UK's Leave Campaign to Win Due to 'Revolution' in Opinion - EU Lawmaker

Janice Atkinson, British independent member of the European Parliament, explained to Sputnik why she expected the Leave campaign to get the upper hand in Britain's EU membership referendum.

LONDON (Sputnik) — The Leave campaign has all chances to win a referendum on Britain's EU membership, with a "revolution" in opinion taking place across the country, Janice Atkinson, British independent member of the European Parliament, told Sputnik.

"I have not been campaigning, but I was in one town yesterday where 95 percent were supporting Leave. Then I was in another town, very middle-class, and around 75 percent there were for leaving too. So there is quiet a revolution going on in the country. I think Leave will win," Atkinson said.

She added that a low turnout at the referendum would also mean the victory of the Leave campaign.

"Unfortunately, when we elected members of the European parliament, we got 36 percent turnout. If we get a low turnout, then, I think, Leave will win. If there is a higher turnout, it may be 50-50," Atkinson said.

UK nationals are set to vote on Thursday in a referendum on the country's membership of the European Union, after Prime Minister David Cameron and the leaders of the 27 other EU member states agreed in February to grant the United Kingdom a special status within the bloc.

According to recent polls, the number of those UK nationals who will vote for their country staying in the European Union exceeds the figures on supporters of the Leave campaign.