David Beckham backs ‘Remain’ vote

David Beckham has urged people to vote to stay in the European Union, saying the UK should be “facing the problems of the world together and not alone.”
The ex-footballer and Unicef ambassador said people should think of their children and grandchildren before Thursday’s vote.
He said his experience playing across Europe instilled in him the importance of a “vibrant and connected world.”
Victoria Beckham also registered her view that Britain should remain in the EU, posting a “IN” image on her Instagram page.
“Leave.EU” had suggested that Victoria was a Euroskeptic, based on an interview with the Spectator in 1996 in which she was quoted as deriding Brussels bureaucrats and saying that “We must keep our national individuality.”
“Leave.EU” said that “she was absolutely clear. We quoted her in her own words,” adding that it seemed on this issue she could “Bend it like Beckham” — a reference to the movie of the same name.
Also on Tuesday, Bosnia’s president said a possible Brexit vote is sending a “somewhat depressing message” to those aspiring to EU membership, but says his country is not discouraged.
Bakir Izetbegovic told The Associated Press the EU will remain an inspiration to countries like Bosnia which is undergoing painful reforms to join the bloc as a guarantee of the nation’s prosperity.
He says Brits will make a mistake if they leave the “best governed territory in the world,” so desirable that people fleeing conflicts first want to go there.
Separately, former London Mayor Boris Johnson criticized a poster showing a column of non-white migrants trying to enter the EU, a view that underscores a deepening rift between campaigners promoting Britain’s exit from the 28-nation bloc.
Johnson, one of the most prominent campaigners on the “leave” side, distanced himself from UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, whose “Breaking Point” poster has been widely criticized.
Britain’s anti-EU campaigners have long been bitterly divided. Johnson’s Vote Leave won Electoral Commission approval to be the official standard-bearer of the campaign. Farage, a member of the European Parliament, has fought on nonetheless.
Johnson told LBC radio the poster had “xenophobic undertones” and says “my campaign is based on fairness.”

Source: Arab News