This book traces how right-wing newspapers in Britain helped shape British public opinion about
the European Union over the course of the 20 years preceding the EU referendum in June 2016.
The author argues that newspapers such as the Telegraph Mail Sun and Express have been
effectively waging a long-term propaganda war with the distortions and borderline fake news
presented one of the factors that helped secure the narrow majority for Brexit. Written by an
EU insider the book presents hard facts and debunks the core myths on EU laws exorbitant
budget contributions and uncontrolled immigration and contributes to the broader debate on the
importance of the press for democracy.
