There are serious questions to be asked of the Electoral Commission in regards to the 2016 EU referendum. Why did the Commission tell the High Court that it never advised Vote Leave, the official pro‑Brexit campaign, that it could lawfully donate around £620,000 to a separate group? Last week, two judges ruled that this assertion was misleading – as proved by emails between Vote Leave and the Commission. How could it possibly have come to this? Electoral bodies must be seen to be entirely neutral arbiters. It is time for the Commission to face scrutiny by a parliamentary committee, to determine if it is still fit for purpose.

 

It should be noted that, earlier this year, the Commission also rejected...