St Albans activist appears on Channel 4 mini-documentary about Brexit
Carol Hedges on the Channel 4 News mini-documentary. Picture: Channel 4 - Credit: Archant
A Pro-EU advocate from Harpenden has appeared on a Channel 4 News documentary to talk about Brexit.
Filmmaker Grace Harper spoke to Carol Hedges about her role campaigning to Remain in the European Union.
On the six-minute episode, entitled Meet the Pro and Anti-Brexit Social Media Warriors, Carol revealed that she has Tweeted 316,000 times.
The author described Brexit as "very consuming": "I will be able to hold my head up and say, I fought it.
"I didn't stand back while the cattle trucks rolled through my town."
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Carol has nearly 18,000 followers on Twitter, and in the 24 hours before the show was filmed, her Tweets earned 129,959 impressions.
She said: "Hopefully I will look back and think, 'I contributed to one of the biggest historical events that this country has had for hundreds of years.'"
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The show also featured two Brexiteers and one other Remain campaigner.
View the episode at www.channel4.com/news/meet-the-pro-and-anti-brexit-social-media-warriors
