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"Could it be the English are morons? No! It's the Russian to blame!"
Ehh..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum
I dunno, there is a fair bit of coincidence there, far more so than anything save the extreme end of a probability curve would suggest.
Oh, don't get me wrong, they'd have to be completely incompetent not to at least try and put a finger on the scales - and I'd be fucking shocked if they were the only ones - but at the end of the day, it wasn't Ivan voting, it was Barry. Pretending it wasn't is just setting yourself up for disappointment the next time Barry goes voting.
I mean it's obviously both.