【2002 Archives】

LONDON -- After years months of endless propaganda from both sides of the debate over whether Britain should stay in the European Union002 Archives frustrated people on Twitter believe they've finally found their hero.

Laurence Taylor has paid out of his own pocket for an advert in London's Metro newspaper because he is "fed up with the rubbish being talked about immigration." 

He made a pie chart to show how 330,000 migrants compare to the rest of the UK population, picking the information from the Office of National Statistics and MigrationWatch.

"Why can't we cope with a 0.5% year rise in population? Too many migrants or failure of government?" he wrote. 

"Paid for out of my own pocket because I'm fed up with the rubbish being talked about immigration. Vote Remain or Leave, up to you, but do it based on facts not fear :)"

He added: 

...oh by the way if we Leave and we want access to the single market (40% of our exports I think), then we have to accept free movement of people...We could always try and negotiate something different but how successful do you think that would be given that everyone else including Norway has to? OK I'll stop there. Just getting my money's worth:)

And people on Twitter are hailing him as a hero.

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Some people offered to buy him a pint.

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Others believe they've fallen in love: 

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