General Election 2019: Beyonce and Jay-Z used as 'hoax' to get people to register to vote

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

November 26, 2019 - From BBC

"I'm very sorry for using your marriage as a hoax for the British public. But thank you."

That's Marvyn Harrison's light-hearted message to Beyonce and Jay-Z after he made out they had "consciously uncoupled" in an attempt to get more people to sign up to vote.

Marvyn tweeted the fake news - but linked to the voter registration website instead.

He tells Newsbeat that all the responses have been pretty positive.

"This is just for the goodwill of people having their voice," he says.

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