>> Surely this is something of concern to anyone who cares for our democracy whatever side
>> they voted for.
Yes. Well it is to me.
I am not sure that means a referendum should be re-run. Just how many of our elections would stand if the telling of lies caused them to be invalid? And, from the perspective of the result, does it really matter who funded the lies?
Clearly illegal, and these involved should be prosecuted and punished. But I don't really think it invalidates the referendum.
Amongst all the reasons that the Leave side won the referendum, I'm not sure I see "lies sponsored by foreigners" being very high on the list of significance.
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