Government blocks access to Lebedev files!

 

Lord Lebedev of Hampton & Siberia

The sleazy Tory government of Boris Johnson, are being accused of a cover up and contempt of Parliament after they blocked the release of papers concerning the peerage of Russian-born, Evgeny Lebedev.

It is known that the security services wrote to Boris Johnson expressing security concerns, if Lebedev was awarded a peerage and elevated to the House of Lords. Boris Johnson and Evgeny Lebedev are close friends. Lebedev owns both the Evening Standard and the Independent newspapers. He also owns a wolf called Boris. Lebedev's father, was a former intelligence officer with the KGB.

In March, a motion was passed in the House of Commons that directed Ministers to release all relevant paperwork including the advice of the security services. Tory MPs abstained on the issue. The Government have declined to provide the information on the grounds of confidentiality and that it would lead to "political point scoring." They say that the government remains committed to "openess and transparency" but not on this occasion, and will not abide by the Commons request. Labour called the decision a "cover up" and say that if there are security concerns about Lebedev, then it is in the public interest that this be disclosed.

Cabinet Office minister, Michael Ellis, told the Commons, that Lord Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia, "is a man of good standing."