British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made a claim no sitting leader of his country has made before. He says Russia interfered in the 2016 referendum that took Britain out of the European Union, and he is using the point to warn voters in France and Germany.
\n\nAccording to Reuters, Burnham is the first prime minister to say in public that there is evidence of Russian meddling in the vote held a decade ago. He spoke on The Rest Is Politics podcast, in an episode released Sunday.
\n\nBurnham said that when he arrived at Downing Street, he asked whether Russia had interfered in the referendum. The answer he received, he said, was a clear yes.
\n\nBurnham took over as prime minister in July. Last month, he said Britain could think about rejoining the EU one day, and that he could campaign to bring the country back at the next general election. That has reopened one of the most divisive arguments in British politics.
\n\nSagar is a journalist with an interest primarily in geopolitics and American domestic politics. Before joining Times Now, he wrote for Republic and Sw… View More
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