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George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and Britain

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[-] theinspectorst@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they clearly had some very deep pockets funding them

Deep Russian pockets. The more I read about Aaron Banks' mysterious fundraising trips to Moscow, the worse it sounds. He went there in 2015 to raise capital for a technically-insolvent company, came back with his company flush with unexplained cash and then suddenly made an £8 million personal donation to the Leave campaign. All the while, we know separating Britain from Europe was an explicit goal of Putin's foreign policy.

The lack of any serious investigation by the security services into Russia's role in Brexit - in contrast to what they did in the US after the 2016 election - looks more and more questionable with every day that passes in Ukraine. Putin meddled with our politics for his own foreign policy ends and the likes of Johnson, Rees-Mogg and Farage were happy to go along with it.

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