BORIS Johnson has been quizzed over why the UK Government hasn’t published its report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics.
The SNP’s Richard Thomson used his question at PMQs to reference the fact that Lubov Chernukhin – the wife of Vladimir Putin’s one-time deputy finance minister – had paid £20,000 at auction to have lunch with the then Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson.
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Davidson is due to be appointed to the House of Lords by the Prime Minister.
The report in question was due to be published in November but was delayed once a general election was called.
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Watch the clip below.
SNP MP Richard Thomson asks the PM why the government hasn't published the report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 12, 2020
Boris Johnson says "those of a conspiratorial cast of mind will be disappointed by its findings"#PMQs https://t.co/UhVVr6xj7r pic.twitter.com/1d9J1ON0ei
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