![Christopher Steele: “Boris Johnson’s secret conversations with Alexander Lebedev raise serious concerns” Christopher Steele: “Boris Johnson’s secret conversations with Alexander Lebedev raise serious concerns”](https://dl6pgk4f88hky.cloudfront.net/2022/07/GettyImages-93323146-464x348.jpg)
Christopher Steele: “Boris Johnson’s secret conversations with Alexander Lebedev raise serious concerns”
The former MI6 officer says more vetting is needed for Russians in the UK and the influence they wield.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better known as “Boris Johnson”, is a British politician. He is a member of parliament, the former mayor of London, the former prime minister of the United Kingdom between July 2019 and September 2022, and the former leader of the Conservative Party. Johnson studied at Eton College and then read classics at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He has also worked as a journalist with different publications, such as the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on the former prime minister here.
The former MI6 officer says more vetting is needed for Russians in the UK and the influence they wield.
ByBoris Johnson’s Trumpian remarks on the “deep state” will almost certainly have a destructive effect on British democracy.
ByThere is no “caretaker” administration but a zombie government.
ByConservative leadership candidates have promised to slash tax but have neglected to discuss funding for the NHS, schools and social…
ByRecent data shows a country largely unprepared for a more hostile cyber landscape.
ByAs child safety campaigners push for stronger regulation, a growing faction of the Tory party is crying "censorship".
ByRather than advancing a new vision for the country, the Tory candidates are taking refuge in outdated orthodoxies.
ByThe Prime Minister has left Britain unserious, divided and in need of complete transformation.
ByThe candidates have all begun to fire off accusations at one another: “Socialist!” “Tax dodger!” “Spad shagger!”
ByBoris Johnson was a mere bystander as the Labour leader targeted the Tory candidates’ tax affairs.
ByThe comedian’s satirical poems charting Boris Johnson’s demise are grotesque and oddly poignant.
ByHaving illustrated 22 Johnson covers for the NS, I have studied him closely; his hair is the sole element of…
ByThe Prime Minister’s gift for shape-shifting powered his ascent – but in his downfall the emptiness of his politics was…
ByAll of a sudden nothing worked. The audience began to jeer. Yes, for the first time in his career, the…
ByThe pair’s unlikely political alliance began at Oxford, was cemented by Brexit and ended with one last strike of revenge.
ByFrom Eton to Westminster, the disgraced Prime Minister has hurried the decline of the institutions he represented.
ByConservative leadership hopefuls scramble to out-pledge each other. But awaiting the winner is a divided party and deepening economic crisis.
ByWe need a grown-up in the room.
ByWith Boris Johnson’s downfall, his flagship policy is up for grabs. The opposition urgently needs to grasp it.
ByWhat prestige can there be in a damehood if Nadine Dorries gets one?
By