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The UK government was asleep at the wheel in 2016. The new NCA was struggling to set up and its mandate with the takeover of powers from the Serious Fraud Office was being fought over. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3…
So it wasn't looking for a planned 3-5 year disinformation attack from a foreign power or wasn't prepared. So we fully expect this report to say it did not find it. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…
But as the clamour for WTF happened grew, it did put the pieces together and wake up to the fact the UK has become a nest of influential Russian, Eastern Europe and Chinese 'oligarch-style' residents. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
And that they would be superbly placed to pull the levers of power by influencing senior political figures (like most of the Tories in power now but add 'made up Think Tanks, Trusts psuedo-campaign groups think Taxpayers' Alliance) theregister.co.uk/2016/06/10/gov…
so we predict it will say "maybe there's was influence but we cannot say there was conclusively - as we were not looking too closely at the time)
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