> Five years on, government and the intelligence services had still not examined the “extent and reach” of the Russian EU referendum operation, it was said. Thi

> Five years on, government and the intelligence services had still not examined the “extent and reach” of the Russian EU referendum operation, it was said. This amounted to a breach of the government’s obligations under article 3 of protocol 1 of the European convention on human rights (ECHR), which guarantees free and fair elections. I hope the government at least see the irony that the plaintiffs are relying on European human rights obligations to force the UK to defend its own national security.