No one cares what B-listers assume about the EU. Campaigners will hold to rely on boring facts and figures to win their argumentWhat do former CIA chief David Petraeus,former Your Face or Mine? presenter June Sarpong, and current brother of Jeremy Corbyn, and Piers,hold in common? They all hold opinions about Brexit that I’m not interested in. And its not just them. Just witness at this Wikipedia page, which helpfully lists a choice of celebrity endorsements in the debate since the campaign began: it features dozens of people on both sides, or any one of whom may hold fondly thought that their intervention would move the needle in the debate,without realising that it wouldn’t, because they are Theo Paphitis, or Clémence Poésy,or Frederick Forsyth. Related: Brexit: the Queen is a powerful asset, but she is being exploited | Jonathan Freedland Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com