Nigel Farage and the ‘Vote Leave’ camp claimed that the £350 million that we were spending on our EU membership was a waste of money.
Instead, they suggested that we ‘Brexit’ from the European Union, and donate the money to our NHS instead.
As a matter of fact, the promise of a better funded public health service was one of the main reasons that so many voters identified with.
So, after it was announced today that the European Referendum has resulted in a ‘LEAVE” majority, many of us assumed that meant our doctors, nurses, and amazing healthcare professionals would be getting the money they deserve.
But, as it turns out, it was all a lie.
Oh yes.
Despite emblazoning the pledge across a number of red Brexit battle buses, Nigel Farage has now claimed it was a ‘mistake’.
Hmm.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid, he said: “I can’t [guarantee it], and I would never have made that claim.
That was one of the mistakes that I think the Leave campaign made.”
Watch him backtrack on his claims below:
He added: “It wasn’t one of my adverts – I can assure you! I think they made a mistake in doing that.
“We have a £10 billion, £34 million a day featherbed, that is going to be free money that we can spend on the NHS, on schools, on whatever it is.”
Unsurprisingly, viewers of the show did NOT take well to the turnaround on Twitter.
It’s safe to say that people aren’t happy.
David Cameron, following the result, has since resigned as Prime Minister - but he will continue serving until October this year.
Speaking on Radio 4, Nigel Farage suggested that Brits will NOT need to elect a new leader.
He said: "We don't need an election necessarily.... there are two things that need to happen - One, a Brexit prime minister and secondly a negotiating team that are going to go to Brusssels and get us a better deal."
His comments came as Dan Hannan, a Brexit-supporting Conservative MEP, suggested that Leave campaigners did not promise to "pull up the drawbridge" and warned that migration to the UK will continue despite the vote.
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