78. Without considering Facebook, or the growing database of Russian memes322 which were pushed across the Brexit campaign period, Twitter alone saw sufficient activity to have been seen by millions of undecided voters on the day of the Brexit vote, creating a crowd-swell effect which could have easily changed voter behaviour (also refer back to the Nature study).
79. We also have not touched upon the long term relationships with far-right political figures who have acted as Useful Idiots323 for the Kremlin over a period of years, including Nigel Farage and his colleagues Arron Banks and Andrew Wigmore. Yet the evidence the UK was targeted by Russia using a known military tactic is clear.
80. While we are now living in the wake of a complex hybrid offensive, an Alternative War which saw Russia deploy a new range of psychological and cyber weapons with the assistance of far-right relationships cultivated over years, this is not a blockbuster movie. There have been indictments in the US and more will come while, in the UK, we see a long-term pattern of fluffed action being repeated – we're currently responding to an act of war, as defined within NATO, with a Culture Committee and the inadequate system of fines provided by the ICO and the Electoral Commission. However, there will be no sudden revelation. No photographs of those involved in compromising positions with escort girls swimming in pools of Roubles. The most we will ever see is a contaminated crime scene.
Recommendation 4:
4.1 The scale of potential manipulation is set against the will of the people and the government immediately and urgently seeks to re-assess the safety of electoral decisions, working with the British security and military services who have now, alongside the Prime Minister, confirmed Russia is engaged in a hybrid offensive against Western democracies.
4.2 That Parliament immediately takes forwards the recommendations herein for open debate.
Conclusion:
1. Russia specifically targeted the Brexit vote and the reasons for reaching this conclusion are publicly known and obvious – the destabilisation of NATO and the EU for gain being a central element. I am willing to provide every Member of Parliament an electronic copy of Alternative War, which may assist in background reading around this.
2. Social Media provides an essential platform to people, however, the owners of these companies have allowed a foreign state to use their platform in a complex hybrid offensive to the detriment of the UK, US, and NATO allies. This area and its function in hybrid warfare is broadly and pervasively misunderstood and unregulated. I am willing to assist in preparing an effective package of issue specific responses.
3. In the UK, as in the US, the Russian activity has exposed a lack of preparedness and effective protections, leaving the ICO and Electoral Commission to try and respond, unsupported barring by journalists, to acts of complex warfare with a system of civilian fines. This requires rectification. I am willing to assist in preparing an effective package of responses.
4. Part of the specific problem is RT (and subsequently Sputnik), the Russian state broadcaster which is, in fact, an arm of the Kremlin's Foreign operations (and admittedly so). As well as providing a platform for disinformation, they have also been paying Members of Parliament for appearances. This means - even though they claim separation by the use of "independent" production companies, that Kremlin money has directly entered parliament and members have unwittingly assisted a declared state actor. I am willing to assist in preparing an effective package of responses.
James John Patrick
21/11/2017
From: The Art Of Hybrid War
If the enemy is resilient be alert.
If it shows great strength do not engage.
When they are weakened,
incite false pride.
Nationalism.
When they are calm,
create fluster.
Populism.
Assault every weakness in their defences,
military or civil.
Strike everywhere they have not anticipated attack.
Seek every seam,
every pressure point.
Democracy is riddled by its very nature.
If the people are united,
create fractures.
Drive silken wedges deep into the slimmest fissure.
Drip with honey.
Divide with whispers.
Disrupt with madness.
Conquer with velvet.
This is glory in war.
A victory unseen until it is complete...
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