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Ex-chancellor calls for EU exit

Lord Lawson has called for the UK to leave the European Union. Writing in The Times he described the EU as a "bureaucratic monstrosity" and said the "case for the exit is clear."

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Lord Lawson calls for UK to leave European Union

Baron Nigel Lawson was Thatcher's Chancellor. Credit: Press Association

Lord Lawson has called for the UK to leave the European Union. Writing in The Times he described the EU as a "bureaucratic monstrosity" and said the "case for the exit is clear."

The former chancellor of the exchequer said leaving the EU would save the City of London from a "frenzy of regulatory action" and would be a wake-up call for business leaders to the "great opportunities" of the developing world.

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