Thread by @carolecadwalla

The idea Boris Johnson has the ability, desire or moral leadership to ‘stand up to Vladimir Putin’ is utterly absurd. This is the man who personally suppressed Russia Report, who refuses to investigate foreign interference in our elections & who ennobled the son of a KGB officer

There’s so much absurdity in his speech, but don’t overlook this. Boris Johnson is knee deep in Kremlin cash & everything about the Russia Report was a national security disgrace & disaster.
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theguardian.com/world/2020/jul…

I’m going to re-cap why @allthecitizens with 6 cross-party MPs & peers, @BenPBradshaw @RhonddaBryant @CarolineLucas @StewartMcDonald @LordStras & @PJWheatcroft took legal challenge against PM over his refusal to investigate Russian interference.

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On the day the Russia Report was released, we convened panel of some of biggest experts on Russia. The whole thing is worth your time but struck particularly by @edwardlucas’s reaction. ‘I was delighted, shocked & furious. And slightly scared’
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And here’s @anneapplebaum & @CatherineBelton, pre-eminent experts on Russian corruption describing their ‘relief’ that ‘adults in the room’ had finally acknowledged.

Yet, the investigation never came. A stunning national security failure that Boris Johnson is at centre of.
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