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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 08:19 AM Nov 2019

Boris Johnson's Conservative party has received cash from 9 Russian donors named in a suppressed... [View all]

...intelligence report

Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from nine Russian donors, who have been named in a suppressed investigation into Russia's attempts to undermine democracy in the UK.
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Fears have previously been raised that Johnson's private life may make him a "security risk" due to the possibility he could be blackmailed.

"There's the danger that people leak what they have over him or blackmail him with it," a Cabinet minister in Theresa May's government told the Sunday Times earlier this year.


https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-blocked-report-naming-tory-donors-linked-to-kremlin-2019-11?r=US&IR=T]

Up for Sale Johnson..
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Like trump, for sale is big, but there may be more. empedocles Nov 2019 #1
If only Corbyn wasn't a raging antisemite. nycbos Nov 2019 #2
It's so easy to make heinous allegations like that from the comfort of anonymity. Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #4
Voters are more concerned with Corbyn's nothing stand on Brexit crazytown Nov 2019 #5
I think you're right. Count me in on that. n/t Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #7
Are you kidding nycbos Nov 2019 #6
You jumped into a thread in the UK Group about very serious allegations about the Tory Party Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #8
Antisemitism unites the far right and the far left. nycbos Nov 2019 #12
You quoted an article from a journalist with vested interests Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #13
The article says "Corbyn may not have an antisemitic bone in his body," nycbos Nov 2019 #14
Yes, I'd read the article before I quoted from it. Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #15
If something was one or two lapses in judgement I might agree with you. nycbos Nov 2019 #16
So don't vote for him. Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #17
Oh, and since you've gone quiet for now (may have better things to do, I don't know), Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #11
Doggone! This sounds somewhat familiar. keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #3
Putin is buying his way into other countries' politics BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #9
Since this thread looks like it may attract DUers who don't visit the UK Group regularly, Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #10
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