In a video this morning, Lib Dem Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake revealed that he had reported the alleged collaboration between Vote Leave and BeLeave to the Police and that he would be raising this in Parliament tomorrow.
The legitimacy of the referendum result must surely now be in question.
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Here’s how Vote Leave are looking at this point.
A campaign run on lies upon lies, deleted from the website the moment the votes came in
Mega donations in millions from the brexit elites including professional tax evaders, financial traders looking to create and profit from instability and the most unscrupulous employers looking to profit from a race to the bottom on standards and costs
Potentially illegal overspending of electoral limits and grossly outspending the Remain campaign, using apparent shell campaigns and money repeatedly moving across borders in techniques used by Russian money laundering
Potentially perverting the course of justice by reportedly deleting names on hundreds of emails that allegedly prove the case, after the investigation was announced
Virtually all Vote Leave funds were spent with Cambridge Analytica and it’s Canadian parent, companies that are repeatedly alleged to have boasted about their ability to nobble election candidates and influence elections, as it was claimed they detailed in various countries
For me the disappointing thing is that many were swayed by the idea of taking back control, but who were we taking back control for and to do what? Some might see the EU as shackle but this example suggests it can also be a constraint against below desired standard internal politics.