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Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now, co-founder https://t.co/2PIOTFiAi5. Tech justice campaigns @allthecitizens. Personal newsletter on Substack.

Sep 21, 2020, 6 tweets

Well let’s see how this story pans out. La Repubblica has a source who saw Boris Johnson at the nearest airport to Lebedev’s palazzo & a flight plan that matches. Downing Street categorically denies it.

BUT there are some pretty inconvenient details. Perugia Airport actually put out a statement on Sept 17 confirming Boris Johnson’s presence at the airport ‘over the past few days’...

And there are some more odd details. A whole lot of activity in & out of the airport with flights coming from London - including Tony Blair - & the dates coincide with the super secretive christening of which no photos were released..

Add in Johnson’s weirdly dodgy central London 20-minute wifi issues on Friday & his cancelled meetings on Monday morning & 🤔

But surely *even* Johnson would not be blatant enough to skip town to meet his ex-KGB mate weeks after refusing to investigate Russian interference & ennobling the KGB mate’s son & then lie about it?!?Surely...

Update: PM’s spokesman says story is ‘completely untrue’. He has not travelled to Italy ‘in recent months’ & repeating it is ‘a falsehood’.

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