Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

Boards

Music Social More…

Do you think there’s a case to render the referendum results void

myyada [Edit] [Delete] 15:17, 27 June '16

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

0 replies, get back to work


Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND