The cross-party ‘Vote Leave’ campaign launches today, with an impressive list of backers from politics and business. It is run by Matthew Elliot and Dominic Cummings, and has MPs from across the spectrum supporting it. This is what it needs to do next:
1. Get the official designation from the Electoral Commission.
Vote Leave is the favourite to get the Commission’s funding, free mailing and campaign broadcasts. It is trying to underline that it is the better of the two campaigns – the other being Arron Banks’ Leave EU campaign – by showing off how many people from across the political spectrum it represents.
2. Work out what to do with Nigel Farage.
Farage is one of the key figures who managed to make this referendum happen. His achievement in successfully agitating for the vote should not be dismissed. But he is a divisive figure, who polls show puts voters off the arguments made by the eurosceptics.
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