U.K. Lawmaker Adds to Calls for Inquiry Into Brexit Polling

  • Bob Seely says first impression is the case is "concerning"
  • Seely is among several lawmakers calling for a probe
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U.K. lawmaker Bob Seely called for a parliamentary inquiry into the use of private polling data by some of the world’s biggest hedge funds betting on the 2016 European Union referendum.

Seely, a Conservative member of parliament for the Isle of Wight, joins a growing chorus of British lawmakers calling for an investigation into the practices revealed by a Bloomberg story on Monday.