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MI5 chief says Russian Brexit interference was real but had little impactJournalists and commentators call it a vindicating admission
2 Oct 11 4:09 AM · 3d ago · 35 articles · 45 posts · 36 comments · 7 sources · development 2 of 8
Reporters and commentators, including Carole Cadwalladr and Luke Harding, framed the statement as ending years of government denial and called for a fuller inquiry.
“FINALLY after years of cover-ups & denials from the highest levels of the UK govt. That in itself deserves an inquiry.”
@carolecadwalla
Andy Burnham UK Prime Minister
Kemi Badenoch Conservative Party leaderSir Ken McCallum Director General of MI5
Sergei Markov Former Putin spokespersonDame Emily Thornberry Labour MP, chair of Foreign Affairs Select Committee
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first by ITVX, 2d ago · also Evening Standard, CP24, FT, Guardian, RTÉ, RTE News +4
11 more headlines
- Burnham says it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in Brexit referendum Mastodon · 2d ago
- It is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendum, U.K. PM says CP24 · 2d ago
- Russia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Burnham FT · 2d ago
- Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit vote Guardian · 2d ago
- Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum Mastodon · 2d ago
- ‘Clear’ Russia interfered in Brexit vote, says Burnham RTÉ · 2d ago
- Russia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy Burnham Financial Times · 2d ago
- UK premier accuses Russia of interfering in 2016 Brexit referendum Anadolu Agency · 2d ago
- UK prime minister say it's 'clear' Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum KCRA · 2d ago
- PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit vote BBC · 2d ago
- It is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in Brexit referendum, says UK PM Burnham SCMP · 2d ago
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first by The Independent, 2d ago · also HuffPost, The Observer
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first by France 24 EN, 2d ago · also France 24
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first by The Kyiv Independent, 2d ago · also Kyiv Independent
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NEW: Ten years on, Prime Minister @andyburnham tells @campbellclaret & @RoryStewartUK that there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. FINALLY after years of cover-ups & denials from the highest levels of the UK govt. That in itself deserves an inquiry. 1/
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Breaking news: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has accused Moscow of meddling in the 2016 Brexit referendum and warns European voters of the Russian threat ft.
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Andy Burnham has said UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a prime minister has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum. https:// observer.co.uk/news/national/a rticle/from-russia-with-interference-burnham-first-pm-to-confirm-kremlin-role-in-brexit-vote # Ukraine #…
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Horse shit. Yes rlussia is a fucking cancer and needs to be excised, but.... Britons voted for Brexit. Individuals. People. They voted based on their beliefs. The russians exposed those beliefs and the British leaders and politicians did their maths and supported those messages. The British voters accepted those messages. Don't think that…
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Andy Burnham says UK authorities are “clear” there was Russian interference in the Brexit referendum as @CatNeilan reports in today’s @ObserverUK
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Burnham has confirmed what May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and Starmer refused to - that Russian interfered in the Brexit referendum. (Via @theguardian.com)
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NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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I know Ben Wallace has (as the former Security Minister who investigated Russian interference in Brexit) said that "British intelligence found no evidence that Russian interference successfully altered the outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum". We all know Russia is meddling in any number of issues across the world, but I think too many people…
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Big story: Andy Burnham confirms that Russia meddled in the 2016 Brexit referendum. A vindicating moment
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From russia with interference: Burnham first # UK PM to confirm kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was 'clear evidence' that moscow meddled in the referendum https:// observer.co.uk/news/national/a rticle/from-russia-with-interference-burnham-first-pm-to-confirm-kremlin-role-in-brexit-vote
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Russia may well have played a role in the campaign. However it would be a mistake for the government to completely ignore that there are many people who legitimately question the compatibility of the UK with the EU, and would prefer not to be members. Euroscepticism wasn't an issue manufactured during the campaign - the campaign happened because…
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Observer - Andy Burnham is the first UK prime minister to confirm publicly that British authorities are “clear” that there was interference by the Kremlin in the 2016 Brexit vote. https:// observer.co.uk/news/national/a rticle/from-russia-with-interference-burnham-first-pm-to-confirm-kremlin-role-in-brexit-vote
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I completely agree, it's the same for me. My dad's of the generation where they were taught that the BBC is the human race's crowning achievement and if it says the sky is in fact green then it's your eyes that are wrong. But I've seen what the BBC's become, and I wouldn't even trust it to tell me the most basic things about society and politics…
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# Russia behind # Britain 's # Brexit vote, # UK # primeminister admits for first time https:// kyivindependent.com/russia-beh ind-britains-brexit-vote-uk-prime-minister-admits-for-first-time-2/
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Worth noting that there is no evidence for this and the government has not officially stated that there is any evidence to prove this. The government produced a report on this many years ago and stated that they had no evidence. This is an unsubstantiated claim by Burnham who is in the midst of trying to develop a policy proposal for rejoining the…
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# BBC # News PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit vote
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All of the big players are going to interfere in elections if they can, its how geopolitics have been played for almost 100 years now. The real question is, why did the UK allow it to happen? Did they have no safeguards in place, if Russia was able to interfere this much, does that mean every leader voted in since could be compromised by other…
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Andy Burnham explicitly stating Russian interference influenced the 2016 Brexit referendum breaks years of deliberate political silence. Downing Street ignoring state-backed democratic subversion to protect political narratives is disgraceful. Why hide state interference? (1/2) 🤔 # FBPE https://www. theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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Ah yes Abu Hamsa must have been a Russian plant and Russia must have stopped the UK government from deporting him not the EU courts. So fed up of the reductionist BS from remainers that claim everyone who voted to leave were just racist and only concerned with immigration. I understand that Russia most likely played a part in pumping propaganda at…
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Well, well, well. Who would have believed it! After all, no other than Boris Johnson, when he was foreign secretary, said "Nyet" when asked if there was evidence of Russian interference. I know it's always safe to assume incompetence on the part of BJ, but it is quite possible he was lying, and I think we deserve to know if he was. An inquiry…
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I see he said that fairly recently, though it's not clear with what authority he speaks - as far as I can tell he's got no position in the EU, no longer prime minister of France, just an ordinary member of the French parliament. He might be saying come to the negotiating table and we'll see what we can do, because I doubt there's anything formally…
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Finally. Formal acknowledgement of Russia malign role in Brexit. [The Fincial Times]: Russia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy Burnham UK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process. By Jim Pickard, October 11, 2026 https://www. ft.com/content/4fcbf57e-c73e-4…
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Ego isn't the problem in that scenario. It's fairness and reliability. You can't bend the rules for a westeuropean country when you didn't do that for easteuropean countries. You especially can't do that after the historic mistake of the UK. If they want to rejoin, they gotta do it the right way.
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Now over to Badenoch and Farage to answer the questions on what they and their parties knew The referendum must be re-run "Burnham becomes first PM to confirm Russian interference in Brexit vote" https://www. independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli tics/burnham-brexit-russia-eu-b3064772.html # ukpol # brexit # russia # ukpolitics # rejoinEU
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