Ever since the Brexit vote in 2016, there has been a committed group of activists and politicians convinced that only Russian meddling could possibly explain why the British people decided they wanted to leave the EU. The political equivalents of Hiroo Onoda – the Japanese soldier who refused to accept the second world war was over – they have continued to press the case that Vladimir Putin used nefarious means to trick the electorate into casting their ballots for Brexit, even as the evidence (and polling) has continued to show that Brits are still happy with their decision to leave.
Now though it appears this political group has found an ally willing to fight alongside them in the jungle. Step forward Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate. In a talk with William Hague organised by the think tank Chatham House about the ‘future of liberal democracies’, Clinton once again resurrected the Russian boogeyman, and suggested that: ‘I think there was also significant evidence of Russian involvement, if not influence or interference, in Brexit.’
This isn’t the first time that Clinton has waded into the Brexit version of Russiagate.
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