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LeftishBrit

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3. While I wouldn't be surprised if Putin's boys meddled in it (they meddle in everything)....

Reply to tikka (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 09:59 AM

Sep 2017

I don't think it can be described as just one more Russian intelligence operation. Brexit was the culmination of 40 years of populist pandering for xenophobic votes, plus billionaire tax exile media owners voting for greater tax avoidance rights, plus British governments and businesses finding it terribly convenient to let people blame the EU for problems of much more local origin.

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Found this question on a Facebook page today: [View all] Ken Burch Sep 2017 OP

A really nice sub, but there's another thread I just saw SonofDonald Sep 2017 #1

Brexit was just another Russian intelligence operation tikka Sep 2017 #2

While I wouldn't be surprised if Putin's boys meddled in it (they meddle in everything).... LeftishBrit Sep 2017 #3