MONMOUTH MP David Davies has called on supporters of the Brexit movement to put all their efforts into campaigning for the UK to leave the European Union in the final days before the referendum.

The Conservative MP, who has emerged as one of the most prominent figures of the Brexit movement, was keynote speaker at a rally at Monmouth Shire Hall this evening.

In the face of polls showing the two sides of the debate are neck and neck with less than two weeks to go until the vote, Mr Davies told the about 50 attendees he was optimistic the leave campaign would win the day.

“We really are about to make history,” he said.

“We are winning the battle out there, the battle for hearts and minds.

“There’s been a real change over the past few weeks.

“I really think we can do this.”

Mr Davies also called accusations of racism against the leave campaign “outrageous”, saying concerns around EU immigration policies were justified and said he had serious concerns about the accountability of Europe.

“This is a corrupt and undemocratic institution and we need to get out as quickly as possible,” he said.

Also speaking at the event arranged by campaign group Grassroots Out were Wales MEP Nathan Gill, Conservative MPs Tom Pursglove and Tom Bone and writer Matthew Hall.

Mr Gill, who was also elected as AM for North Wales last month, invoked the Battle of Agincourt in calling on supporters to do as much as they can to campaign for the UK to leave the EU.

“What did we learn from that?” he said. “That a few good men, that thin red line will always win if their hearts are strong and their cause is good.”

Corby MP Mr Pursglove, who at 27 years old is the youngest Conservative in Westminster, also made a passionate case for the UK to leave the EU, calling it “a once in a lifetime opportunity”.

“We simply cannot afford to get this wrong,” he said. “The chance will not come around again.”

Mr Bone, who represents Wellingborough in Westminster, chaired the event and called the level of control Europe has over UK laws “an absolute stitch-up”.

And Mr Hall, known for the Jenny Cooper series of crime novels and for writing for television programmes including Holby City and Dalziel and Pascoe, said the EU had started with good intentions, to keep peace in Europe, but he did not agree with how it had developed.

“If I was being asked to opt into this system as it stands I absolutely would not,” he said.

The panel also took questions from the audience on issues including how the leave campaign can engage young people, whether David Cameron will be forced to resign if the UK votes to leave the union and the potential impact of a Brexit on the EU as a whole.

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