Leave EU is using 20-year-old Spice Girls quotes for its campaign

Nigel Farage, George Galloway, Boris Johnson and the other illustrious faces of the Leave campaign are Down With The Kids.

To prove it, they've spiced up their campaigning by using a quote from businesswoman, fashion designer and lapsed pop star Victoria Beckham.

A poster sent out on Leave EU's social media channels on Saturday read:

Beckham did say she was distrustful of the EU - but the quote is from a fascinating Spice Girls interview with the Spectator that took place in December 1996. In it, the band, who identify as Thatcherites, are described as "political animals":

As in Major's Cabinet, the question on the agenda is Europe. Having once been a middle-of-the-road consensus party like John Major's Tories, the Spice Girls are now careering down the dangerous road to extreme Euroscepticism. The first big question was: will we ever join a single currency?

While this is all very interesting, since 1996, we've had four new governments, 9/11, a global recession, and Victoria Beckham has relocated to Los Angeles, so it might not be the most pertinent statement for Leave EU to campaign on.

Besides which, the question remains: What does Victoria Beckham really, really want in the EU referendum?

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