What does George Galloway think about Brexit? Everything new Rochdale MP has said about UK leaving EU
04/03/2024
George Galloway has supported Brexit in two different referendum campaigns.
A web page linking Leave.EU to Cambridge Analytica has been leaked online after being deleted in the wake of the Facebook scandal.
A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?
The EU referendum was won based on a corrupt campaign, but the courts can't void the result because the referendum only advisory, according to the barrister who took the government to court.
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.
In other news, a Brexit campaign he backs put a BBC editor's mobile number online and told people to call him.
MI5 had evidence that Arron Banks ‘ordered surveillance’ of information commissioner, MP claims in Commons
22/01/2022
Labour MP alleges Elizabeth Denham was warned by counter-terrorism officers and that ‘her office had to be swept’.
"Very desperate or very stupid, or both," wrote one person in response.
Banks is suing Guardian journalist for defamation over Brexit backer’s ‘covert relationship’ with Russia.
Nearly 50,000 internet domain names belonging to UK businesses and citizens have been taken down this week following the revocation of their .eu domain names.
In the 31 days since Brexit was signed, sealed and delivered we’ve seen no end of complaints and ‘red-tape’ measures imposed upon traders and customers who deal with Europe, which hasn’t been helped by the coronavirus pandemic.
Leave.EU switched registration to Republic of Ireland to avoid losing EU domain name.
Error message greets visitors to site registered in name of Irish businessman who claims he does not know campaign group.
Neale Richmond demands inquiry on how Brexit campaign group obtained domain name reserved for EU citizens.
Campaign migrates registered office for its website so it can retain .eu internet address.
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters – in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
Even Leave voters were appalled at the reaction the unofficial Leave campaign has had on the decision of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to step back from senior royal duties.
Arron Banks has apologised after Leave.EU tweeted a xenophobic meme of Angela Merkel that invoked Britain’s world war victories to target the German chancellor.
The picture of Ms Merkel carried the caption, 'We didn't win two world wars to be pushed around by a Kraut'.
Leave campaigner Arron Banks facing criminal investigation over Brexit referendum funding
28/09/2019
The Electoral Commission said it had grounds to believe 'a number of criminal offences may have been committed' during the campaign.
World4Brexit, registered in Michigan for tax purposes, is reportedly expected to get "informal advice" from Steve Bannon.
UK-based owners of .eu domains could use transfer loophole to keep name.
Legal threat comes as campaigners warn UK government that courts are being used to intimidate journalists.