Don’t Care. I think this might be a popular choice for many people when asked if Britain should stay in the EU.

Until quite recently I felt the same way. Unmoved by either side’s Project Fear, I thought leaving would make little day-to-day difference to my life, despite a drop in house prices. And when it comes to protecting my human rights, I have no more faith in European judges than I do in our own.

Don’t get me wrong, there are strong arguments for staying in, from promises of “peace and prosperity” to protection against a Tory assault on our civil liberties.

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