
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is seeking a second independence referendum and Nigel Farage has something to say about it.
Sturgeon says the decision to give voters another chance to vote to leave the UK comes from a desire to protect Scottish interests from the UK voting to leave the EU and pursuing a hard Brexit.
Scotland voted 62 per cent to 38 per cent in favour of remain, compared to the UK as a whole, which voted 52 per cent to leave.
And now, Farage, the man many hold responsible for the whole Brexit mess, who stirred anti-immigrant sentiment, whose side made hollow promises of £350 million more NHS funding every week if Britain voted out of the EU, said that we shouldn’t let Scotland “go through a referendum where what they are being offered is not the truth”.
'@NicolaSturgeon and @TheSNP are not offering the truth to the Scottish people. EU membership not independence at a… https://t.co/OwTfbgIHBp— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1489483801
Farage seemingly said this with no hint of irony.
Or self-awareness.
So @Nigel_Farage actually just said this... #indyref2 https://t.co/pRg32euDSU— Brighton & Hove Green Party (@Brighton & Hove Green Party) 1489489178
Full Fact and the Telegraphhave just announced that the EU referendum campaigns mislead voters in relation to the money the UK pays to the EU (it’s less than was claimed) and that a move out of the EU will give the UK control back (the UK has voted with the majority in most votes).
But don't worry, Farage's contradiction hasn't gone unnoticed:
@NicolaSturgeon @theSNP hey @Nigel_Farage you wouldn't know the truth if you tripped over it— Brexshit #RejoinEU (@Brexshit #RejoinEU) 1489485264
@Nigel_Farage @NicolaSturgeon @theSNP Sorry Nige, but YOU'RE accusing MPs of fabricating the truth?!? #hypocrisy— Seph (@Seph) 1489484645
@Nigel_Farage @NicolaSturgeon @theSNP you have no right to lecture anyone on truth until you come up with £350 m for NHS— David Hume #FBPE #FBPPR 3.5% (@David Hume #FBPE #FBPPR 3.5%) 1489489944
@Nigel_Farage @NicolaSturgeon @theSNP - truth? Hilarious. You found that £350m per week for the NHS yet? Or was that fake news?— J-Mac 🔮 (@J-Mac 🔮) 1489490793
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