In view of Stu's post and the photo of Boris, I'd say that you are in total denial, Teribus. If you make a promise that you know you won't be able to keep, or that is based on false information (such as the £350 million a week lie), or that you are not in any position to make, then you are lying. As for the immigration numbers, the Tories have had six years in which they have failed abysmally - ABYSMALLY - to address the promise they made. Around half of the immigration has NOTHING to do with EU rules, in spite of your convoluted excuses for the inability to control it (and they did PROMISE! Even if you're right, which I doubt, presumably they knew about the issues you mentioned when they made that promise. So, a promise they were in NO POSITION TO MAKE). The confident prediction from that, nay, a dead cert I'd say, is that immigration will be unaffected by Brexit, yet we're going to lose the single market. Considering that "controlling our borders" was arguably the point upon which the whole referendum turned, I'd say that is more than ironic. It's downright disreputable.
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