Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer clash over Russia
The Russia report controversy is a Remainer plot to undermine the Brexit referendum, Boris Johnson has claimed.
In fierce Commons clashes, the prime minister dismissed accusations that his government was asleep at the wheel in countering the Kremlin threat as absolutely absurd.
Instead, he turned on Keir Starmer, claiming: These criticisms are motivated by a desire to undermine the referendum on the European Union that took place in 2016.
He urged MPs to recognise what the damning study by the independent intelligence and security committee was all about,
That was pressure from Islington Remainers who have seized on this report to try to give the impression that Russian interference was somehow responsible for Brexit.
Later, the prime minister condemned the rage ...
