What % change in the vote resulted from the Russian influence on debate, opinion formers, and individual voters? It is the key number we will never know. 0.5%? 1%? 2%? 4%? more? Unfortunately this unknown number matters.
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We’ll never know. And hence we should not try. A democracy needs standards for its elections, and if those were broken - regardless of the result - then a re-run needs to happen.
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And of course, some things point to possibility that e.g. Mercer (US citizen) put in more dark money to influence vote than e.g. Russia.
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Yes. Which is no better *either*.
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Good grief Jon.......that tweet is not up to your usual & admirably high ethical standards...
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Question is was the enough to sway the vote by the 2% needed to sabotage the UK?
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I don’t think you can prove that.
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@jonworth do you think it's possible to coin an appropriate verb to ensure the distinction? I've seen 'manipulated' and 'trolled' used - also unhelpful. Something which distils 'spammed the vote using coercive ads confirming erroneous beliefs' -
I think “the vote was likely to have been manipulated” is ok
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If true does this make those who accepted the money foreign agents?
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Het laden lijkt wat langer te duren.
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