"FRAUD WARNING: Exploiting BREXIT among top ways scammers will cheat people out of money", caution the Express's headline writers.
Whether the headline is symptomatic of severe irony deficiency, or just a rare lucid insight, the fortuitous pairing of Brexit and fraud is probably not the best look for the Europhobic press to be wearing right now.*
Whatever the reason, I find myself in the rare position of endorsing an Express headline. Being gullible enough to believe the people who sold the nation Brexit probably is a fair predictor of susceptibility to scammers.
* Update - although, as our learned friend points out, mere electoral fraud wouldn't invalidate the result, at least legally speaking. But it would certainly undermine the political legitimacy of the failing Brexit project.
Whether the headline is symptomatic of severe irony deficiency, or just a rare lucid insight, the fortuitous pairing of Brexit and fraud is probably not the best look for the Europhobic press to be wearing right now.*
Whatever the reason, I find myself in the rare position of endorsing an Express headline. Being gullible enough to believe the people who sold the nation Brexit probably is a fair predictor of susceptibility to scammers.
* Update - although, as our learned friend points out, mere electoral fraud wouldn't invalidate the result, at least legally speaking. But it would certainly undermine the political legitimacy of the failing Brexit project.
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