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Leave.EU has been forced to “Internexit” after the group’s EU domain name was temporarily suspended. It comes after the Irish businessman in whose name the pro-Brexit campaign group’s domain name is registered denied having any involvement with the organization.
Now site visitors receive an error message, and the EU online registration marks the domain as waiting on server, meaning it is “temporarily down and under investigation”.
Post-Brexit, UK organizations can no longer use the .EU top-level domain, a change that ironically affected the pro-Brexit group, the most prominent owner of an EU domain name in Britain.
Irish businessman Sean Power, who is based in Waterford, is still registered as the legal owner of the domain name. However, he has long insisted that he is unaware of Leave.EU and had never heard of the organization before the Guardian contacted him on January 7. “My attorneys are investigating this on my behalf at this time and will contact if deemed necessary in due course,” he said last week.
Last week, Neale Richmond, a member of the Irish Parliament, wrote to ComReg, the country’s communications regulator, requesting an investigation into how Leave.EU was able to secure the domain name. “It is completely ridiculous to think that Leave.EU could place a bronze plaque at an address in Waterford to maintain its domain name,” Richmond said Friday. “They wanted to leave the EU, they have done so, that means they also left their domain.
“Many other questions regarding data warehousing, fundraising, finances, donations and political activities would have to be answered if Leave.EU actually moved to Waterford.
“Leave.EU is simply not welcome in Ireland, its questionable activities over the past few years have brought a new level of toxic politics in the UK and beyond.
“I welcome the suspension of this domain; I sincerely hope this is the end of this obnoxious website and related traffic driven to this obnoxious brand. Good trip. “
But Andy Wigmore, the campaign group’s communications director, told The Guardian: “We will be back soon; our lawyers will take action against those (and they know who they are) who have violated those delicious EU laws that they love. so much.”
Wigmore, who called Richmond “a third-rate EU fanatic,” added: “If you want to make those cowardly libelous accusations outside of parliamentary privilege, let’s see how great Billy Neale is.
“And if there is more nonsense from Brussels lovers like him, we may decide to put the full weight of Leave.EU behind the IREXIT campaign.”
