Russia report dominates fiery PMQs between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer
Telegraph, 22 Jul 2020
The last PMQs before recess turned nasty as Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer descended into a blame game over Russia.
The Labour leader attempted multiple times to challenge the Prime Minister over the Intelligence and Security Committee report published yesterday, asking him why Mr Johnson sat on it for so long, instead of acting to prevent Russian interference.
But Mr Johnson attacked his rival, saying Labour had "parroted the line of the Kremlin" after the Salisbury poisoning, while the Government had turfed out diplomats.
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The Labour leader attempted multiple times to challenge the Prime Minister over the Intelligence and Security Committee report published yesterday, asking him why Mr Johnson sat on it for so long, instead of acting to prevent Russian interference.
But Mr Johnson attacked his rival, saying Labour had "parroted the line of the Kremlin" after the Salisbury poisoning, while the Government had turfed out diplomats.
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