Stephen Fry’s Brexit mythbusting video repeats Remain's 2016 mistakes

The odds of a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU are now at higher than 40% in the betting markets – close to a coin toss. It’s time for all sides to think seriously about how to engage the public, building on lessons from the first referendum in 2016, says Bobby Duffy of King's College London.

But the reaction to a video by the actor Stephen Fry suggests Remain supporters haven’t learned enough. The video, entitled “Brexit: Facts versus Fear”, was described as “perfect” by some parts of the media – but that’s only true if the aim was to congratulate people who already agreed with it and do not want the UK to leave the EU.