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Do you think there’s a case to render the referendum results void
due to legitimate accusations of misinformation and fraud aimed at the leave campaign?
Whether there is or not... I thought I’d collect possible evidence(!), eg:
Vote Leave’s fake company heckling Cameron:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anti-eu-protesters-created-fake-firm-to-heckle-david-cameron-during-cbi-speech-a6727041.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/11/eric-pickles-says-vote-leave-campaign-should-be-denied-lead-status
The 350m stat scandal
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/27/uk-statistics-chief-vote-leave-350m-figure-misleading
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/24/nigel-farage-350-million-pledge-to-fund-the-nhs-was-a-mistake/
Misinformation in regards to future immigration controls
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/jun/25/tory-mep-daniel-hannan-tells-bbc-free-movement-of-labour-might-not-end-video
Misinformation re: Turkey…
https://fullfact.org/europe/turkey-likely-join-eu/
…percentage of laws made by EU:
https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-law-what-proportion-influenced-eu/
“EU regulations are highly damaging to our economy” – bit soon to see whether we’ll be better off out but initial trends don’t look good…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36636853
Wikipedia on Electoral Fraud and Misinformation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Misinformation
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