Hard Brexit plans by ex-MI6 chief hacked and leaked by Russians

Emails describe strategy in 2018 by Sir Richard Dearlove and others to ensure Britain left EU on WTO terms

A group of Russian hackers is believed to be behind the release of a cache of emails obtained from a former director of MI6 and other Brexiters unhappy with Theresa May's failure to negotiate a clean" EU exit deal.

Google said the clumsy campaign" bore the hallmarks of a Russian group it called Coldriver - and the hackers published the correspondence under the title Very English Coop d'Etat", claiming it revealed the existence of shadowy group of pro-Brexit plotters.