A campaign of fake news about the EU has gone viral. We’re only vulnerable to this because of 40 years of weak leadership, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
“Just got through reading the Lisbon treaty! OMG!!!” and “Why is no one talking about the Lisbon treaty that comes into force in 2020???” Suddenly it’s viral. If you see this everywhere online you may puzzle how the treaty’s 3,000 dense pages have become such hot reading across Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. Look, for example, at what one tweet claims of what staying in the EU means: “Just been reading some of the Lisbon treaty, very worrying.
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