Completely reasonable for the leader of the opposition to request a confidential briefing on privy council terms about the US assassination of the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. @jeremycorbyn asked. @BorisJohnson said no. See attached. Johnson has not given an oral... 
statement in the Commons. That was done by defence secretary Ben Wallace. Inevitably Johnson’s refusal to bring Corbyn into his confidence raises concerns not only about the legality of the assassination ordered by Trump but whether our security services believe the...
US president had sound reason to see Soleimani as a clear and present threat to US personnel. Corbyn has no recourse. Given the size of his majority, Johnson’s “no” gives no hope of appeal.
