In July 2018, the Electoral Commission watchdog found that Vote Leave and other pro-Brexit campaigners broke the law.
But months later, openDemocracy has revealed that the Metropolitan Police haven't even begun investigating such campaigns, because of "political sensitivities".
Vote Leave's campaign committee included former...
Conservative Party donor Jeremy Hosking has threatened to axe party donations and fund a new pro-Brexit party. Hosking believes there is an ‘establishment conspiracy’ to prevent the UK leaving the EU.
"Fiasco"
Since 2015, Hosking has donated over £400,000 to the Conservative Party. He also donated over £1.5m to Vote Leave and...
During the referendum, the Remain campaign was accused of running ‘Project Fear’ with dire predictions of what would happen if the UK left the EU. But recently released Facebook advertisements show that Vote Leave's Brexit campaign, spearheaded by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, was the real 'Project Fear'.
Many of the ads (see...
On 17 July, the Electoral Commission found that Vote Leave broke electoral law. It's been fined £61,000, and referred to the police. But a BBC editor is under fire from an award winning journalist who is accusing him of discussing the matter in a manner that suggests the ruling is a matter of opinion.
Disputed?
On 19 July, BBC Daily...
In the late evening on 3 July, the BBC broke this story:
Vote Leave broke electoral law, Electoral Commission expected to say
LBC host James O'Brien criticised the way the story was covered:
https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1014418720314273792
And he wasn't the only journalist to raise issue with the BBC's coverage.
The...
It has emerged that hedge funds made millions off the collapse of the pound on the night of the Brexit vote.
And surprise surprise, Brexit's 'friend of the people' Nigel Farage was at the centre of it all.
Payday
Speaking on LBC, Kit Chellel - co-author of Brexit’s Big Short: How Pollsters Helped Hedge Funds Beat the...
Pressure is mounting on the Vote Leave campaign, which was fronted by Conservative MPs Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. Now new evidence suggests the campaign group used identical datasets to BeLeave during the EU referendum.
Collusion
The Electoral Commission is investigating Vote Leave, Darren Grimes (BeLeave), and Veterans for...
An audio recording and accompanying testimony reveal that a Leave.EU organiser drew inspiration for the pro-Brexit campaign from the Nazis. And in a separate recording the former CEO of SCL Group, the parent company of data miners Cambridge Analytica (CA), appeared to echo those sentiments.
Clever propaganda
On 18 April, the Commons...
As the UK bombed Syria, lawyers delivered a huge blow to Theresa May's government. And it could have a big impact on prominent Vote Leave cabinet ministers Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. The lawyers claim that there is a case that Vote Leave broke election law.
"Urgent Investigation"
Matrix Partners are acting for the Digital,...
A senior insider of SCL Group (SCL), the parent company to data miners Cambridge Analytica (CA), has jumped ship in the wake of recent revelations.
And a whistleblower has revealed a wealth of documents that appear to provide evidence closely linking digital intelligence specialists AggregateIQ (AIQ) with CA and...
