The original 'Project Fear' ahead of the 2016 referendum was full of such outlandish claims that it was joked that the next thing they would predict was a biblical plague. Fast forward to 2019 and ahead of our departure we face Project Fear Mk II and an actual prediction of a biblical plague.
Not sure what is more laughable about this story, the plague of rats itself or the Mirror's assessment of the gullibility of its readership.