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When the facts aren’t the whole story

Or "A biased, misleading, selection of facts supplied with the intention  of persuading you to vote against staying in the EU, whilst  deliberately attempting to look like a neutral document by  making it hard to figure out who supplied it".  Not as catchy, obviously. Yes, those are my slippers. Do you know what makes my blood pump fast? My heart, yes... but what else? Leaflet-based Referendum subterfuge. Obviously. Once upon a time, our letterbox used to get lovely things shoved through it. Like postcards, letters from a favourite Auntie, and newspapers. Now it seems to be predominantly leaflets. Leaflets telling me what fabulous 2 for 1 offers are available at my local convenience store. Leaflets for double glazing. Leaflets for miracle garden fences that don’t need treating for 25 year (I did read that one). And charity collection bags. Mostly, the leaflet are an irrelevant irritation, and, if I filled every charity bag, I’d be ripping up the carpets by ...