Although he admitted not having evidence… ‘yet’ (Picture: Reuters)

With all the hype about Russia trying to influence the outcome of the US election, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw is trying to get in on the action.

Addressing the Commons today during the Aleppo debate, Bradshaw told the House that it was ‘highly probable’ that Russia had also interfered in the EU referendum in June.

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Although, the MP for Exeter did apparently concede that there wasn’t any evidence of this – ‘yet’.

And many asked how this would have been possible given that, unlike the US, the UK doesn’t have electronic voting machines.


However, it appeared Bradshaw was implying the Kremlin was interfering by spreading fake news and incorrect information.

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Bradshaw made the allegations during the Aleppo debate in the Commons (Picture: Getty Images)

Warning the chamber about Russia’s growing influence in the world, Bradshaw accused the Kremlin of hacking and spreading false information online.



‘I don’t think we have even begun to wake up to what Russia is doing when it comes to cyber warfare,’ he said.

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‘Not only their interference, now proven, in the American presidential campaign, probably in our referendum… We don’t have the evidence for that yet, but I think it’s highly probable.

‘Certainly in the French presidential election they will be involved, and there are already serious concerns in the German secret service.’

He then added dramatically: ‘We’ve got to wake up to this – when are we going to wake up to this!?’