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'Get Brexit done is the biggest delusion of all' - Michael Heseltine launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson.
Prominent global Putin critics say British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suppress a parliamentary report into Russian influence is more evidence that the British political system is rotten when it comes to cracking down on Russian oligarchs.
'We have no objections': Security officials say secret Russia report being blocked by Boris Johnson government can be published immediately
05/11/2019
'We are as much spectators in this as you are,' security source tells The Independent, as government blocks publication of documents until after election.
Opinium poll for the Observer also reveals 47% of public think Putin’s government affected UK’s 2019 general election.
A vote for Brexit was a vote for Putin
22/02/2023
After the EU referendum, suspicions grew about the role of Russia in clinching the narrow ‘win’ for Brexit.
The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost his libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, in a significant decision for public interest journalism.
John Sweeney, a BBC investigative reporter, has turned whistleblower and filed a complaint against the corporation with Ofcom, the broadcasting watchdog.
Boris Johnson 'too busy with Brexit' to read secret report on Russian interference in UK politics, Tory minister claims
05/11/2019
Senior Conservatives join calls for publication before election - amid new warning investigation could remain under wraps for six months.
Boris Johnson blocked release of Russia report against advice of intelligence agencies, Dominic Grieve says
06/11/2019
‘This must not be allowed to happen again,’ committee chair says as parliament dissolves.
Boris Johnson nominates Chris Grayling to chair key security committee overseeing Russia report
10/07/2020
First decision for new chair will be on the publication of the long-delayed report into Russian attempts to interfere in UK democracy.
The long-awaited Russia report today refused to rule out Moscow interfering in the EU referendum - and called for a formal assessment. But the government has dismissed the calls out of hand.
A group of politicians are threatening legal action unless Boris Johnson orders an independent investigation into Russian interference in elections.
A new investigation reveals that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from Russian donors over the past year, news that comes as his government continues to block publication of a report into Russian influence over recent elections.
The PM has refused the Russia report’s call to investigate possible interference by Moscow in the 2016 EU referendum.
Analysis of the political and strategic implications of Brexit crisis in UK for its standing amongst its traditional allies. Interview, Bruce Munro, Global Insight, ODT, 21 Nov. 2019.
Brexit: reckless, a colossal mistake and the result of a fatally flawed referendum - part 1
14/02/2023
All this past week, Jon Danzig has been posting videos reminding us of the fatal flaws in the Brexit referendum and demonstrating that it was a sham.
Brexit: reckless, a colossal mistake and the result of a fatally flawed referendum – part 2
19/02/2023
All this past week, Jon Danzig has been posting videos reminding us of the fatal flaws in the Brexit referendum and demonstrating that it was a sham.
Banks is suing Guardian journalist for defamation over Brexit backer’s ‘covert relationship’ with Russia.
The UK government has been asked by the European Court Of Human Rights (ECHR) to respond to ‘credible allegations’ of Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.
Cummings, Brexit and Russia: Part 1
05/04/2022
The development of Brexit from a fringe movement into a dominant political project coincided chronologically not only with a long period of patient and sustained campaigning and lobbying, and with a lucky sequence of favourable shifts of circumstance and forces, but also with the internal development of one key external force, the politics and ideology of the Putin regime.
Did Russia Influence Brexit? - CSIS
21/07/2021
According to the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, the UK government does not know and—incredibly—did not try to find out.
Intelligence and security committee chair says dossier has facts ‘germane’ to voters.
European council president echoes Emmanuel Macron’s warning of malign influences.