Brexit: John Oliver calls out Leave campaign for ‘misleading Britain’

With the UK facing an economic crisis following its decision to leave the European Union,  comedian John Oliver has taken aim at the nation’s ‘Leave’ campaigners for “misleading” the country.

On Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, Oliver, a British native, called out the far-right UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage and pro-Brexit former London mayor Boris Johnson for their campaign.

Oliver shut down Farage’s claim the vote result had turned June 23 into the UK’s “Independence Day”.

“Britain was already independent. In fact, it’s what many other countries celebrate their independence from,” he said.

Oliver also highlighted just how quickly the pro-Brexit arguments have fallen apart.

The Leave campaign heavily pushed a promise to redirect the $350 million allegedly given to the EU each week into the National Health Service.

Campaigners declared the pledge on the side of a red bus that was driven around London in the lead-up to the vote.

Farage – who Oliver described as the “three-time cover model for Punchable Face Magazine” – went back on his word less than 12 hours after the vote results were announced.

“No I can’t, and I would never have made that claim,” he responded when asked if he could guarantee the promise.

Oliver also highlighted the economic fallout Britain has suffered since June 23.

The British pound is now at a 31-year low, the UK has been stripped of its prized top-category credit rating and Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned.

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“It seems like whoever the next UK prime minister is going to be, whether it’s Boris Johnson or a racist tea kettle, they are going to be in for a rough few years,” Oliver said.

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He had no time for voters who now regret their choice to vote ‘Leave’.

“That was the f---ing vote. It wasn't a practice round. That was it,” he shouted at the camera.

He closed off with a warning to Americans, who will elect a new president on November 8.

“You might think, ‘Well, that is not going to happen to us in America. We’re not going to listen to some ridiculously haired buffoon peddling lies and nativism in the hopes of riding a protest vote into power’ – Well, let Britain tell you it can happen,” he said.

“And when it does, there are no f---ing do overs.”