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Member

Speaking in the House of Commons on 2 September 2026

Debate

Representation of the People Bill

Contribution

This crypto-fuelled, AI-driven fakery has real-world consequences, as I have pointed out. The Rycroft report calls out foreign interference through bribes and bungs to UK politicians and parties, and in attempts to sow division and distrust. We have seen the conviction of a British politician for accepting Russian bribes. Do we seriously think that Nathan Gill was the only British politician that the Russian security services and their proxies managed to turn? In future, they will continue to do that, so we must continue to act robustly to tackle foreign interference in political finance, which is absolutely critical to this Bill.

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