Leave. EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia
Source: The Guardian (The Observer)
A leader of the Leave.EU campaign suggested sending a message of support to the Russian ambassador after the then foreign secretary made a speech that was critical of Russia, documents seen by the Observer suggest.
The material also appears to show that Andy Wigmore, spokesman for the Leave.EU campaign and the business partner of Arron Banks, the biggest funder of Brexit, passed confidential legal documents to high-ranking officials at the Russian embassy and then denied it to parliament.
The documents related to George Cottrell, an aide to Nigel Farage who was with him on the campaign trail for Donald Trump in July 2016. Cottrell was arrested by the FBI and charged with 21 counts of money laundering, bribery and wire fraud.
Damian Collins, chair of the culture, media and sport select committee, said that Banks and Wigmore appeared to have misled parliament and what we really need to know is why. He added: It makes you question whose side they are on.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/16/leave-eu-russia-arron-banks-andy-wigmore
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)summer Dachau, making up his party guest list. Rump is only invited as a guest speaker, suck up and go home.
murielm99
(30,761 posts)or summer house.
Dachau was a concentration camp. Vlad and Donnie both would like to create a few more prison camps themselves.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)If UK really does leave, then Scotland will push for independence so they can rejoin the EU.
A majority of people in the UK do not want to leave. Many voted to leave thinking they could safely do so (they were told by SOCIAL MEDIA) to "send a message" to the powers that be, even though they were often young and really did not want to leave.
The must be a re-vote.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Farage and crew are Putin butt boys just like Dolt45.
paleotn
(17,956 posts)Some would sell their mother for a few rubles. Their country for less. We've the same problem. Personally, I think every single penny within the western financial system that belongs to Russian oligarchs should be confiscated immediately. Every single, solitary dime of assets. They and their money are a clear and present danger to liberal democracy everywhere. And if they don't like it, well, as Dumpster says, we've got lots of nukes too.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)No. It doesn't.