'Dark Money', Brexit and Democracy

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  1. alexa

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    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/01/dark-money-threat-to-uk-elections-integrity

    It is arguing that the UK may become a plutocracy like the US. People like to think the Internet allows them to express their views but they fail to realise just how much it can create their views - and of course in this instance being done by people who are not even from the UK. People like to claim Brexit was Democracy but just how much can that be true when it was largely funded by overseas people who can avoid our rules on donations while taking advantage of social media where people often do not have a clue what they are talking about.
     
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