Brexit campaign chief praises 'very clever' Nazi propaganda in leaked tapes

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• A leading Brexit campaigner has been recorded praising Nazi propaganda.
• Andy Wigmore of the Leave.EU campaign said Nazi techniques had been "very clever".
• Leave.EU deliberately used outrage techniques to gain attention, he admits.
• Wigmore dismisses the release of his comments as "willful deception and trickery."

LONDON — A leading figure in the Brexit campaign has been recorded praising the "very clever" propaganda techniques used by the Nazis.

Andy Wigmore, who served as communications director for Leave.EU, the Brexit campaign group fronted by Nigel Farage and funded by Arron Banks, was speaking to academic researcher Dr. Emma Briant, who recorded the conversation.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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