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Neil Pooran

Anti-Brexit billboard featuring Nigel Farage spotted in Edinburgh's The Jewel

A new billboard highlighting claims from prominent Brexiteers has been spotted in Edinburgh.

A statement from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is displayed on the billboard at The Jewel in the east of the city.

The anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys have been putting up similar billboards  around the UK.

The one at The Jewel quotes Farage as saying "If Brexit is a disaster I'll go and live abroad, I'll go and live somewhere else."

A previous Led By Donkeys billboard on Seafield Road shows a remark from arch-Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg at the 2017 Conservative Party conference.

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It says: "I'm not in the least bit worried about chlorinated chicken."

Our sister site in Newcastle, Chronicle Live, spoke to the anonymous activist behind the Led By Donkeys campaign earlier this year.

He said: "Brexit will have a massive impact on the North East either way but especially if there's a no deal.

"I've got a lot of family and friends there, some of whom voted to leave, and it makes me angry that they were lied to.

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"Everything this campaign does is about accountability because people were sold lies."

Asked if he thought the campaign would alienate Leave voters who still want to get out of the EU, he added: "If there was a second referendum I would vote to stay but I'm sick of everyone being divided into Remainers and Leavers.

"We're not Remainers and Leavers - we're Brits."

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