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Mike 03

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1. Agree about Chris Steele

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 05:46 AM

Jun 2020

He was the former head of the Russia desk at MI6.

Tangentially related, one of the clearest explanations I've ever encountered of the perplexing relationship between the United Kingdom and Putin's Russia is to be found in From Russia With Blood by Heidi Blake. It's an extraordinary, almost thrilling, look at why Britain tended to conceal or treat lightly assassinations by Putin on British soil (until it could no longer be reasonably ignored), but it gets heavily into the politics. I think in a sense it's related to why May and Johnson might "turn a blind eye to allegations about Trump."

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Johnson and May ignored claims Russia had 'likely hold' over Trump, ex-spy alleges [View all] JonLP24 Jun 2020 OP

Agree about Chris Steele Mike 03 Jun 2020 #1

May and Johnson are also on Putin's payroll. They "ignore" info on Putin's attacks... lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #8

Huh. Very interesting. soothsayer Jun 2020 #2

Bookmarked for more extensive reading Martin Eden Jun 2020 #3

Not the least surprised by the information in this article. All western political unrest & election Liberal In Red State Jun 2020 #4

Considering how little sense Brexit made unless you wanted to weaken the EU DFW Jun 2020 #5

I decided to check out some of the links because of Martin's post JonLP24 Jun 2020 #6

That also indicates Johnson is continuing to try and cover it up muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #7