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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%
  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
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Cambridge Analytica Cleared of Misusing Data in Referendum



The Information Commission has finally concluded its 3 year investigation into Cambridge Analytica. Its comprehensive report, shared with the Digital, Culture and Media and Sport Select Committee, will not make happy reading for the Carole Cadwalladrs of this world. The investigation reviewed 42 laptops and computers, 700 TB of data, 31 servers, over 300,000 documents, and a wide range of material in paper form and from cloud storage devices. Guido brings you some select findings…

On whether SCL Elections Ltd and Cambridge Analytica were involved in the referendum campaign:

“From my review of the materials recovered by the investigation I have found no further evidence to change my earlier view that SCL/CA were not involved in the EU referendum campaign in the UK”

On data practices of organisations on both sides of the EU referendum campaign:

“I identified no significant breaches of the privacy and electronic marketing regulations and data protection legislation that met the threshold for formal regulatory action.”

On Evidence of Russian involvement:

“We did not find any additional evidence of Russian involvement in our analysis of material contained in the SCL / CA servers we obtained.”

The report does highlight dodgy data practices from Cambridge Analytica, with the Commissioner writing “I have also confirmed my previous understanding about the poor data practices at the company, which, had they sought to continue trading, would likely have attracted further regulatory action against them by my office.” It’s clear Cambridge Analytica were shysters.Yet not ones who changed the outcome of the Brexit referendum. Guido can’t wait for Carole’s climbdown…
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Must have missed this at the time. What was it all about. What does it mean 'we didnt find any additional evidence'? Bizarre
 
West WindsR said:
Doubt this meets the dwindling list of approved media outlets but anyway.

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How dare you, how very dare you! The government are doing a brilliant job of bankrupting the country whilst making their pals richer and richer. This is levelling up!
 
Aspiring politician and now definite former actor Lawrence Fox recently in the news for criticising Sainsbury’s for supporting black history month has found himself in a spot of bother and now has 2 defamation cases to handle, that figure may rise. Well that’s what happens when you go around calling people *****philes. It could just be a coincidence but the first two targets of Fox’s accusations are famous people of the LGBT community
 
bobmid said:
How dare you, how very dare you! The government are doing a brilliant job of bankrupting the country whilst making their pals richer and richer. This is levelling up!
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laughing themselves silly that they can get away with this, what has it come to where the government holds such contempt for the public they don’t even bother trying to hide this.
 
Willhoops said:
laughing themselves silly that they can get away with this, what has it come to where the government holds such contempt for the public they don’t even bother trying to hide this.
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It's quite unbelievable. They are taking this country to a very dark place but as long as some Tory donor makes money then **** the plebs.
 
bobmid said:
It's quite unbelievable. They are taking this country to a very dark place but as long as some Tory donor makes money then **** the plebs.
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I don’t blame them for trying it. This stopped being the Conservative party in anything but name some time ago after all.

I do find it really odd so many people are happy to keep tugging their forelocks as long as it’s a Conservative government doing it. I could just about understand it if they were doing a great job on the economy or protecting the nation from Covid so I can only assume that the one thing that matters is that we get a red, white and blue Brexit.
 
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I love these memes where people post quotes from historical figures. It's also said that the people who post them know f’all about the person or what they was actually saying? Not saying you bob. I have a couple of fab books on Voltaire.
 
ELLERS said:
I love these memes where people post quotes from historical figures. It's also said that the people who post them know f’all about the person or what they was actually saying? Not saying you bob. I have a couple of fab books on Voltaire.
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I don't know anything about Jordan Hepworth, but I know exactly what he meant when he called Johnson a fat bumbling ****bag.
 
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Stroller said:
I don't know anything about Jordan Hepworth, but I know exactly what he meant when he called Johnson a fat bumbling ****bag.
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Was Voltaire talking about Johnson then? Sorry I must have missed that timeslip?
I think there is a bit of a difference would you agree?
 
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ELLERS said:
Was Voltaire talking about Johnson then? Sorry I must have missed that timeslot?
I think there is a bit of a difference would you agree?
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May as rip down all those statues then, thought we were supposed to be learning from history, doesn't appear to be the case, they must not be working
 
Actually Stroller I understand it it now. I will have a go...
Jesus talked about a wooden cup... Wooden = starmer.. So Jesus thinks Starmer is wooden?
 
Willhoops said:
May as rip down all those statues then, thought we were supposed to be learning from history, doesn't appear to be the case, they must not be working
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We should but put things in context. Some of these quotes have absolutely nothing to do with modern society.
 
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