Untruthful Brexit rhetoric has undermined representative democracy in the UK Article Swipe
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Throughout the run-up to the signing of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement as well as the trade deal, the British government’s public rhetoric on Brexit has been criticised for being misleading and insincere. Sten Hansson (University of Tartu/University of Birmingham) and Sandra Kröger (University of Exeter) argue that there are four ways in which untruthful statements by leading politicians may have undermined representative democracy.
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