Article 2NM7F The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked

The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked

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Carole Cadwalladr
from Technology | The Guardian on (#2NM7F)

A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?

"The connectivity that is the heart of globalisation can be exploited by states with hostile intent to further their aims.["] The risks at stake are profound and represent a fundamental threat to our sovereignty."
Alex Younger, head of MI6, December, 2016

"It's not MI6's job to warn of internal threats. It was a very strange speech. Was it one branch of the intelligence services sending a shot across the bows of another? Or was it pointed at Theresa May's government? Does she know something she's not telling us?"
Senior intelligence analyst, April 2017

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