Russian Interference in British Politics
The pictures of the unwarranted and criminal Russian aggression coming out of Ukraine are heart breaking and are thoughts are with the Ukrainian people.
These terrible events in Ukraine are sadly just the latest episode in unjustified and unacceptable Russian interference in the affairs of other countries
The UK has not escaped Russian attention with the Intelligence and Security Committee Russia report, released on 21 July 2020 indicating that there is substantial evidence that Russian interference in the British economy and politics is commonplace, with strong suspicions that they interfered in the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, the 2016 EU Membership referendum and the 2019 General Election.
The report described the UK as one of Russia’s “top targets” as it was “seen as central to the Western anti-Russian lobby”
This interference is simply not acceptable, and the issue needs to be fully and publicly addressed.
Our Government have not addressed this issue, and indeed has refused to do so in the case of the 2016 EU Membership referendum . One can only speculate about the reason for this refusal, but it is common knowledge that Russians have donated substantial amounts of money to both the Conservative Party and a large number of individual Tory MPs.
This needs to change.
Please sign our petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
