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All Out Politics

Johnson v Starmer and the UK v Russia

All Out Politics

Sky News

News Commentary, Politics, News, Government

4.2156 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the relationship between the UK and Russia after a parliamentary report on Moscow's activities.

It concluded the British government took its eye off the ball and was slow to recognise the potential threat to its democratic process.

And as parliament goes into recess, they assess the dynamic of Boris Johnson versus Sir Keir Starmer after the final PMQs of this term.

Joining Adam on the podcast are the author of 'The New Cold War - Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West' - Edward Lucas; Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Leicester, Tara McCormack and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig.

Transcript

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0:31.4

Hello and welcome to the All-At Politics Podcast podcast from Sky News. I'm Adam Bolton.

0:40.1

And joining me this week are Edward Lucas, the author of the New Cold War, Putin's Russia and the threat to the West.

0:46.6

Also one of those who gave evidence to the Intelligence and Security Committee's inquiry into Russian involvement in, or interference, rather, in UK politics.

0:59.4

The lecturer in international relations at the University of Leicester, Tara McCormack, is with us,

1:04.8

and so is Sky's chief political correspondent, John Craig.

1:09.7

This week we're going to talk a little bit as Parliament rises for the summer about the new balance of power, if one can put it that way, between Boris Johnson and Sarkia Stama, and mainly about geopolitics and what to do about Russia.

1:34.7

But it was the last PMQs of the summer run, and inevitably Russia was on the agenda.

1:39.5

Under my leadership, national security will always be the top priority for Labour.

1:44.5

So I want to ask the Prime Minister about the extremely serious report by the Intelligence and Security Committee. It concludes that Russia poses an immediate and urgent threat to our national

1:51.6

security and is engaged in a range of activities that include espionage, interfering

1:57.8

in democratic processes and serious crime. The Prime Minister received

2:02.0

that report ten months ago. Given that the threat is described as immediate and urgent,

2:08.4

why on earth did the Prime Minister sit on that report for so long?

2:12.4

Well, Mr Speaker, actually, when I was Foreign Secretary and for the period that I've been in office,

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