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| Brexit 'dummies' blamed for anti-German motorway poster | Brexit 'dummies' blamed for anti-German motorway poster |
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| Homemade posters proclaiming: “Halt Ze German Advance: Vote Leave” and placed in fields overlooking one of the busiest motorways in England have forced the official Brexit campaign team to disown them and claim they were put up by “dummies on our side”. | Homemade posters proclaiming: “Halt Ze German Advance: Vote Leave” and placed in fields overlooking one of the busiest motorways in England have forced the official Brexit campaign team to disown them and claim they were put up by “dummies on our side”. |
| The billboard-size posters on grass banks overlooking the east and westbound carriageways of the M40, between the M25 and High Wycombe, include the official Vote Leave website address. | The billboard-size posters on grass banks overlooking the east and westbound carriageways of the M40, between the M25 and High Wycombe, include the official Vote Leave website address. |
| Vote Leave campaign director Dominic Cummings said on Twitter he thought the posters had been made by “dummies on our side” and rejected the idea that the insensitive reference to the second world war was part of a smear campaign by the Remain camp. | Vote Leave campaign director Dominic Cummings said on Twitter he thought the posters had been made by “dummies on our side” and rejected the idea that the insensitive reference to the second world war was part of a smear campaign by the Remain camp. |
| A spokesperson for Vote Leave said they were “not our posters. We were made aware of them late last night. Staff in the area are endeavouring to have them removed.” | A spokesperson for Vote Leave said they were “not our posters. We were made aware of them late last night. Staff in the area are endeavouring to have them removed.” |
| But the posters were still in place on Sunday, in the view of thousands of bank holiday travellers. | But the posters were still in place on Sunday, in the view of thousands of bank holiday travellers. |