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Originally Posted by joeysteele
I don't think any channel is doing a good balanced presentation so far.
Last night on Sky we had Boris claiming £350million a week would go to the NHS if out.
When challenged that figure was wrong and we did not pay £350million weekly to the EU, he said its the gross figure,thats fact.
You don't use gross figures until the deductions are off and you have the nett figure. so he would be promising all except the rebate to the NHS if out.
So what about the regional and other funds we get back from the EU which would stop if out.
If all the savings are going to the NHS what about the Farmers and those other funds,he has said it would go to the NHS,so all the others would lose out.
However he wasn't challenged as to that aid and funds back from the EU by the report' he was allowed to get away with saying simply, that's the gross figure, that's fact.
Let's hope then he is never in control of the UKs finances if he would risk operating on gross figures before all deductions and amendments ar taken into account..
Also, his getting at Obama as to the UK and the EU s getting really pathetic now, desperation almost.
Were Obama and the USA advocating the UK leaving the EU, he would be probably quoting that left, right and centre.
Really though, both sides have to be challenged as to claims they are making but that 'out' poster saying that if out, £350million a week would go to the NHS is a blatant lie and a bad misleading of the voters as to it too in my opinion.
The 'factual' real figure available to go anywhere is more like half that, around £175million.
Subject still of course to all costs,possible tariffs and other conditions that may eat up some of those funds left too.
So for me, we need people in the know interviewing and challenging both sides and not letting anyone off the hook as was so badly done with Boris Johnson's defence of that poster yesterday.
I doesn't bother me that he did that,I am pleased he id because it just shows to me, and I hope to others too, the bumbling mess he is and that he cannot be trusted on almost anything and that he will even find ways of defending a blatant lie.
He thinks saying things loud enough and arrogantly dismissing everyone else,is good statesmanship, not in my book and hopefully he shows the incompetent he is more and more in the remainder of this campaign.
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Yes, the silly beggar made a right show of himself.
Laura knows all the facts and figures and can run rings around him.
The daft thing is that he either knows the truth and thinks he can get away with his lies or worse still, he is totally clueless.
I must say it does make you think twice about voting for the out cause with him at the helm.