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Should we worry somewhat about this?

General election 2019:  No Russia interference report until after polling dayhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50294569Why??

Ivonne Holliday ● 2564d9 Comments

Ivonne. Yes I think we should. The reluctance to release it implies to me that there was Russian interference in the in the 2016. Until this report is released I'm going to carry on believing that the referendum (and the US presidential election) results were corrupted by Russian interference given evidence I've seen from various sources. I may be wrong but if there was no evidence of interference surely the report would be released? Given the narrow difference where a 2% swing would have changed the referendum result this is of great importance. That's why we need another referendum.

Michael Ixer ● 2564d

Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, and a very capable, educated and experienced member of Parliament, said that the report into Russian interference in our democratic process could and should be published without any further delay as it contained information ‘germane’ ( relevant) to this election.I trust Dominic Grieve and agree with him regarding this report. I have no trust in anything Boris Johnson says. I could only suspect that the real reason Johnson won’t publish is because it makes for uncomfortable reading, or worse.In short, it seems just another example of this PM and government treating us with utter contempt and disregard.I really hope they pay for it at the ballot box.

Paul Doorly ● 2564d

What are you all saying?Next you will be implying that BJ only became mayor due to the support (and criticism of his opponents) from certain Newspapers, especially one national and one London which have no connections to Russian, other than the proprietor.I in no way want to give any impression that Newspaper proprietors influence editorial content.Having a relationship including holidays and ones relatives also employed also does not influence editorial content for the record.To suggest otherwise would be barking up the wrong pole!Now let’s all calm down and go back to sleep, laughing at the USA and Trump with the knowledge that nothing like that could happen here zzzzzzzzz

Ed Robinson ● 2563d

Hello Michael,I agree with you.  Withholding the information seems very odd to me too.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2563d

Mmm ... I suppose the Conservative party operates AML controls?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-russian-donors-have-stepped-tory-funding/

Michael Ixer ● 2563d

Hello Michael,It has been reported widely for some time that the main issue behind the Brexit push is to avoid the EU anti-money laundering laws coming into effect in 2021.  This I believe to be true.Why the Russian influence everywhere?  Well, in a naïve explanation, I think Putin wishes to be Genghis Khan of the XXIst century.What I find worrying is how easy it has been for him to influence policies all over the world....

Ivonne Holliday ● 2563d

We increasingly have world leaders thriving on disruption and indulging in chaos politics. Putin is obviously keen to disrupt and destabilise the EU, so a bit of behind the scenes support for Farage and Johnson to help achieve that wouldn't be at all surprising.

Peter Evans ● 2562d

Yes.

Philippa Bond ● 2562d

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-general-election-facebook-misinformation-boris-johnson-interference-russia/https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/would-brexit-have-come-about-without-cambridge-analytica/https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/uk-fears-stoked-over-data-harvesting-ahead-of-general-election/

Katrina Black ● 2562d