Where did I say I thought they had been?
I just think its laughable that certain people on here want to ignore the two elephants in the dirty room that is British political lobbying, in favour of sagely commenting "Russia" every time someone objectionable surfaces. Russian money plays an influence in our politics (albeit less now than it was), but it is nowhere near as influential as US money is. Most of Tufton Street runs on that money; which means most of the policies adopted by the Tories (and New Labour) come from that source. Then there is social media.