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Heart attack

Remain blasted for suggesting Brexit voters are unkind, intolerant and divisive

Campaign poster depicting heart-shapedn Union flag in tatters has left Leave supporters fuming

Remain heart poster

REMAIN campaigners were last night slammed for putting out a poster implying anyone who votes for Brexit was unkind, intolerant and divisive.

Pro-EU Tory ministers, including Matt Hancock, sent out an image of the British flag as a broken heart.

 Poster panned ... Remain campaigners have been slammed for suggesting Leave campaigners are heartless
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Poster panned ... Remain campaigners have been slammed for suggesting Leave campaigners are heartless

Next to it were the words: “Remain Kind, Remain Open, Remain Inclusive, Remain Tolerant, Remain Together. Vote Remain.”

The co-ordinated online blitz sparked a furious backlash.

 Anyonewho ever had a heart ... Pro-EU Tory ministers, including Matt Hancock, sent out an image of the British flag as a broken heart
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Anyonewho ever had a heart ... Pro-EU Tory ministers, including Matt Hancock, sent out an image of the British flag as a broken heartCredit: Getty Images

 

Ex- Tory MP Louise Mensch blasted Hancock for suggesting “half the country is intolerant, closed and unkind”.

TV star Kirstie Allsopp said: “This is an absurd and divisive ad.”

 Room for improvement ... TV star Kirstie Allsopp said: “This is an absurd and divisive ad.”
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Room for improvement ... TV star Kirstie Allsopp said: “This is an absurd and divisive ad.”Credit: UK Press

Vote Leave’s Matthew Elliott said: “This is typical of the arrogance of the In campaign.

“They are sneering at the millions of British families who want to Vote Leave for a better future.”

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