PHOTO: Brexit’s false claim that it would provide £350 million per week to Britain’s National Health Service after the EU referendum


In a detailed analysis just before Britain’s referendum on European Union membership, Professor Michael Dougan of Liverpool University warned of the “industrial dishonesty” of the Leave campaign.

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Dougan returns with another precise dissection of the tactics and deceptions of Brexit.

1. “Leave’s arguments consisted of at best misrepresentations and at worst outright deception” — including false statements on the powers of the European Union, on economic negotiations, and “worst” on immigration;

2. “Leave promised things that they were not in a position to deliver”;

3. “Leave set out to undermine anyone who disagreed with their views and who sought to provide a more sober and realistic analysis of the implications of what a vote to Leave meant for the UK”

Dougan argues that the notorious direction of the 20th century has returned, “If you are going to tell a lie, tell a big lie”: