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Denzil_DC

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1. Given the fevered mood during the referendum and the number of myths/lies that abounded,

Reply to Ghost Dog (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2019, 10:17 AM

May 2019

I'm not sure whether a more aggressive approach from anyone in the EU would have helped.

Boris Johnson had been driving his cart and horses around the pitch of truth where the EU was concerned for many years, and media in search of cheap clickbait headlines about the latest EU monstrosity/idiocy followed slavishly.

The EU did set up a website to debunk some of the most prevalent myths some years ago: https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/

But we're living in post-truth/post-expert times.

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Juncker regrets EU silence on Brexit campaign 'lies' [View all] Ghost Dog May 2019 OP

Given the fevered mood during the referendum and the number of myths/lies that abounded, Denzil_DC May 2019 #1

There is the very true abqtommy May 2019 #2

Yes. So now it is known that in any future such referenda, Ghost Dog May 2019 #3