Tomlinson officially resigned from the credit union on November 24, 2008, Monday, and on that day he spoke with a number of people at the union and participated in an exit interview with an IT person.

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But Chancellor Osborne did not rule out a British exit in an interview with Germany's Die Welt newspaper on Friday.

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Chancellor George Osborne did not rule out a British exit in an interview with Germany's Die Welt newspaper on Friday, saying he hoped the UK stayed in "but in order that we can remain... the EU must change".

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