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by Cornish_Damo
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:18 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: "The Russia Report" -Released 21st July - around 10:30am
Replies: 19
Views: 46794

Re: "The Russia Report" -Released 21st July - around 10:30am

Aside from that it's very dry stuff. No names mentioned anywhere and although Russian influence amongst politicians is mentioned, it fixates on the House of Lords, not the Commons and doesn't really deal with political parties at all, no doubt redacted out. There is very little here to get excited o...
by Cornish_Damo
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:14 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: "The Russia Report" -Released 21st July - around 10:30am
Replies: 19
Views: 46794

Re: "The Russia Report" -Released 21st July - around 10:30am

Items 49-56 are more interesting. The introduction of the UK investor Visa Scheme brought in under John Major drew Russians and their money like moths to a flame. No questions asked about where the cash was from, they welcomed it. With so much cash they could buy influence and we became the go to pl...
by Cornish_Damo
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:04 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: "The Russia Report" -Released 21st July - around 10:30am
Replies: 19
Views: 46794

Re: "The Russia Report" -Released 21st July - around 10:30am

There's really not much to get excited about here. Items 41 through 48 suggest the govt was too lazy to bother preparing for any risk of Russian interference, no govt body wanted to take responsibility for it. They couldn't even be arsed to watch RT or Sputnik to see if they were saying stuff deemed...