UK Chancellor Demands Brexiters "Tone Down Rhetoric," Then Compares Them To Nazis
By Tyler Durden
With the 'Remain' campaign having the momentum, the establishment are oh-so-carefully capitalizing on the death of MP Jo Cox, no matter what the facts are. In the latest piece of hysteria-mongering, a perfectly hypocritical UK Chancellor George Osborne demanded Brexit supporters use more “facts” and less “divisive political debate” seconds before comparing UKIP to the Nazis and reasserting his discredited doomsday predictions for the economy.
As Brietbart.com reports, Osborne said on ITV on Sunday…
“Look, first of all, I hope because of the tragic death of Jo [Cox] we can have a less divisive political debate in our country,” he said on ITV this morning.
“And, particularly in the last few days of this referendum, we can have less baseless assertion and inflammatory rhetoric and more reasoned argument and facts,” he added.
Then, in the same interview…
He went on to say that UKIP and Nigel Farage’s “breaking point” poster was “disgusting and vile”, and had “echoes” of 1930s Nazi propaganda – himself echoing writers in the Guardian and a trades union boss, Dave Prentis of Unison, who reported the poster to the police for “inciting hatred”.
Yet even fellow Conservative MPs were shocked at how the Chancellor had so bluntly and shamelessly used the good name of the late Ms. Cox for political capital, just 48 hours after her death.
As Mr. Osborne went on to say UKIP were:
“whipping up concerns, whipping up division, and making baseless assertions that millions of people are going to come into the country in the next couple of years from Turkey.”
Adding:
“That is what we should say no to. And, this referendum vote is a vote on the kind of Britain we want… do we want a meaner, narrower Britain that is poorer in every sense of the word?” he asked.
.@George_Osborne calls UKIP's recent #EURef poster 'disgusting and vile'. #Peston https://t.co/kwEk0RtJnd
— Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) June 19, 2016
George Osborne’s idea of “reasoned argument” and “facts” — presented in the past week — include his widely mocked doomsday predictions for a post-Brexit economy, based on figures from an “independent” organisation mostly funded by the European Union (EU) and British government. His so-called ‘Brexit emergency budget’ was slammed by dozens of MPs in his own party, who promised to vote it down, as it was effectively using his power to threaten voters with punitive cuts and tax rises if they choose to vote against him.
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