Politics · 4 hours ago
MI5 boss says Russia did meddle in Brexit vote, but don't exaggerate it
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Sir Ken McCallum, head of MI5, Britain's domestic spy agency, said on Monday that online trolls and bots did try to interfere in the 2016 referendum. He said online abusers would welcome renewed prominence in the news, and the Conservatives described his comments as a rebuke to Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Nigel Farage, Reform UK's leader, accused Burnham of lying.
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