Ok, there’s not much meat on that Russian interference bone so we’ll go with the overseas voters.
First, I don’t think it was “millions” of Brits who were affected by the overseas voter rule:
“700,000 British expats will not be able to vote in EU referendum.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ld-be-a-disas/
2nd, that 700 to 800,000 weren’t “barred from voting”, they simply didn’t qualify under the 15 Year Rule that has been around for a long time. The Commonwealth citizens were only allowed to vote if they were in the country at the time. The 15 year rule applies to all general elections as well and has done for years. I have a friend here in NZ (millennial as it happens) who went to the UK, did get the vote and he voted to Remain. If I spend too much time in NZ I’ll lose the right to vote under that 15 year rule. These are simply the rules of “enfranchisement” at the moment. It’s a debate to be had whether it should be changed.
I’ll just throw in another couple of things:
A few Remainers on here have complained that some Leavers live abroad for most of the time (their reasons for complaining are their own) but they can’t have it both ways. Your use of the word “disenfranchisement” seems to indicate you think it’s an injustice that Brits abroad be subject to the 15 Year Rule. Do you think the rule should be scrapped?
Lastly, just while I’m on a grumpy middle aged fart run, that millennial mate of mine was complaining constantly how difficult it was for him, as a Kiwi, to obtain a visa for the UK and that it “should be easier and he should be able to stay longer because NZ helped Brits out during the war.” It was a real thorn in his side. But still he voted Remain without ever connecting the UK’s being inside the EU as being a major cause of the thing annoying him. Also you can see from him that it’s not just old Brit Dad’s Army Leaver types who invoke the spirit of WW2 to justify their vote – at least one millennial Remainer has done it too.