Kim Spence-Jones says the BBC’s stance over Brexit is ‘factually incorrect’ (Picture: SWNS)

An anti-Brexit campaigner has blasted the BBC for allegedly saying ‘when’ the UK leaves the EU and not ‘if’.

In an open letter to BBC chairman Sir David Clementi, Kim Spence-Jones claims the broadcaster’s stance over Brexit is ‘factually incorrect’.

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He argues the country could still pull out of an EU exit and insists the corporation should ‘use language that reflects the truth’.

The retired engineer previously complained about the BBC’s use of ‘when’ in coverage of the Brexit process.


In response, the BBC’s complaints team said: ‘Since Article 50 was invoked in March, it is fair and accurate to refer to Brexit as an ongoing process that will happen.

Mr Spence-Jones wants the BBC to start saying ‘if’ Brexit happens, not ‘when’ (Picture: SWNS)

‘Even if the deal is not agreed by March 2019, the UK will leave the EU without a deal.’



Mr Spence-Jones, from Cambridge, runs a group called Project Unify, which he describes as a group ‘trying to put together a more advertising-led approach to Remain’.

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‘I regularly come across people who say “I thought it was done and dusted” and I think the BBC is contributing to that and it worries me,’ he said.

‘The BBC saying “when” and not “if” makes Brexit sound like an unstoppable juggernaut.

‘I think even some leavers are fed up with the poor reporting by the BBC so I think it’s going to be extremely difficult to defend its position.’

The BBC defended its reporting, saying it ‘accurately reflected’ the Brexit negotiations (Picture: Getty)

In his letter, the 62-year-old argues that it’s possible the UK could legally turn its back on Brexit.

He also says ‘political routes’ have been offered by EU boss Donald Tusk and Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt.

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The BBC defended itself by saying its reports ‘accurately reflect the political reality of the ongoing Brexit negotiations’.

‘We’ve now reached the stage where firm deadlines are being created and through law and Parliament the process has clearly begun,’ the broadcaster’s complaints team said.

The BBC acknowledged that while Parliament could block Brexit in theory, it was ‘very unlikely given that a majority of people voted for Brexit in the referendum’.