Off-Topic-Brexit-Lies: The biggest political decision for a generation was based on a lie about L350m - the NHS will never see that
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-latest-nigel-farage-nhs-pledge-350-million-pounds-eu-referendum-vote-leave-lie-a7100706.html Minutes after the news broke that Britain had voted to leave the EU, already a promise was broken. The 350 million pounds a week that "could" be used for the NHS in the event of Brexit will likely never materialise, as Ukip leader Nigel Farage stepped back from his original pledge. - - - To understand the significance of this, it's important to know that this pledge was a central -- arguably *the* central aspect of the Ukip/Brexit campaign -- even emblazoned on their campaign bus. Vast numbers of British voters who voted "Leave" said they were doing so largely on the basis of this false promise. You can watch Nigel Farage being questioned about this on "Good Morning Britain" this morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA3XTYfzd1I --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
