mo4ch:>May reported to advertising watchdog for ’misleading’ Brexit dividend claim by Labour’s deputy | Mo4ch News
The deputy leader of Labour has reported UK PM Theresa May to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), for “misleading” when she suggested that a ‘Brexit dividend’ will help provide financial resources for the NHS.
Tom Watson MP, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow culture secretary, has written to the ASA chief executive, Guy Parker, to say that “the ‘Brexit dividend’ is widely regarded as at best misleading and at worst a complete myth," report Politics Home.Watson is unhappy with the prime minister's No. 10 Downing Street twitter account posting a thread of graphics promoting ‘the Government’s policy of extra funding for the NHS, in part through a ‘Brexit dividend’ to millions of followers’.One graphic says: "Our long-term plan for the NHS. Funded by the Brexit dividend, with us as a country contributing a bit more."In his letter, Watson writes: "The ASA website states clearly that ‘local authorities, government and other public bodies should be aware…
Tom Watson MP, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow culture secretary, has written to the ASA chief executive, Guy Parker, to say that “the ‘Brexit dividend’ is widely regarded as at best misleading and at worst a complete myth," report Politics Home.Watson is unhappy with the prime minister's No. 10 Downing Street twitter account posting a thread of graphics promoting ‘the Government’s policy of extra funding for the NHS, in part through a ‘Brexit dividend’ to millions of followers’.One graphic says: "Our long-term plan for the NHS. Funded by the Brexit dividend, with us as a country contributing a bit more."In his letter, Watson writes: "The ASA website states clearly that ‘local authorities, government and other public bodies should be aware…