LONDON: European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday reprimanded former London mayor Boris Johnson Conservative Party politician who wants the United Kingdom to leave European Union, for his "political amnesia" when he compared the to Adolf Hitler. official, was Mr Tusk, the EU's top made on responding to comments Sunday Mr Johnson in a newspaper interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Johnson said the 28-nation political bloc was trying to create a superstate that, like Hitler wanted to dominate the continent. "Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically, Mr John- son said. "The EU is an attempt to do this different methods. Mr Tusk said Mr Johnson's remarks were "absurd arguments [that] should be completely ignored they hadn't been formulated by one of the most influential politicians ofthe ruling party" He said Mr Johnson had "crossed the boundaries of rational discourse'. The public quarrel came as a British bookmaker said on Tuesday there's a 73% chance the UK will vote to remain the EU when it holds a referendum on June 23 Betfair's odds for a rejection of Brexit a British vote to leave the Euro- pean Union were up from 70% in recent weeks, The bookmaker's odds arrived on the heels of a series ofdire political and eco nomic warnings about any separation's potential impact on the UK from Prime Cameron, the Bank England, International Fund Monetary other influential voices. In a blog post citing Stanford Uni- Index Economic Policy noted for Betfair Brexit debate more has already created