RED FLAG
Jeremy Corbyn’s leaked NHS documents DID come from Russia, Reddit reveals
JEREMY Corbyn’s leaked NHS documents used to try and smear the Tories DID come from Russia, it has emerged.
Last night online forum Reddit said they have concluded it was linked to the Kremlin, days after analysts warned about interference in the general election.
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The dossier of leaked minutes from trade talks, which Mr Corbyn claimed was evidence Boris Johnson would sell the NHS to Donald Trump, was ripped off the online forum Reddit - after being uploaded months ago.
61 accounts have been banned from the site in response to the move, the site said last night.
A statement from Reddit said: "We were recently made aware of a post on Reddit that included leaked documents from the UK.
"We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it, and today we believe this was part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia."
The Labour leader has now been branded a "foolish pawn" over the blunder.
Conservative Party chairman James Cleverley blasted: "Corbyn has some serious questions to answer.
"Is he a foolish pawn in a Russian disinformation campaign, or did he know where the leaked documents came from?"
This morning Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan said Britain should be "concerned" about the latest developments.
'FOOLISH PAWN'
Analysts say the papers, waved by Mr Corbyn at an election rally, bore the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign called Secondary Infektion.
Labour were quick to pounce on the contents of the papers, claiming they revealed "the plot against our NHS".
The bombshell revelation came on the same night the Prime Minister and Mr Corbyn went head-to-head for the BBC's final election debate.
Mr Corbyn again brought up the leaked documents, but Boris dismissed it as "Bermuda triangle" nonsense.
We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it, and today we believe this was part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia.
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The PM went up against the leftie leader for their last showdown before polling day last night, and repeatedly attacked him for staying neutral on the biggest issue of the day.
Experts previously raised fears over the origin of the documents.
Ben Nimmo, head of investigations at media analytics outfit Graphika, said: “It’s on the same set of websites, it’s using the same types of accounts and making the same language errors.
"It’s either the Russian operation or someone trying hard to look like it.”
Labour's Laura Pidcock even got into a row with Sky's Kay Burley this week as she refused five times to say whether the party's leaked NHS dossier came from Russia.
The shadow secretary of state for employment rights got into a spat with the journalist today - days after Jeremy Corbyn claimed he'd found "evidence" that the NHS would be up for sale in a series of papers.
The original Reddit posting was uploaded on October 21 but was little known until Mr Corbyn unveiled it at a highly trailed campaign event.
A Labour spokesperson said tonight: "These documents reveal the plot against our NHS.
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"And of course neither the UK nor the US government have denied their authenticity. Our releasing them to journalists was clearly in the public interest."
But senior Tory Bob Seely, an expert on Russia, said: “It’s incredibly serious. These people know their stuff and they’re absolutely objective.
“This has raised a really vital question, has Jeremy Corbyn been an unwitting tool of a Russian disinformation campaign?”
Labour's Laura Pidcock refuses FIVE times to answer whether NHS dossier came from Russia in furious row
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