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The losing Democrat presidential candidate, who is in the UK as part of her global book tour, said Brexit was a precursor to her defeat to Donald Trump in last year’s US presidential election. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, in a wide-ranging interview, Mrs Clinton also warned Brexit will a “very big disadvantage” to the UK if it fails to strike a deal with the European Union. Clearly bemoaning Brexit influence in Mr Trump’s successes in the race to the White House, Mrs Clinton complained about the “amount of fabricated, false information” used by the Leave campaign to secure Britain’s EU divorce. She said: “I wanted to make another point about Brexit. Looking at the Brexit vote now, it was a precursor, to some extent, to what happened to us in the United States.

BBC Hillary Clinton was slapped down by Andrew Marr after suggesting Brexit was 'fabricated' and 'lie'

The amount of fabricated, false information that your voters were given by the Leave campaign Hillary Clinton

“But the amount of fabricated, false information that your voters were given by the Leave campaign…” BBC host Marr, however, was keen to set the American straight by suggesting Brexit campaigners were not the only guilty party in this suggestion. Marr said: “From both sides, I must say here!” Attempting to atone for her comments, Mrs Clinton said: “Well, I’m not as familiar with… But, I’m very familiar with what the Leave side said because they transported a lot of that on behalf of Trump.”

She added: “You know, the big lie is a very potent tool, and we’ve somewhat kept it at bay in western democracies, partly because of the freedom of the press. “Obviously, there have always been newspapers who leaned right or leaned left and they kind of counterbalanced each other. “But, given the absolutely explosive spread of online news and sites that have sprung up that are very effective at propagating false stories, we’ve got some thinking to do… There has to be some basic level of fact and evidence in our politics.”

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