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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:30AM (#18918482)
Whichever way one voted, we were sold a pup. Both sides lied. Which makes the case and result, either way, rather academic.

Farage admitted the morning after the result that the £350m a week to the NHS was a lie. A promise that undoubtedly had considerable impact with the current austerity NHS funding crisis.

Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by anarchitect on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:51AM (#18919235)
> Farage admitted the morning after the result that the £350m a week to the NHS was a lie

The bus was part of the official Vote Leave campaign not Farage’s Leave.EU, so that particular lie is not for Farage to defend. Many others are though.

Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by collyw on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:00AM (#18919282)
What lies did the remain side give? We know exactly what we were getting there, the same as what we have.
Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:31AM (#18919940)
We knew what we were getting, but that is not what the campaign sold. Both sides ran overwhelmingly negative campaigns.

Ironic that remain was labelled Project Fear as the most direct lies were on the leave side - the £350m that is nowhere near and never has been, and the claims of mass Turkish immigration when Turkey isn't even in the EU stand out as easily memorable.

Remain were less blatant, but gave numerous predictions and estimates of the consequence of leaving. Some were reasonable, from good sources. Others appear to have been back of an envelope escalating wildness like that house prices would fall 10%, then 20, then 25% and more. Often very poor credibility sources but still repeated as though just as credible as the Treasury or BoE etc. Which just gave easy ammunition for the Mail etc.

Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by collyw on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:10AM (#18921437)
We haven't left yet so the results are still to be seen.
Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by TheGrumpyBrit on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:19AM (#18919346)
Except the bus never actually said we'd be giving £350m per week to the NHS. It said "We send the EU £350m a week - let's fund our NHS instead." Nobody in their right mind would assume that means we'd just divert all that money to the NHS, nor is that a decision that the Leave campaigners can make - it's simply a statement that the NHS is grossly underfunded while we send billions of pounds a year across the channel.