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Russian collusion and Brexit

On 1 Sep 2018 at 10:46am Zach wrote:

The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open.
In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession. The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it. Later that year, the United States voted even more narrowly to elect Donald Trump president.
Friday evening, the New York Times revealed new detail about Russian involvement in the Brexit vote. The more we learn, the more similar the pattern of behavior in the two countries becomes clear, and the more suspicious the denials of Putin�s partners grows.
In both countries, the right-wing pro-Russian populists indignantly insist there is no more incriminating information to be found beyond what was known at any given moment, even as the bounds of what is known at any moment continues to expand. In Britain, billionaire businessman Arron Banks financed the Brexit referendum with the largest donation in British history. Initially, he copped to having one meeting with Russian officials. After the Guardian obtained secret documents blowing up this claim, he admitted there were actually three meetings. Now the Times has even more information, and Banks concedes the number of covert meetings has grown to four.

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On 1 Sep 2018 at 11:14am The people wrote:

But the people who voted said out. And we do know that the EU is corrupt and the UK pays billions into the EU pot each year. So just accept that regardless of Russia we are out, history will show that we did the right thing and others will leave the EU over next 5 years.

On 1 Sep 2018 at 1:23pm Buzzard wrote:

If an online fraudster persuades you, through lies and trickery, to part with your money, would you refrain from trying to get it it back? After all, you clicked the 'pay' button and Pay means Pay, yes? In fact, you'd have to refuse a refund because that would be undermining your right to make your own financial decisions. I certainly hope nobody who opposes a 2nd referendum has ever reclaimed PPI..