How significant are Burnham’s remarks on Kremlin interference in Brexit vote?
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What happened
Prime minister has reopened the debate over whether Russia did seek to influence the 2016 referendum Andy Burnham unexpectedly reopened an old Brexit debate when he said he had been told after becoming prime minister that Russia had interfered in the 2016 EU referendum. It was a contentious issue in the second half of the previous decade, but one that had largely been forgotten about as the UK finally adjusted to th…
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