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Originally Posted by Hugh
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Remember that Leavers don't need "experts" ..
Also, this fact seems inconveniently at odds with "taking control" mantra but then what do facts have to do with anything?
This poll shows that the perception of the Brexit "facts" seems to differ from reality:
EU referendum: British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows
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The British public have it wrong on immigrants and wrong on the EU.
According to their research by Ipsos MORI, British people think far more EU citizens live in the UK than actually do, that we pay far more money to the EU budget than is the case, and that we significantly overestimate the amount of benefits paid to EU migrants.
In a survey of 1,000 people, weighted to represent the nation’s demographic profile in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and other factors, respondents claimed that, on average, 15 per cent of the UK population are EU immigrants. That would be 10.5m people. The correct figure is 3.5m. Those who intend to vote Leave in the referendum put the figure at 20 per cent. ‘Remainers’ put the figure at 10 per cent.
The EU spends 6 per cent of its budget on administration. The average guess was 27 per cent.
David Cameron’s rebate did much to publicise the issue of child benefit payments to EU migrants, a fact that few people in the UK were even aware of. 14 per cent of people now think that 30 per cent of the UK’s Child Benefit budget is sent to children living overseas. 23 per cent of people think that 13 per cent of it does. The correct figure is 0.3 per cent. It means that almost 49 per cent of the population overestimate the figure by more than 40 times.
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