They have called the referendum "illegal and invalid" and an "outright challenge to the Basic Law", the foundational document of Hong Kong's governance since its return in 1997 to Chinese rule.In the week before the scheduled start of the referendum, a website developed with local universities to accept online votes received billions of hits in an apparent denial-of-service cyber-attack.
It therefore remains far too early to say whether August's upturn is a dead-cat bounce or the start of a sustained post-referendum recovery," said Williamson.
Sisi's comments came three days before the start of the referendum on a new constitution that officials and local media have largely portrayed as an informal plebiscite on the direction the country has taken since Morsi's overthrow.
Grieve said: "The problem I have with what Michael says is that he has had a fairly consistent pattern since the start of this referendum campaign of coming out with statements which simply don't bear proper scrutiny.
Since the start of the referendum campaign, the MoD has insisted that no contingency plans are being made for a relocation of Trident in the event of Scottish independence.
Lord Lawson said: "I am delighted to accept the chairmanship of Vote Leave, to help ensure that the organisation is fully prepared for the start of the referendum campaign.
Mills said: "We are delighted that Lord Lawson has agreed to provide leadership to the board as we prepare for the start of the referendum campaign.
This, we're told, is the launch of Another Europe Is Possible, the start of the Referendum campaign for progressive/hard-left/enviro types, who really want us to stay in Europe, but don't want to stay in Europe for the same reasons as David Cameron wants us to (or even that nice Mr Alan Johnson).
Although Mr Cameron's 2013 pledge of a referendum stopped defections, he started "speaking seriously" to Mr Carswell a few months ago.
David Cameron is ready to start renegotiating the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a referendum.
