The Consequences of Brexit [part 4]

[Top Cats Hat]

Interesting piece on Channel Four News this evening.

 

It featured a Leave campaign worker who has whistle blown the campaign to the electoral commission for 'processing' a donation of £650,000 directly to SCL (the parent company of Cambridge Analytica) to avoid it being counted as part of their spend on the campaign. This money was used as part of the digital campaign which targetted political adverts and 'information' directly at the social media of people thought more likely to vote leave.

 

And before all the Brextremists on here start screaming and shouting about how they had made up their own minds and would never been conned like that, remember that this £650,000 was only of a fraction of the millions spent to get voters to vote Leave here and for Trump in the US.

 

In the immortal words of John Lydon "Ever get the feeling .......?"

[Guest]

Interesting piece on Channel Four News this evening.

 

It featured a Leave campaign worker who has whistle blown the campaign to the electoral commission for 'processing' a donation of £650,000 directly to SCL (the parent company of Cambridge Analytica) to avoid it being counted as part of their spend on the campaign. This money was used as part of the digital campaign which targetted political adverts and 'information' directly at the social media of people thought more likely to vote leave.

 

And before all the Brextremists on here start screaming and shouting about how they had made up their own minds and would never been conned like that, remember that this £650,000 was only of a fraction of the millions spent to get voters to vote Leave here and for Trump in the US.

 

In the immortal words of John Lydon "Ever get the feeling .......?"

 

It pales in comparison to the money spent on that government leaflet aimed at trying to convince us to vote remain.

[ez8004]

Strange thing is that even knowing that they still voted in the majority to leave.

 

Just a typical example of the nonsensical mindset of a Brexit voter.

 

I am looking forward to the likes of Cornwall burn financially when reality sinks in.

Edited March 24, 2018 by ez8004

[melthebell]

It pales in comparison to the money spent on that government leaflet aimed at trying to convince us to vote remain.

 

and so the excuses start

 

but but but

[Top Cats Hat]

It pales in comparison to the money spent on that government leaflet aimed at trying to convince us to vote remain.

 

It doesn't as it happens, and even if it did they would both pale in comparison to the £60 billion (and counting) that Brexit has already cost the UK economy!

 

In fact whatever the government spent, if the vote had been to remain that money would have been recouped in the first month after the referendum.

[I1L2T3]

It pales in comparison to the money spent on that government leaflet aimed at trying to convince us to vote remain.

 

That’s not a justification for illegality.

[Litotes]

It doesn't as it happens, and even if it did they would both pale in comparison to the £60 billion (and counting) that Brexit has already cost the UK economy!

 

In fact whatever the government spent, if the vote had been to remain that money would have been recouped in the first month after the referendum.

 

You can't say that...

 

I know it's true, but I am sure that the brexiteers will say that you are lying / traitor / an illegal immigrant etc etc etc and that you can't say that.

 

The problem is that it is based on facts - something that seems to be an anathema to the beleavers.

[Top Cats Hat]

It pales in comparison to the money spent on that government leaflet aimed at trying to convince us to vote remain.

 

I've just done the maths on that!

 

According to the Financial Times the UK economy has lost £60 billion up to and including November 2017 due to Brexit. That is £60,000 million in 17 months. That is £3,529 million per month since June 2016. That is the equivalent of £117 million per day or £4.9 million per hour. Given that the government leaflet you complain about cost £9 million to produce and distribute, the equivalent of that money was lost to the UK in LESS THAN TWO HOURS after the result was announced.

 

Are you seriously complaining about the government spending £9 million pounds on a leaflet when the Brexit vote has so far cost us over 9,000 times that amount?

[ricgem2002]

nice piece from the wall street journal here https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-k-is-doingjust-fine-thanks-1521819089

[I1L2T3]

nice piece from the wall street journal here https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-k-is-doingjust-fine-thanks-1521819089

 

Would this be the same WSJ owned by Fox?