A whistleblower has contacted Labour frontbench with concerns over the relationships that Cummings May have developed in “politics, intelligence and security” when he worked in Russia between 1994 and 1997.
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has written to Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, & the heads of MI5 & MI6 asking what level of security vetting was handed to Cummings when he joined Boris Johnson in Downing St. See tomorrow’s Sunday Times exclusive with @cazjwheeler
Cummings declined to comment.
Full story: Dominic Cummings, chief adviser to the prime minister, facing questions over his past activities in Russia after whistleblower came forward to raise “serious concerns” over time he spent there in 1990s
Leaked letter reveals Cummings whistleblower also raised concerns re “Conservative Friends of Russia”, organisation shut down after alleged links to Russian intelligence exposed. Cummings’ Vote Leave co-founder Matthew Elliott was involved with group
Dominic Grieve, chair of cross-party intelligence and security committee (ISC), asks whether it is a nervous Cummings who is currently blocking the publication of ISC report into alleged Russian interference in 2016 Brexit referendum
Funny how the Brexiteers here never talk about stuff like this
They hate democracy
Fresh evidence has also emerged of attempts by the Kremlin to infiltrate the Conservatives by a senior Russian diplomat suspected of espionage, who spent five years in London cultivating leading Tories including Johnson himself.