The United Kingdom flag was torn down. Beneath it was the European Union flag and the menacing words: “Who runs this country? 76% of our laws are made in Brussels.” Contestants in the 2014 European election campaign They denounced this UKIP poster for the Brexit PartyHighlighting that only 14% of British laws at the time were drafted by the European Parliament, according to an analysis by the British Library of Parliament.
His warnings were of little help: the UK Independence Party, then led by Nigel Farage, He won the British Parliament elections with 24 representativesThis is the fact that prompted British Prime Minister David Cameron to approve the historic referendum on Britain’s exit from the European Union.
These days, this misleading sign seems even worse One of these “patriotic” representatives in the European Parliament, Nathan Gill, 52 years old, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison.On charges of being “managed” by a Russian agent. Gill, who was also leader of the Welsh section of Farage’s New Britain Reform Party, He accepted bribes estimated at 45 thousand euros To give speeches and interviews supportive of Russian positions in the period leading up to the full invasion of Ukraine.
“Instead of looking out for the interests of his constituents and the UK, Gil was more interested in making money for himselfCommander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism unit, said: “They are selling views and opinions that support the activities of the Russian state in Ukraine, which, as the current war in Ukraine shows, are terrible.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labor Party They are demanding that FarageWho described Putin in 2014 as the politician he most admired “as a worker, not as a human being.” Open an investigation On possible links between reform in the UK and Russia.
Although multiple sources told the newspaper Guardian Gilles was close to Farage when he was a member of the European Parliament in Brussels, and there are pictures of them together, smiling, now The party reduces relations with him, Saying that he has been out of the party for four years and this is “ancient history.” UKIP’s Zia Yusuf said: “It is unconscionable to smear Reform and the millions of people in the country who support Nigel and our party.”
Farage who He described his ex-partner as a “bad apple.” He says an investigation into Russian and Chinese links to British politics would be welcome. The case reopens concerns about the Kremlin’s influence on British and European democracy.Especially since Gilles offered to contact other members of the European Parliament to persuade them to speak in favor of Russia.
As the EU observer reminds us in analyzing votes on decisions that have implications for Russia, Other MEPs have been accused of receiving bribes From Russia and China, including the Member of the European Parliament from Latvia, Tatiana Šdanuka, who strongly supported the Catalan “process”. This year the German Bundestag lLifting parliamentary immunity for Maximilian Krah, a former member of the European Parliament From the far-right Alternative for Germany party, to facilitate the investigation into allegations of corruption and espionage with China.
Jill’s condition was discovered in part because The FBI arrested Oleg VoloshinSuspected of being a Putin agent at Washington Dulles Airport in the United States. Whatsapp messages between him and Jill revealed promises of “Christmas presents”, postcards and symbolic language for money.
It is very important that the European police, including the Spanish police, are provided with all the necessary means to do this See if there are more relationships of this type.