Comments by "Tadas Blindavicius" (@tadasblindavicius8889) on "Styxhexenhammer666"
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Word of Russian ‘black cash’ financing leave campaigns is fast becoming a torrent. However, there is a growing likelihood that sooner or later we will see solid evidence of financial support for the Brexit camp. MP Ben Bradshaw has raised the question of the mysteriously bottomless pockets of Arron Banks, the main backer for Leave.EU. The Electoral Commission launched an investigation into whether he and one of his companies broke campaign finance rules in the run-up to the referendum. George Cottrell, once an aide to the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, has been arrested by the FBI on money laundering charges, and we await the outcome of that investigation. According to US intelligence sources, there are other cases of what the Russian spooks call “black cash” supporting pro-Brexit campaigns and campaigners, likely to be revealed over the course of the several inquiries taking place on the other side of the Atlantic. Of course, this will require careful study. Ironically enough, this may come at exactly the right time to let a British political elite increasingly alarmed about Brexit off the hook. There is public dismay at the slow progress of talks, but no clear mandate to reverse the policy. Hard evidence of active, covert Russian interference would delegitimise the original vote, given the narrow margin of victory. Hardcore Brexiteers will risk looking like Putin’s “useful idiots”.
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