In this age where most of people's information on current events is obtained through Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, I find the recent British Anti-Brexit billboard campaign most refreshing. A small group of friends have organised a billboard campaign where they just post actual quotes from key brexit politicians. Examples have included :
- Therese May: I believe it is clearly in our national interest to remain a member of the European Union
- Michael Gove: The day after we vote to leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we want.
- Nigel Farage: In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way.
- David Davis: If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy.
The campaigners call themselves #LedByDonkeys and I strongly urge you to follow them on twitter and to contribute to their funding.
I would love to see similar campaigns developed in other countries holding politicians to account for the things they have said. In this age where we are bombarded with online information simple quotes on large billboards have a lot more credibility and impact than never ending tweets and likes.
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