Government ‘get ready for Brexit’ ads have ended up on The New European podcast

The adverts – which appeared on the podcast for two weeks in a row – are part of a £100 million advertising spend from the government ahead of October 31st, despite the fact the UK may not exit the EU on that date.

Podcast host Richard Porritt said: “We do have some guidelines regarding the advertising we are willing to take on the podcast – no tobacco and no arms dealers. I guess the current government just about makes it through our selection process.

“Thanks Mr Gove – we plan to spend the money on continuing to spread the Remain message far and wide.”

Podcast co-host Steve Anglesey said: “It’s almost like the government don’t know what they’re doing.”

Sadly we have not been hand-picked by Dominic Cummings.

The adverts are fed at random into the show via podcast hosting service Audioboom, which automatically places them onto popular podcasts – giving our Remainer listeners the startling possibility of encountering hard Brexiteer propaganda.

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