Spy poisoning: British government slams Russian expulsion and will consider “next steps” March 17, 2018 Britain’s diplomatic row with Russia shows no sign of abating as the Foreign Office said it will “consider next steps” after 23 UK diplomats were today booted out by the Kremlin. Russia’s move this morning to expel British representatives and close the British Consulate-General in St Petersburg and British Council in Moscow was “anticipated”, a [...]
Russian murder: Met Police terror unit formally launches investigation businessman’s death March 16, 2018 The Met Police this afternoon launched a murder investigation into the death of Russian businessman Nikolay Glushkov. The 68-year-old was found dead at his home in New Malden, south-west London, on Monday evening. Emergency services were called shortly before 11pm with police initially treating Glushkov’s death as unexplained. “A special post-mortem began on Thursday, 15 [...]
Editor’s Notes: Jeremy Corbyn’s Russia position is the latest in a shameful line-up, the IoD strides on and City AM bucks the industry trend March 16, 2018 Jeremy Corbyn’s refusal to recognise the hand of the Russian state in the Salisbury attack puts him at odds with the British government and its intelligence services, Nato, the United Nations Security Council, France, America, Germany and a host of other allies. It also serves as a reminder that if the British label you an [...]
The Tories are losing London – the fightback needs to start now March 16, 2018 What a difference a year makes. In March 2017, the headlines were stacked with news of Jeremy Corbyn’s unpopularity, especially in London, where he faced approval ratings of minus 44. Even London Labour supporters weren’t convinced about their Islington leader, and he had negative ratings from every demographic. Read more: The bloody difficult woman is [...]
The Skripal case has woken up the bloody difficult woman in Theresa May – and it might just save her leadership March 15, 2018 As a Prime Minister, Theresa May has many weak points. Her inability to keep a lid on tensions within the Conservative party is well documented, for example, while her robotic manner means she has failed to shed her “Maybot” image, earned during last year’s disastrous general election campaign. As a home secretary, she was far [...]
The US has just announced fresh sanctions against Russia March 15, 2018 The US Treasury has unveiled sweeping sanctions against Russia, citing “malign Russian cyber activity, including their attempted interference in the US elections”, as well as the attack on a former spy in Salisbury. In total five entities and 19 individuals, who were named as subjects of an indictment in February, are being slapped with a [...]
UK, US, Germany and France issue joint statement blaming Russia for “assault on UK sovereignty” in nerve agent attack row March 15, 2018 The UK has issued a joint statement with France, Germany and the US condemning the Salisbury attack on an ex-Russian spy, calling it “an assault on UK sovereignty” and threatening “the security of us all”. They agreed that Russia being behind the attack was the only plausible explanation. In a statement, the leaders said: This [...]
UK, US, Germany and France issue joint statement condemning Russia for ‘assault on UK sovereignty’ in nerve agent attack row March 15, 2018 The UK has issued a joint statement with France, Germany and the US condemning the Salisbury attack on an ex-Russian spy, calling it "an assault on UK sovereignty" and threatening "the security of us all". They agreed that Russia being behind the attack was the only plausible explanation. In a statement, the leaders said: This [...]
Russia hits back over UK “provocation”… and blames Brexit March 15, 2018 Russia has hit back against the UK’s claims it was behind the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, claiming the measures announced by Theresa May are “signs of a provocation against our country”. The UK Prime Minister yesterday revealed a series of retaliatory measures against the Russian state, including the expulsion of 23 diplomats whom [...]
Russia hits back over UK ‘provocation’… and blames Brexit March 15, 2018 Russia has hit back against the UK's claims it was behind the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, claiming the measures announced by Theresa May are "signs of a provocation against our country". The UK Prime Minister yesterday revealed a series of retaliatory measures against the Russian state, including the expulsion of 23 diplomats whom she [...]