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The BBC's fact check column noticed that too and confirmed there was no truth to it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55163730 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55163730
by akadruid1 6y ago
The BBC's fact check column noticed that too and confirmed there was no truth to it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55163730 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55163730
- Slartie 6y agoInteresting. However, this does not undermine my original claim - actually I think it even increases its viability. The undisputable fact that several UK officials specifically praise Brexit as the enabler for this quick approval process, even though it actually was not necessary at all (which they possibly even knew in the first place), increases the likelihood that there was at least some political motivation behind the quick approval move. Whether the statements of the politicians are true or not does not matter with regard to the PR value of them; the only thing that matters is what the general public knows, and not knowing that the UK could have made a national approval even if still part of the EU is probably widespread.