Vote Leave “Facts” Leaflet – checked
Brexiteers’ “official information” now dropping on doormats strays far from reality - we unpick main claims.
Are we about to elect a government without a manifesto?
Leavers’ lack of plans allows them to promise all things to all people - and would not pass muster in a general election.
Brexiteers’ funding promise worthless, it expires in 2020
Vote Leave’s pledge of continued EU payments is only for four years - when we may still be in EU. After that, funding vulnerable to chop.
EU help, not hindrance, in fighting tax avoidance
Billion-pound figures quoted by Brexiteers are gross distortions - EU membership makes us better able to take on multinationals.
10 questions Leave campaigners haven’t answered
Voters haven’t been told what Brexit involves for migration, public spending, trade, crime, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Leave camp distorts Bank of England migrant wage research
IDS says migration meant 10% wage drop in 2 years. Impact is about 1% since 2004 for less skilled service workers, the worst affected.
Dyson doesn’t represent entrepreneurial consensus
Overwhelming majority of UK’s innovators favour remaining in EU - while Dyson’s argument has a number of holes.
Trade deals with our neighbours matter a lot
Leave campaigners wrong to say otherwise. If they were right, UK-EU trade would be about a quarter of current levels.
UK could be punished for leaving, suggests survey
Continental businesses aren’t desperate for UK trade deal at any cost - suggesting exit could be painful and protracted.
EU court hasn’t opened illegal migrant “floodgates”
“Shock” ruling covered on Sun front page simply restates existing law - which does not apply to UK.
Each other state likely to have veto on our EU exit terms
Our post-Brexit deal would be technically complex, and easy to derail - making it less likely to be in our favour.
EU doesn’t prevent us deporting foreign prisoners
Existing EU law allows foreign nationals to be removed. We’d be unlikely to get a better deal post-Brexit.