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.

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[–] 42 points 3 days ago (11 children)

No mention of Cambridge Analytica? I mean, I'm sure the russians put in a coin or two because the breakup was very much in their interest, but I've yet to see clear public proof of it other than various politicians claiming 'it's clear'.

Meanwhile there's actual proof CA influenced elections and are probably working with the christo-fascists whose open goal is to break up the EU, so to me, in retrospect, it looks like maga and the US are the bigger fish here.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 days ago (8 children)

    Cambridge Analytica had a number of ties to Russia. And using some sort of intermediary is kind of common Russian practice, in terms of how they handle foreign influence ops.

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  • [+] -8 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    Even if the company is western, it's Russia to blame?

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  • [–] 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    If they’ve sold out to Russia then yeah, obviously? Being “western” doesn’t make some incorruptible unwavering bastion of “the west” serving only “western” interests and using “western” thought

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  • [+] -9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    "IF". Do you really think that west is not interfering all around the globe?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Being a campist is playing out pretty badly for you in this thread, eh?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago

    The clear implication is that there is classified proof.

    Cambridge Analytica provided data that allowed their clients to influence elections. If we're pointing fingers we should start with the people pulling the strings, not the enablers. And in the case of Brexit, CA were apparently not that involved.

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