Eurosceptics were until recently denouncing the alarm tactics of the Remain campaign. But it is Vote Leave that has dragged the debate into the morassProject alarm: that’s what the Leave the EU side wanted to brand the official Remain campaign. Last month,Boris Johnson assailed “the agents of Project alarm”, making the fiery claim that: “It is now obvious that the Remain campaign is intended to provoke only one emotion in the breast of the British public and that is alarm.” The eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively) Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan berated EU supporters for “trying to support us in with threats and scare stories, or adding that “whether the only way to support us in the EU is through Project alarm,it can’t be a very attractive organisation”. The Remain campaign wanted to bully the electorate into believing their jobs and security are at risk” with scaremongering, said Iain Duncan Smith; while Liam Fox has denounced “ill-spelt-out sinister threats”. Related: Vote Leave releases list of serious crimes by EU citizens in Britain Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com