Could the way in which Vote Leave used its NHS funding pledge during the EU referendum campaign amount to the offence of treason felony? That question is posed by a solicitor and legal historian in this week’s NLJ. The Treason Felony Act 1848, which remains on the statute books, was passed in response to a forged petition brought by the Chartists. Could it also apply to a bus sporting a Vote Leave NHS funding pledge that disappeared two or three days after the campaign? After all, the £350m pledge was described by Leave campaign funder Aaron Banks as a ‘blatant lie’.
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