The funny thing is that, if left to themselves, the EU would have watered down that legislation to the point of irrelevancy.
It was also the case that Putin wanted to weaken the EU and to damage the UK’s economy. Johnson, Farage and Aron Banks all have long-standing connections to Russia and to expat Russian oligarchs. So does Steve Bannon. Cambridge Analytica had a big role in Brexit winning, and Bannon launched it (with money from the US fascist oligarchs, the Mercer family). Brexit was a beta test for MAGA.
The funny thing is that, if left to themselves, the EU would have watered down that legislation to the point of irrelevancy.
It was also the case that Putin wanted to weaken the EU and to damage the UK’s economy. Johnson, Farage and Aron Banks all have long-standing connections to Russia and to expat Russian oligarchs. So does Steve Bannon. Cambridge Analytica had a big role in Brexit winning, and Bannon launched it (with money from the US fascist oligarchs, the Mercer family). Brexit was a beta test for MAGA.