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Like the 'fact' that we would all be £3500/year worse off after brexit or that we will give £350 million/year to the NHS? Or that WW3 will happen because of brexit?  |
Those two 'facts' were campaign pledges and were disparaged by the experts. Both of them were intentionally misleading people on the actual facts underneath.
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At best that’s a red herring. Most economists seem to agree that leaving the EU would cost the UK economically but this amount is an unhelpful summary of the underlying research.
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350 a million a week:
The claim that the UK sends £350 million per week to the EU is wrong.
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The last one wasn't actually said. Cameron said that we've usually been drawn into Europe and we would eventually be so again
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Of course both Remain and Leave cited 'experts' for their claims which is why independent and objective experts are more valuable.