Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Monday 4th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make lies and misleading statements in referenda and elections illegal
Campaign material whether broadcast or on paper can contain direct lies. The liars cannot be prosecuted - such content falls outside the charters of the ASA, OFCOM and the Electoral Commission. In an increasingly complex world we are left choosing which lies to believe, not which truths to accept.
For example, see the claim repeated throughout by Vote Leave that our membership of the EU "costs us £350M per week".
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