Brexit party invents Slough General Hospital

[Whorty]

Ah, OK.

Why would you assume that all Leave voters would be Brexit Party voters?
Did all Leave voters want a hard Brexit?

Or, maybe the bright one could explain why UKIP didn't get 17.4m voters in 2015 or 2017

Or, is he now saying only those who vote BP are supporters of Brexit? If so, then it would appear the Brexit vote has collapsed as BP get nowhere near 17.4m in the polls

[Eirikur]

Someone associated with a certain party probably fell for a prank. It happens, and I'll concede that she doesn't seem bright enough to attract even the smallest moth, but if your conclusion is that anyone who votes for the Brexit Party is therefore a thick twat, you haven't understood anything about why 17.4m of us don't trust the EU, and don't wish to be part of it for a second longer than absolutely necessary.

If it was so clearly a prank, why didn't she take the tweet down? She purposely doesn't take it down as it serves her agenda, where facts don't matter
Now it has been retweeded hundreds of times by bp-ers who didn't even check the replies to this tweet and the story will start its own life as "truth" in Weatherspoons and other alt-right places

[chopper]

Leave voters were completely familiar with the fact that leaving the EU meant leaving the SM and the CU (because Dave & Gideon spent £9m on a leaflet telling us so). That has since been defined as a "hard Brexit", a term which didn't exist during the referendum.
The EU election results suggest that most Leave voters voted for the BP, but since that party had only just formed it's not easy to quantify.

OK, so the leaflet is here.

"Customs Union" does not appear in it once.

"Single Market" appears 8 times, and not once in the context of "We will definitely leave the Single Market".

The leaflet did say "Voting to leave the EU would create years of uncertainty and potential economic disruption. This would reduce investment and cost jobs." but of course you know the Brexiters called this 'Project Fear'.

If you equate support for The Brexit Party Limited with support for No Deal, then having got 30.5% in the EU parliament elections tells you that 69.5% do not want to leave without a deal. Indeed, the official Vote Leave position was to not leave without a deal.

[Old Greg]

OK, so the leaflet is here.

"Customs Union" does not appear in it once.

"Single Market" appears 8 times, and not once in the context of "We will definitely leave the Single Market".

The leaflet did say "Voting to leave the EU would create years of uncertainty and potential economic disruption. This would reduce investment and cost jobs." but of course you know the Brexiters called this 'Project Fear'.

If you equate support for The Brexit Party Limited with support for No Deal, then having got 30.5% in the EU parliament elections tells you that 69.5% do not want to leave without a deal. Indeed, the official Vote Leave position was to not leave without a deal.

You're wasting your time with mordy. He loves lies about Brexit.

[BrilloPad]

Are you saying that 17.4million people are 100% behind the Brexit Party?

Only 52% of them.....

[NotAllThere]

Only 52% of them.....

Not if you use British Parliamentary Democracy. Then it's 32%.

[CryingSheep]

Leave voters were completely familiar with the fact that leaving the EU meant leaving the SM and the CU (because Dave & Gideon spent £9m on a leaflet telling us so). That has since been defined as a "hard Brexit", a term which didn't exist during the referendum.
The EU election results suggest that most Leave voters voted for the BP, but since that party had only just formed it's not easy to quantify.

Taking into account that after the referendum result, Google reported that the second most searched phrase in the UK was "What is the EU?" and that "What happens if we leave the EU?" was also one of the top searches, I will just assume that you are wrong and that many voters weren't absolutely sure of what is the EU or the implications of leaving it, leave it alone more complicated definitions/separations like SM and CU!

[original PM]

Taking into account that after the referendum result, Google reported that the second most searched phrase in the UK was "What is the EU?" and that "What happens if we leave the EU?" was also one of the top searches, I will just assume that you are wrong and that many voters weren't absolutely sure of what is the EU or the implications of leaving it, leave it alone more complicated definitions/separations like SM and CU!

Correct no one was absolutely sure what will happen when we leave the EU.

Also no one was absolutely sure that staying in the EU was in the UK's best interests either.

So the people decided that at the very least we need to ensure that as far as possible we need to ensure our destiny is in our hands - and not the hands of 27 other nations with conflicting interests and priorities.

What everyone who voted to leave did know was that the EU would make it as difficult as possible for us to leave and would do everything in their power to ensure it looked like Britain would fail - and that is a prediction that has clearly and unfortunately come true.

(who would have thought? )

[TestMangler]

Correct no one was absolutely sure what will happen when we leave the EU.

Also no one was absolutely sure that staying in the EU was in the UK's best interests either.

So the people decided that at the very least we need to ensure that as far as possible we need to ensure our destiny is in our hands - and not the hands of 27 other nations with conflicting interests and priorities.

What everyone who voted to leave did know was that the EU would make it as difficult as possible for us to leave and would do everything in their power to ensure it looked like Britain would fail - and that is a prediction that has clearly and unfortunately come true.

(who would have thought? )

[darmstadt]

Correct no one was absolutely sure what will happen when we leave the EU.

Also no one was absolutely sure that staying in the EU was in the UK's best interests either.

So the people decided that at the very least we need to ensure that as far as possible we need to ensure our destiny is in our hands - and not the hands of 27 other nations with conflicting interests and priorities.

What everyone who voted to leave did know was that the EU would make it as difficult as possible for us to leave and would do everything in their power to ensure it looked like Britain would fail - and that is a prediction that has clearly and unfortunately come true.

(who would have thought? )

More tosh! So, if it comes to pass after a couple of years (of eating rats say) that staying in the EU was in the UK's best interests, what will the UK do? More to the point, as I think we can all guess the answer, what will the EU do?