Comments by "Awesome Avenger" (@awesomeavenger2810) on "Brexit funder Arron Banks ignored campaign suspension after Jo Cox’s murder" video.

  1. The death of Jo Cox was used and abused by the remain campaign. And as BBC newsnight showed in a report last year, getting creative with the accounts during political campaigning is commonplace. Its something all parties do. And the remain campaign did it too.
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  2.  @kevinbuckley8458  I never claimed remain did carry on campaigning. But the idea that the whole democratic process should grind to a halt because of Jo Cox's murder was an attempt at politicising her death. But the remain campaign did indeed get creative with its accounts. Allowing small pro-remain campaign groups access to free office space. As well as coordinating their campaigning and donations - all of which shows they were attempting to get around spending limits. It's difficult to prove. Which is why its so prevalent in both the referendum and during general elections.
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  3.  @emm_arr  Check out 'Michael Crick on election expenses 1997 - Newsnight Archives' on BBC newsnight youtube channel
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  4.  @emm_arr  Because then you will understand that getting creative with campaign spending limits has a very long tradition. What's happening now is that one side's spending is getting all the attention. While the other side's spending is being ignored.
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  5.  @emm_arr  I have no doubt he is. But have you also looked at the people who funded the remain campaign? These include Denise Coates of Bet365 (fined $2.75m in Australia for deceptive practices), and George Soros, who made an estimated $1 billion betting against the £ when it crashed out of the ERM in 1992 and was fined £1.5 million for insider trading in 2002. Amongst others with decidedly dodgy pasts.
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  6.  @emm_arr  So it doesnt matter to you that those who funded the remain campaign are also dirty - Thanx. That's kinda my point
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  7.  @emm_arr  You're defending hypocrisy by making accusations of whataboutery?
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  8.  @emm_arr  You need to come up with some kind of logical argument otherwise dont bother
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  9.  @kevinbuckley8458  Why should campaigning have stopped because of Jo Cox's murder?
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  10.  @kevinbuckley8458  Thats not answering the question.
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  11.  @kevinbuckley8458  Thats still not answering the question
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