Boris Johnson accused Burnham of lying about Russia
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Boris Johnson denied Andy Burnham's claims about Russian interference in the 2016 referendum, citing intelligence data that did not confirm evidence of foreign states influencing the results of the Brexit vote.
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Why It Matters
The dispute concerns allegations of foreign interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum.
The former head of the British government, Boris Johnson, accused the country's current Prime Minister Andy Burnham of lying about Russian interference in the referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union (EU). He stated this on his page on the social network X.
“This is simply not true. As soon as I took office as Foreign Secretary, I asked the intelligence services the same question, and they replied that there was no evidence of successful interference in the 2016 referendum, either by Russia or by any other power,” he wrote.
Either the intelligence services have changed their position on foreign intervention in Brexit, Johnson said, adding that this would be very strange, or Burnham is lying about what he was told.
Open Questions
- What is the official position of the UK intelligence services at the moment?
