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Originally Posted by NISFAN
And exactly how is that different to any political campaign held in every country in the world today?
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The difference as I see it, is that there is no cost or punishment for lying and deceiving the population in a referendum. In any normal election, a political party will suffer hugely if they seriously mislead - just look at the Lib Dems and their tuition fees shambles. Here, once you have won the referendum, you have caused an irreversible change, so the incentive to lie your way to victory is much greater if the referendum outcome is the ultimate goal you seek. Farage can stroll off into the sunset content that he has screwed the EU (and of course the UK in the process).