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“The extremist, racist views of these local councillors exposed by ITV News quite simply can have absolutely no place in our public life. The councillors should resign immediately.
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Andrew Richards
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![At a joint press conference, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “The person sitting next to me, Boris Johnson, said recently that he had no evidence that Russia meddled in the referendum over Britain’s exit from the European Union.”
Mr Johnson was keen to correct him: “‘Not successfully’, is the word that I think you need to introduce.”
Mr Johnson went on to say: “I think it’s very important that you should recognise that Russian attempts to interfere in our elections, our referendum, whatever they may have been, have not been successful […] because I think had it been successful, that would be an entirely different matter.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vv6yukddxhwysinb4stttadm/bafkreie4ddml4efaxcm42wfhecklhce7db4cu6lhc2rooclrkuzhubg5km)
