It’s time for Remainers like me to stop focusing on Russia

The release of the Russia report has long been a cause championed by some Remainers. The idea took hold that sitting in some select committee chamber was a report detailing how the 2016 EU referendum was influenced by Russian state actors to such a degree that it materially affected the result. The government has been trying to stifle the release of the report for that precise reason; once it sees the light of day, the Russia report will be the thing that turns the tide on Brexit. It will become so apparent that the referendum result happened via bent means, Leavers will have their false consciousness ripped away and leaving the transition period will seem like madness to everyone, Boris Johnson included. Brexit, at long last, will have been vanquished.

Now that the Russia report has finally been publicly released, we get to test this theory. Good news: the report has a whole section on Russian interference during the EU referendum campaign.