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    "text": "Top tips for pretending you voted ‘Leave’ because you’re not a racist! Not a single immigrant in sight! (that’s just how you like it, isn’t it?)\n\nYou say: “The Common Agricultural Policy is not fair, and is very expensive to the UK”.\n\nYour opponent says: “Do you like Italian wine and French cheese? If the CAP didn’t exist, you’d be stuck drinking Greek wine and eating American cheese.”\n\nYou say: “Laws agreed on in Brussels overrule British law”.\n\nYour opponent says: “I know, isn’t it horrible having to pay for everything in Euros! Oh wait, we got to opt out of that, didn’t we? Well, it’s horrible that foreigners don’t have to show their passports when they come to the UK! What, you mean we opted out of that too? Well, it’s terrible that we can’t pardon people-traffickers! Hang on, you can’t possibly say that we opted out of that too?! Britain supports 88% of decisions coming out of Brussels, including stuff like the working time directive and in reality, we get opt-out agreements for big stuff like Schengen, or the Euro.”\n\nYou say: “We could abolish the tampon tax.”\n\nYour opponent says: “Because David Cameron and George Osborne seem committed to reducing VAT on feminine hygiene goods, I wholeheartedly agree that we should leave the EU.”\n\nYou say: “We could have saved Port Talbot, and we could save companies in similar situations in future!”\n\nYour opponent says: “Port Talbot was costing Tata Steel a million pounds a day. Why not just send the invoice to the British taxpayer instead?”\n\nYou say: “We wouldn’t have to worry about renewable energy any more, and could profit from our oilfields and fracking.”\n\nYour opponent says: “Well, that’s a perfectly valid point, Gideon de Pfeffel”.\n\nYou say: “We wouldn’t have to depend on the EU to make trade deals with other countries.”\n\nYour opponent says: “Great! We could organise very favourable rates for shipping goods to North Korea!”\n\nYou say: “We could take the money that we currently pay into the EU, and use it to save the NHS!”\n\nYour opponent says: “That’s a great idea, and I will certainly put the rest of the money towards the NHS. Just as soon as renovations are complete on my duck pond”.",
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  "publishedAt": "2016-06-23T14:54:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Top tips for pretending you voted ‘Leave’ because you’re not a racist! Not a single immigrant in sight! (that’s just how you like it, isn’t it?)\n\nYou say: “The Common Agricultural Policy is not fair, and is very expensive to the UK”.\n\nYour opponent says: “Do you like Italian wine and French cheese? If the CAP didn’t exist, you’d be stuck drinking Greek wine and eating American cheese.”\n\nYou say: “Laws agreed on in Brussels overrule British law”.\n\nYour opponent says: “I know, isn’t it horrible having to pay for everything in Euros! Oh wait, we got to opt out of that, didn’t we? Well, it’s horrible that foreigners don’t have to show their passports when they come to the UK! What, you mean we opted out of that too? Well, it’s terrible that we can’t pardon people-traffickers! Hang on, you can’t possibly say that we opted out of that too?! Britain supports 88% of decisions coming out of Brussels, including stuff like the working time directive and in reality, we get opt-out agreements for big stuff like Schengen, or the Euro.”\n\nYou say: “We could abolish the tampon tax.”\n\nYour opponent says: “Because David Cameron and George Osborne seem committed to reducing VAT on feminine hygiene goods, I wholeheartedly agree that we should leave the EU.”\n\nYou say: “We could have saved Port Talbot, and we could save companies in similar situations in future!”\n\nYour opponent says: “Port Talbot was costing Tata Steel a million pounds a day. Why not just send the invoice to the British taxpayer instead?”\n\nYou say: “We wouldn’t have to worry about renewable energy any more, and could profit from our oilfields and fracking.”\n\nYour opponent says: “Well, that’s a perfectly valid point, Gideon de Pfeffel”.\n\nYou say: “We wouldn’t have to depend on the EU to make trade deals with other countries.”\n\nYour opponent says: “Great! We could organise very favourable rates for shipping goods to North Korea!”\n\nYou say: “We could take the money that we currently pay into the EU, and use it to save the NHS!”\n\nYour opponent says: “That’s a great idea, and I will certainly put the rest of the money towards the NHS. Just as soon as renovations are complete on my duck pond”.",
  "title": "How To Trick Everyone Into Thinking You're Not A Racist",
  "updatedAt": "2018-03-03T15:54:47.000Z"
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