We've all seen it on the bus.
Now they have already distanced themselves from this claim.
And The Guardian exposed the number as false. (Ref: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check/2016/may/23/does-the-eu-really-cost-the-uk-350m-a-week)
Now this number is a very significant number in my opinion.
The population of the UK is about 64 million.
EACH PERSON in the UK would be sending £5.50 a week to the EU !
Now that is A LOT of money.
It certainly costs A LOT less than we send to Westminster every week.
But £350 million vs £136 million is a BIG difference and I think it swayed the vote.
Many people must have voted to save the NHS. This would make sense to many people. Healthcare is a top priority for many, and in fact for me, I would consider that healthcare is really the only thing that makes our society better than the society that existed 100 years or so ago.
BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE BACK ON THIS PROMISE !!!!!!
(Ref : "No Extra Money for NHS : Theresa May Tells Health Chief", https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/14/no-extra-money-for-nhs-theresa-may-tells-health-chief", October 2016)
(Ref : "David Davis distances himself from Vote Leave's pledge to spend £350m on NHS after Brexit" - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/david-davis-distances-himself-from-vote-leaves-pledge-to-spend-3/, September 2016)
If the public was lied to so blatantly on leaflets and on television when this bus was shown, then how can we say that the Referendum vote was valid ? It was a very close vote and if the campaign was not run truthfully and ethically then I think the whole thing should be run again. We cant make such stratospheric change based on such a close vote when the facts were not laid before us to make an informed choice.
Ref: Official statistician refuted the figure as did Nigel Farage but Boris Johnson persisting with it - http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/27/boris-johnson-stands-by-350million-vote-leave-bus-message-6600240/
(Metro, 27th April 2017
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