Burnham says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit referendum
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The prime minister says voters were not "sufficiently" informed about how foreign actors sought to disrupt UK democracy.

Andy Burnham has said Russia did interfere with the Brexit referendum and warned that similar activities were taking place in France and Germany.

The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: “I’ve had the clear answer that, yes, there was.”

“I think we’ve been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven’t informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas,” he added.

  • BigDiction@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think this is spot on. Russian propaganda can pull on a thread but that thread has to exist in the first place.

    In both the UK and US case, you got a bunch of upset people scratching their heads wondering where all the fuckin money went. And the answer is generally the same in both cases.