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Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

The Great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked

Author:     Carole Cadwalladr
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Sunday 7 May 2017 04.00 EDT
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Stephan:   For months I have been quietly digging into the attempt by a small group of plutocrats to undermine the world's democracies. The research convinced me that there was a linkage between what happened in Britain, the U.S., and now France. I fund my research out of my own pocket -- although now with help from some loyal SR readers whose contributions I deeply appreciate -- so I have no budget to hire assistants, and travel. Consequently I have been searching for some news agency that does have the funds and manpower to really dig this out and, once again, the wonderful Guardian in Britain has come through. If you care about democracy this article is going to outrage you. But truth is the best antiseptic, so take your medicine. It doesn't taste good, but it may cure what ails us.

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