Backlash after Barack Obama EU referendum intervention

US President Barack Obama has been accused of doing Downing Street’s bidding – after he said the UK would be at “the back of the queue” for American trade deals if it left the EU. Mr Obama was criticised by pro-Brexit campaigners after he warned of the consequences of the UK leaving the EU. UKIP’s […]

US President Barack Obama has been accused of doing Downing Street’s bidding – after he said the UK would be at “the back of the queue” for American trade deals if it left the EU.
Mr Obama was criticised by pro-Brexit campaigners after he warned of the consequences of the UK leaving the EU.
UKIP’s Nigel Farage said Mr Obama was “talking down Britain”, while Tory Liam Fox said his views were “irrelevant”.
Mr Obama, on a three-day UK visit, will meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn later.
His intervention came on his first full day in the UK and comes just weeks ahead of the 23 June in-out referendum.