A Brexit expert has launched a scathing attack on the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of publishing “incredible misinformation” about leaving the EU on its website.
Catherine McBride OBE, a fellow at the Centre for Brexit Policy, claimed the broadcaster ignored detailed information provided by her working group when approached by BBC Verify for help with an article.
The criticism comes as Britain marks five years since leaving the European Union.
McBride told GB News: “The BBC today had the most incredible list of misinformation about Brexit on their website.
McBride accused the broadcaster of publishing “incredible misinformation” about Brexit
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“Even though BBC Verify had contacted a group I work with asking them for all of the details and we all sent in stuff, all of that was ignored.
“Some people don’t know that most of what the Labour Party is now doing couldn’t be done if we were still in the EU.
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“They doesn’t even recognise that because they like to hang on to this rubbish that Brexit is bad.”
Former Labour advisor Stella Tsantekidou responded: “I know that not everything about the concept of Brexit is bad. I do not think that the EU is a saintly organisation.
“Catherine, I am from Greece and the EU has massively damaged my country.
“What are you telling to the tens of thousands of small and medium sized businesses who can no longer trade with the EU?
Stella Tsantekidou argued her Brexit stance
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“They were promised free trade agreements. The bonfire of red tape. What they got in return is a lot more red tape, a lot more bureaucracy.
“Because the reality is that for a lot of small and medium sized businesses, the first partners that they can trade with is the countries that are right next to us.”
GB News has contacted the BBC for comment.
New polling reveals a significant shift in public opinion about Brexit, with 57 per cent of Britons now wanting to rejoin the EU, according to analysis by Facts4EU.
The research, which aggregated 250 polls over five years, shows just 43 per cent want to remain outside the bloc.
BBC came under fire for “ignoring” the details that she sent them
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Young voters are particularly opposed to Brexit, with a recent Savanta poll finding 84 per cent would choose to join the EU.
The polls come as Labour consults businesses about potentially joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM), which would relax trade rules and supply chain constraints.
Downing Street has indicated that joining the PEM would not cross any government ‘red lines’.
The EU has also expressed interest in a Youth Mobility Scheme for young Britons and EU nationals, which Labour has not ruled out.
