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by benj111 2522 days ago
You're misremembering.

Most leading Brexiteers expected some kind of access to the single market. Farage himself talked about a Norway type arrangement immediately post referendum at least.

https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/open-britain-video-sing...

https://fullfact.org/europe/what-was-promised-about-customs-...

I've already linked to the official leaflet, I find it telling that you don't/didn't feel the need to read it.

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Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Every person who voted in the referendum felt the need not to read the official leaflet.

My comment was about what a person who voted understood by the time they got to the ballot box.

I didn't make that clear enough and the part of the previous comment I quoted probably helped in this misunderstanding, I apologise.

"What people understood" encompasses the messages that they have received from politicians on both sides of the debate.

The video I linked to shows many politicians from both remain and leave making the point explicit.

I would argue that many, many more people saw these prime time messages than read the official leaflet.