Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
by flaburgan on Saturday August 29, 2026 @08:26AM
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Democratic vote which has since then been proved to be heavily influenced by the Cambridge Analytica campaign, so which probably did not reflect the actual opinion of the population. It was a manipulated vote.
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Re:Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
by bArray on Saturday August 29, 2026 @06:21PM
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I remember the UK government at the time spent £9.3 million of taxpayer's money to push a pro-EU leaflet out [1], not to mention a concerted effort from the news media. It's not as if there was not strong campaigning happening on both sides.