Telegraph’s 20 reasons to vote Leave resurfaces

An editorial published by The Telegraph on the eve of the Brexit referendum outlining 20 reasons to vote out has resurfaced – and it has not aged well.

The leave-backing newspaper claimed Britain will be able to fish, use “proper vacuum cleaners” and even “proper lightbulbs” if the result of the referendum went to the leave camp, which it eventually did.

They also claimed that there would be “no more stupid recycling bins” and that we’d enjoy our “own entry lanes at airports”, which is an almost comical notion seven years on from the referendum.

Check out the list in full below:

The Telegraph’s ’20 reasons you should vote to leave the European Union’

1) We’d get our money back
2) We could decide who comes into our country
3) We could make our own laws again
4) Our courts would have the final say over those laws
5) We wouldn’t have to accept decisions forced on us by other countries
6 )We wouldn’t have to listen to lots of European presidents
7) We wouldn’t have to listen to, or fund, the European Commission
8) We could have proper vacuum cleaners
9) We wouldn’t have to worry about Turkey
10) We could set our own tax rates
11) We could support British companies in trouble
12) Fish!
13) We could get rid of windfarms
14) We could have blue passports again
15) And our own entry lanes at airports
16) We wouldn’t have to fund EU foreign aid
17) It would be easier to get rid of fridges
18) No more stupid recycling bins
19) British MEPs would be sacked
20) Finally, we could have proper lightbulbs again

Here’s a link to an archived copy of the full piece, where the argument behind each point is set out in full.

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.