I remember the UK government at the time spent £9.3 million of taxpayer's money to push a pro-EU leaflet out [1], not to mention a concerted effort from the new

I remember the UK government at the time spent £9.3 million of taxpayer's money to push a pro-EU leaflet out [1], not to mention a concerted effort from the news media. It's not as if there was not strong campaigning happening on both sides. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-EU_leaflet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-EU_leaflet