US President
is in London amid political row his visit is to convince UK to stay in the
European Union.
In a move that will enrage
Tory eurosceptics but delight pro-EU MPs and campaigners, the President said the
EU makes Britain even greater.
Writing in The Daily
Telegraph, Mr Obama said the sacrifice of his country's soldiers during the
Second World War means America has a stake in the referendum debate.
But his comments have
ignited fury among those who want the UK to leave the EU, including Mayor of
London Boris Johnson, who accused the US President of "hypocrisy".
Mr Johnson said: "It
is a fact that America guards its sovereignty with such hysterical jealousy...
"It is
paradoxical, inconsistent and incoherent that we are being urged every week to
send £350m of our money to Brussels.
"What
you have is a situation where the Government is ringing round every other
friendly government saying 'we are in a bit of a spot, can you say something
positive about the EU?'"
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