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A day out with David Cameron is always a treat, never more so than when he is talking to young people about the EU. Dave never seems quite sure if he should be doing his Down Wiv Da Kidz or Serious Statesman schtick when confronted by anyone under the age of 20, and manages just to sound mildly condescending instead. At University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich, he was trying to convince everyone that Project Fear was actually Project Fact while sticking both thumbs in the air like a second-rate children’s entertainer. Not everyone appeared convinced by Dave’s message that Britain would find itself locked in a third world war in which millions of people would be butchered if it left the EU, but I found it extremely uplifting. When teaching my kids to cross the road, I used to say to them: “You’ve got a choice here. If you cross when the light is red, you’re going to die a horrible death.” They would invariably burst into tears and accuse me of scaring them. “Don’t be silly,” I would yell at them. “I’m actually giving you a very positive message about how to stay alive”.
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