PurplePenguin wrote:There was lies on both sides.
The problem here is that you're equating the two campaigns, and making out "one was as bad as the other". It doesn't stand up to any objective scrutiny. Just because some remain campaign predictions did not come to pass, it does not put them on the same level as the lies from the leave campaign, or mean any of those lies should be dismissed.
Vote Leave were found guilty by the Electoral Commision of breaking electoral law by overspending, and the matter was referred to the police. The police have refused to investigate, citing 'political sensitivities'.
A University of Liverpool Law School Professor and expert in EU law described the Leave campaign as “one of the most dishonest campaigns this country has ever seen”, potentially resulting in “untold damage to the quality of our national democracy”. (
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Central, highly visible claims from the Leave campaign, such as the £350 million for the NHS, were almost immediately admitted to be lies once the referendum result was announced.
All of that is on a whole different level to the remain campaign.