{"id":69873,"date":"2023-05-18T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=69873"},"modified":"2023-05-18T07:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:47:37","slug":"led-by-donkeys-brexit-has-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/05\/18\/led-by-donkeys-brexit-has-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Led by Donkeys: Brexit has failed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got this email yesterday, from the inspiring campaigners called 'Led by Donkeys':<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Monday night Nigel Farage finally admitted that \u201cBrexit has failed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Of course he\u2019s doing his best to blame others for how it\u2019s been delivered but it\u2019s hard to think of anyone who bears more responsibility for Brexit than Farage himself.<\/p>\n<p>This feels like a moment. We\u2019re finally at a point where the country can agree that Brexit was a mistake. Farage\u2019s friends in the right-wing press will no doubt spin his admission into something else, which is precisely why we want to get his words up in towns and cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5cw38.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/3sbv3IbXAm5gP0jUeLgZaJbwssyQePPt-4sgiYGV7jig2nR7AAvEaGKDiLoyDF11jqe7SPOLM2AM22pMY4xmgM1gSIOgCVtEFxXxMP8TFGHZ7B5VF4irjl9KGdpXfRWiFa17J5u2GDFRf_X3LPAuAkYDn0zndXSZF_0CkEimuzwf5FDvrgPHc5ANTmVG3qVUOVDAqlYsXa5sEjgZq7ZcFmEI5jBw4Ydio1Z7zjGBwuPLDtw4mgKbzuiQImXVwosVOeQldd1DUnY0WLK3JaK6zKk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/5cw38.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/3sbv3IbXAm5gP0jUeLgZaJbwssyQePPt-4sgiYGV7jig2nR7AAvEaGKDiLoyDF11jqe7SPOLM2AM22pMY4xmgM1gSIOgCVtEFxXxMP8TFGHZ7B5VF4irjl9KGdpXfRWiFa17J5u2GDFRf_X3LPAuAkYDn0zndXSZF_0CkEimuzwf5FDvrgPHc5ANTmVG3qVUOVDAqlYsXa5sEjgZq7ZcFmEI5jBw4Ydio1Z7zjGBwuPLDtw4mgKbzuiQImXVwosVOeQldd1DUnY0WLK3JaK6zKk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684476785007000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PpbbMYlD5NdU4GcUv6b10\">Chip in here to get Farage\u2019s words up on giant billboards across the country<\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/5cw38.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/Hy0_jYQHjFw80C39e1VIm-7bMHyYSvn3LyTQ_re66xX7UrVHFacP3uchu4kMMunD7xtVel3WxLe8sL-U0oHPXytDWebv0A3h7cpUP_0JO-gJukFjndgOZ4YfShr5GNoqWf3DGapYb6NxTkUVNFyan0sB1UGQC23Egnfy0vsB11648Ppak88WbatqOHZY2ne8eVSEXXFjE7TwJCdSrRuMrXelOaFIG9WLbS3VGmuenGI1rfxolPiqu8DaPiOrNUofwV8FGmzNGazF4r99XYRInrY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/5cw38.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/Hy0_jYQHjFw80C39e1VIm-7bMHyYSvn3LyTQ_re66xX7UrVHFacP3uchu4kMMunD7xtVel3WxLe8sL-U0oHPXytDWebv0A3h7cpUP_0JO-gJukFjndgOZ4YfShr5GNoqWf3DGapYb6NxTkUVNFyan0sB1UGQC23Egnfy0vsB11648Ppak88WbatqOHZY2ne8eVSEXXFjE7TwJCdSrRuMrXelOaFIG9WLbS3VGmuenGI1rfxolPiqu8DaPiOrNUofwV8FGmzNGazF4r99XYRInrY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684476785007000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2hGKuK9HkMiI1-jVdz-CRz\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/U28VK4KnZlGJVtxEZ8q1nje_uZ3jAkelEvZc3pJYCP2H4NgBFp-aVMtkrEXQaXXaSqQrfkBDbpqsMk4tY1UllAd85NoQrQYUcBulVvpumGrN93zdnp_j3DzEHpOam7f-1FzdHb5ZUtoBWPZfNesdd31A3xBhk1gSbid842aBGKUM9aH2opB8h6tOmSFEdr-EKfuQMbRkFfhvfXj5GyCWVu_hmMGVJF5DLLIJNemXRAz_yw0qtBmkL5RE-5FHNY5NLCKdtJ4lmue-AW8FMnju4Dyd62hhC5saJXnIJd8sHIwfyt7bAS3febSUcf0Y1t6iDX9LivrAKqj4YpxLpw11Eo1Qsccbqih37mTMoqmwov3sg1jhuGMyy5ZXUW4CpswVg7mj88ekUi-ksnXcBmnSMDthTl6vXpun=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/5cw38.img.a.d.sendibm1.com\/im\/3020098\/1b829145e31e4dbb1e3bf2194a2c89fb56ca54f68261928d8cc10f09b859f115.jpg?e=Kl2IRS7212lkrb0hvd0jxl54vAQeUJb1f_YKHnK6vu_I607PUQp35XjXiAuusLEJAgUhXkkEUM7JZ9f3DGW9Su4vcTk-5xLJGbr_kjmo1s8XsrpCumk2lXCjWFziEzvI_UhB0qJtC3KIqKoe0lxhW9MC4Jv5uEqLy4fA2n0-tbu37Co\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>(mock up of what the posters will look like)<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 they said \u201cTake Back Control\u201d. In 2019 they said \u201cGet Brexit Done\u201d. Well now we want them to own a new three-word-slogan: \u201cBrexit Has Failed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve spoken to some billboard companies and if we bulk buy we can get them down to about \u00a3500 per site. We\u2019ve set an initial target of 20 but there\u2019s no reason why we can\u2019t get to 50 or indeed 100. Every penny raised goes directly into putting these posters up and having countless people see those words from \u201cMr Brexit\u201d himself.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a long way to go to undo the damage Farage and his pals have done, but the country agreeing that their Brexit project has been an abject failure is a good place to start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5cw38.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/BJ4IJGXi-85r4t81ZoHPQAYNJR2FAAXXy2th22g7QuEsQeNi4peTOQnPmBhCqc_h0iRFb7dziiMrgV0NOkFNSMYfhHEofCqar9Tzuq844Wpow3g-G6pWVKtxjpi72di33y6TPiPrVLKjqGCcdqJjA1WsVi-tnWRwa13JjPxG-f1oinHNAlRWpBHoliAzS3RASXDvHHkJ1Z1-WTMF_3wuNFZ859NztejkZuOCfnJXMdV38QU7Vcs3UJjrsnrqf368iZ9OmQeYQkeRVCfhuqoxaxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/5cw38.r.a.d.sendibm1.com\/mk\/cl\/f\/BJ4IJGXi-85r4t81ZoHPQAYNJR2FAAXXy2th22g7QuEsQeNi4peTOQnPmBhCqc_h0iRFb7dziiMrgV0NOkFNSMYfhHEofCqar9Tzuq844Wpow3g-G6pWVKtxjpi72di33y6TPiPrVLKjqGCcdqJjA1WsVi-tnWRwa13JjPxG-f1oinHNAlRWpBHoliAzS3RASXDvHHkJ1Z1-WTMF_3wuNFZ859NztejkZuOCfnJXMdV38QU7Vcs3UJjrsnrqf368iZ9OmQeYQkeRVCfhuqoxaxQ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684476785007000&amp;usg=AOvVaw10oMtzjgL1CtBQ7hvn-Uyy\">Let\u2019s pay for billboards across the country making Farage own his failure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The argument\u2019s now over. Let\u2019s get the word out across the country.<\/p>\n<p>LBDx<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you have a spare fiver it seems like a moment to get the message out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got this email yesterday, from the inspiring campaigners called &#8216;Led by Donkeys&#8217;: On Monday night Nigel Farage finally admitted that \u201cBrexit has failed\u201d. Of<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/05\/18\/led-by-donkeys-brexit-has-failed\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69874,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69873\/revisions\/69874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}