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People have noticed that the government’s £140m "Get Ready for Brexit" campaign is going to be a huge waste of money.
After last night’s setback, the chances of the UK leaving the EU on 31 October are lower than ever and the question is now how long a Brexit extension will be rather than whether there will be one.
It’s been clear that leaving the EU by the end of October was unlikely ever since MPs voted to force Boris Johnson to get an extension - but that hasn't stopped the government spending millions of pounds pretending it was going to happen.
And a lot of people were more than happy to remind them how stupid that decision was.
arguably not the best use of £100m in the history of the world https://t.co/OfbmD15UHO— Jim Pickard (@Jim Pickard) 1571780199
£100m ad campaign spaffed up a wall because they thought if they said something would happen often enough it meant… https://t.co/I5Zau68Zds— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@ALASTAIR CAMPBELL) 1571780563
With Johnson abandoning his Oct 31st promise, turns out his massive ad campaign was just another £100m - as he woul… https://t.co/nbvEzl4RSR— For our Future's Sake (@For our Future's Sake) 1571821471
Of course, Johnson is no stranger to wasting money.
As the mayor of London, he wasted £43m of public money on the failed Garden Bridge proposal and bought three water cannons that were sold for scrap unused at a net loss of more than £300,000.
According to the Guardian, Johnson’s "vanity projects" as mayor have cost taxpayers nearly £1bn.
Despite the government’s almost-certain failure at meeting the 31 October deadline, the “Get Ready for Brexit” adverts were still up today.
And it doesn't look like they're going to be disappearing anytime soon...
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