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Report warns ‘democracy is at risk’ and turns fire on the prime minister for failure to probe effect on referendum result.
The Electoral Commission, charged by parliament with ensuring the 2016 EU referendum was fair, unlawfully tilted the playing field in favour of leave. That’s the striking consequence of a high court decision from this morning.
A report by the UK Parliament Intelligence and Security Committee says the government was "slow to recognise the threat" posed by Russian, so did not take action to protect the UK from possible interference in the 2016 EU referendum.
The Isle of Man is about to start a "journey into the unknown" after the UK voted to leave the European Union, Chief Minister Allan Bell said. People in the Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey could not vote as none of them are in the EU.
A legal loophole – that has seemingly escaped the public purview in Britain – means that the UK is now caught in a legal lacuna, brought about by the illegal practices adopted by numerous Leave campaigns.
The Electoral Commission said it had grounds to believe 'a number of criminal offences may have been committed' during the campaign.
Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks eagerly pursued a multibillion-pound gold deal brought to him by a Russian oligarch with links to the Kremlin just months before the EU referendum, Channel 4 News can reveal.
The refusal of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to publish a bipartisan Parliamentary report on Russian involvement in the 2016 EU referendum is the latest development in a prolonged Brexit crisis that is eroding the UK's strategic credibility in the world.
'Would we have won without immigration? No. Would we have won without...the NHS? All our research and the close result strongly suggests no. Would we have won by spending our time talking about trade and the single market? No way'
An army of Russian trolls sent thousands of messages with the hashtag #ReasonsToLeaveEU on the day of Britain's referendum on membership of the EU, according to new data released by Twitter.
European council president echoes Emmanuel Macron’s warning of malign influences.
Cross-party group files claim to force inquiry into Russian interference in UK elections.
British voters were not fully informed on the implications of Brexit during the referendum in 2016, a European Parliament report has concluded.
More than 150,000 Russian-language Twitter accounts posted tens of thousands of messages in English urging Britain to leave the European Union in the days before last year’s referendum on the issue, ...
Even in 2016 – before Turkey’s latest turn towards authoritarianism – the chances of the country joining the EU before 2030 were remote. Yet this did not prevent Vote Leave from claiming during the UK’s EU referendum campaign that Turkey was poised to join.
Five years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, most Europeans say they would welcome them back.
The result of a nationwide referendum has been overturned for the first time in modern Switzerland's history.
Opinium poll for the Observer also reveals 47% of public think Putin’s government affected UK’s 2019 general election.
Investigation could look at ballot wording, May’s red lines and negotiation strategy.
The EU referendum was entirely flawed according to criteria set by former Brexit Secretary and ardent Brexiter, David Davis, on how referendums should be “done properly”.
These leaflets were collected jointly by the British Library and LSE Library. They form part of a wider set of archives available at LSE Library that document the long and complex relationship between Britain and the European Union.
A report by Bloomberg raises questions about what the arch-Brexiteer knew and when, although he denies any wrongdoing.
UK political system vulnerable to anti-democratic meddling via social media and ‘possibly illicit’ campaign funding, report says.
This Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 28 May 2015 and requires the holding of a referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union (EU) before the end of 2017. / "It does not contain any requirement for the UK Government to implement the results of the referendum, nor set a time limit by which a vote to leave the EU should be implemented."