Reply to: Leave campaign broke the law (several times)

[Paddy]

Not only did they make false claims, they also broke the law on at least 4 counts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44704561

And then there's the support by foreign governments, Russia in particular

I wonder why the referendum outcome is still seen as valid

Which bit mentions Russia?

[Mordac]

Not only did they make false claims, they also broke the law on at least 4 counts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44704561

And then there's the support by foreign governments, Russia in particular

I wonder why the referendum outcome is still seen as valid

But the millions spent by Cameron on that crappy project fear leaflet weren't included in the spending figures, so the Remain side didn't break any rules. Isn't it about time you had a lie down...?

[Bean]

There aren't any. It was a rhetorical question.

and a false dichotomy to boot too

[Old Greg]

What are the choices again?

There aren't any. It was a rhetorical question.

[scooterscot]

Did you just pick some random words there, or do they have some significance to the discussion?

What are the choices again?

[Old Greg]

Government are Liable.

Did you just pick some random words there, or do they have some significance to the discussion?

[scooterscot]

Whatever happened, I don't see what law was broken.

Government are Liable.

[scooterscot]

Brexit cancelled by Friday. Overspending, lies, fraud, you can't call this democracy.

[Old Greg]

According to a thread here (based on the Daily Mail), David Cameron gave Obama a script of lies to read out about Britain not getting preferential treatment by the US.

The headlines of the story did not match the detail and were presented in such a way that only those who can read headlines would get their blood pressure up.

Therefore, if you just read the headline, Obama lied because Cameron told him to.

Whatever happened, I don't see what law was broken.

[WTFH]

How did Obama illegally support Remain?

According to a thread here (based on the Daily Mail), David Cameron gave Obama a script of lies to read out about Britain not getting preferential treatment by the US.

The headlines of the story did not match the detail and were presented in such a way that only those who can read headlines would get their blood pressure up.

Therefore, if you just read the headline, Obama lied because Cameron told him to.

[zerosum]

And the stay campaign wasn't massively over funded with biased government money or illegally supported by foreign powers such as Obama and his mob

This only reinforces the point. Whether leave or remain (or both) broke the rules is immaterial. Any which way, the referendum result would be unsound.

Suppose remain illegally overspent/used undue influence and it had an impact on the result. In such a case, 52-48 is invalid and leave ought to have a bigger mandate. (Not that that's stopped them from adopting the most extreme interpretation anyway).

This is a great deal more important than precious Brexit.

[Old Greg]

And the stay campaign wasn't massively over funded with biased government money or illegally supported by foreign powers such as Obama and his mob

How did Obama illegally support Remain?

[meridian]

Not only did they make false claims, they also broke the law on at least 4 counts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44704561

And then there's the support by foreign governments, Russia in particular

I wonder why the referendum outcome is still seen as valid

As Malvolio says, because it is still valid (legally speaking).

The referendum is, legally, advisory only. This means that it came with fewer legal boundaries and only “hand slap” penalties for overstepping any marks.

[meridian]

And the stay campaign wasn't massively over funded with biased government money or illegally supported by foreign powers such as Obama and his mob

That’s correct, it wasn’t, according to the rules. If there was any evidence that it had been, it would be investigated.

[tazdevil]

Not only did they make false claims, they also broke the law on at least 4 counts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44704561

And then there's the support by foreign governments, Russia in particular

I wonder why the referendum outcome is still seen as valid

And the stay campaign wasn't massively over funded with biased government money or illegally supported by foreign powers such as Obama and his mob