RE: Election13 Dec 2019 12:10
Putin..
''The received wisdom in the Brexit debate is that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in favor of Britain leaving the EU. Politicians of all shades, from Hilary Benn to Prime Minister David Cameron, have brought up the spectre of Putin to argue the case for voting Remain on June 23.
As received wisdoms go, this seems one of the least controversial claims in the Brexit debate.
But is it actually true?
If you search Putin’s speeches or official statements since the official announcement of the British referendum in February 2016, you won’t find any mention of it.'' 6/16/16
http://europe.newsweek.com/does-putin-really-want-brexit-eu-471035?rm=eu
And from reuters..
November 15, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) - Russian Twitter accounts posted almost 45,000 messages about Brexit in the 48 hours around last year’s referendum in an attempt to sow discord during the vote on whether to leave the European Union, the Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
''The research tracked 156,252 Russian accounts that mentioned #Brexit, including one, Svetal1972 which posted 92 tweets between June 20 and 24, including one calling for Britain to“make June the 23rd our Independence Day”.
As thats the only quote I guess that that was the most pro Brexit comment on Twitter?
Svetal1972 ...“make June the 23rd our Independence Day”.
And that swung the vote?
And Scotland leaving would result one less layer of government & bureaucrats to be paid for..instead of the EU, the Scottish Parliament, The Westminster parliament and various local governments.. too many chiefs not enough indians springs to mind!
Meanwhile ''Freedom for Wessex''!