Notwithstanding the scepticism just mentioned and aired on Newsnight, the liberal conspiracy theory about Brexit found another spokesperson to day in the Guardian -- G Monbiot. Monbiot has been quite sensible lately and has even come near to an adequate grasp of the sources of inequality in Britain, but the old liberal fears are hard to dispel.
In a large feature in the Journal section (so what are the other sections?), he uncovers a sinister network of funding that might exist, connected to various Leave campaigns. The novelty is that some money might have been conveyed through the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland. The DUP have just agreed to support the minority Conservative Party in exchange for £1bn of funding for Northern Ireland.
Apparently, rules about publicising political funding are less strict in Northern Ireland and for good reasons -- the past paramilitary conflict meant any prominent supporter of either side might be at risk. But a suspicious amount of money went through that conduit to UK Leave outfits, and some of it is unaccounted for.
Monbiot then lets the final stages develop without his usual thorough investigations.This funding MUST have influenced the Referendum result. As a result, the Referendum could be null and void. We must find out via a public enquiry (which will take years) and until then Brexit must be suspended.
He has a petition we can sign on his website. [it seems he is waiting for a new petitions system] . If we sign it and if lots of others do too, Parliament might inaugurate a public enquiry and might suspend Brexit. Monbiot has become one of those Graunida cranks who write letters calling for some national campaign to restore red telephone boxes or dog licences and invite readers to join them.
If we all vote for happiness while we are there we can bring about world peace.
He describes himself as a 'Eurosceoptic Remainer'.
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