Submitted on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Declare the 2016 referendum result void, as the Leave campaign used false data.
A narrow referendum result where the 'Leave' side had a false number - that the EU takes £350M a week from the UK – prominently in their campaign advertising (eg on their Battle Bus) is not valid: especially as the UK Statistics Authority told 'Leave' early enough during the campaign to change it.
1) Examples of repeated use of the misleading figure as a central part of the Brexit campaign.
Battle Bus
https://www.neweurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/02_Leave.jpg
Posters
http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1019912/stream_img.jpg
2) UK Statistics Authority statement on 27th May about this misleading figure:
https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/uk-statistics-authority-statement-on-the-use-of-official-statistics-on-contributions-to-the-european-union/
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