It's Official: The Brexit Campaign Cheated Its Way to Victory

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Britain’s election watchdog has fined Boris Johnson’s Vote Leave group and reported it to the police—but will it make any difference?

JAMIE ROSS
07.17.18 6:13 AM ET

The official campaign that campaigned for people in Britain to vote to leave the European Union broke the law, according to the country’s election watchdog, which has now referred the matter to police.

With Theresa May’s government teetering on the brink of collapse as the pro- and anti-EU factions within her party go to war, the announcement from the Electoral Commission that the campaign group fronted by Boris Johnson cheated is bringing Brexit tensions to boiling point, with some lawmakers urging a re-run of the vote.

The group—known as Vote Leave—was chosen as the official campaign group for the June 2016 referendum. The Electoral Commission says it funneled money into a sister campaign to get around spending limits, meaning that it exceeded the £7 million ($9.2 million) maximum by £500,000 ($660,000)

Vote Leave has been fined £61,000 ($80,000) while Darren Grimes, the founder of sister campaign group BeLeave, was fined £20,000 ($26,000). Grimes and Vote Leave official David Halsall have both been reported to police.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-official-the-brexit-campaign-cheated-its-way-to-victory?ref=home

[KPN]

1. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Parliament did declare a revote! That would send shudders up

and down shitler's spine here in America.

[AlexSFCA]

2. they must re-vote

the vote was illegitimate due to violations and now proof of russia’s interference. There must be consequences for violating campaign laws, if they allow the vote to stand then those laws mean nothing and the precedent is set to do it again each and every election.

[Maraya1969]

4. If only our country could follow such voting laws.

[onetexan]

5. agree

need a revote

[lagomorph777]

6. Now they know where the money went to; do they know where it came from?

i.e. Putin?

[Achilleaze]

3. republican-style voting sucks

bigly

[Nitram]

7. A little slap on the wrist.

They aren't even fined as much as they earned above the cap.

[BigmanPigman]

8. We are mirroring each others' countries.

Both countries should have do-over votes and erase all the decisions, rules, policies and laws made since the fake elections.

[DoctorJoJo]

9. Vlad and the Dotard Were On the Same Side of Brexit, Too!