ES Views Letter of the Day: Did Putin influence the EU referendum?

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Union wrecker: it would be in President Putin’s interests to destabilise the EU
15 November 2017
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According to the Prime Minister, it seems there is truth in the allegations that Russia has been undermining our democratic processes and meddling with our elections. When, therefore, will Brexiteers acknowledge that the marginal “will of the people”, to which they always refer and which they are so desperate not to have challenged, is more likely to be the will of Vladimir Putin?

There is abundant evidence that Putin and his intelligence services are actively seeking to destabilise the countries of western Europe which have lived in peace since the end of the world wars which we so recently commemorated.

Unless what the Brexiteers really desire is to wrest away sovereignty from “unelected bureaucrats” in Brussels in order to bestow it upon an unelected despot in Moscow, we urgently need to re-run the referendum — and ensure this time it is kept entirely free from outside influence or tampering.
Julian Self

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