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Post by fretslider on May 2, 2019 8:05:52 GMT -5
Defence Secretary and former Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson has been summarily fired.
A meeting of the National Security Council debated Huawei - should it be allowed to participate in constructing the UK's 5G network? Australia has already banned the Chinese company, but the UK seems minded to allow Huawei in.
Background: The Chinese Communist government legislated in 2017 the National Intelligence Law which requires organisations and citizens to “support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work.”
ie hand over the data etc.
This is serious stuff...
Prime minister asks minister to leave after inquiry concludes ‘no other credible version of events to explain this leak has been identified’
www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/may/01/brexit-latest-news-pmqs-may-liaison-pm-to-face-questions-from-mps-amid-claims-she-is-preparing-for-deal-with-labour-live-news
So what does Williamson have to say?
May was told of what she called “compelling” evidence of Williamson’s involvement before she was due to face a grilling from the backbench liaison committee. The defence secretary was later summoned to May’s House of Commons office, where she confronted him with the evidence, offered him the opportunity to resign – and when he refused, immediately fired him.
It is understood that Williamson has acknowledged speaking to the Daily Telegraph’s Steven Swinford on the phone for 11 minutes on the day of the leak. But he denies that he revealed what had happened at the National Security Council when he was asked by the reporter about the Huawei discussion.
In what rapidly escalated into an extraordinary public spat, the ex-minister continued to maintain that the leak came from outside his team. “I think the prime minister has made a serious mistake,” a source said.
Formerly a staunch May loyalist who served the prime minister as her chief whip, Williamson later issued a strenuous public denial. He told Sky News the leak inquiry, overseen by cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, had been “a witch hunt from the start” and had taken place “in a kangaroo court with a summary execution”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/01/gavin-williamson-sacked-as-defence-secretary-over-huawei-leak
Whatever the truth, May is known for getting things terribly wrong. Maybe that's why....
Sir Desmond Swayne called on the Government this morning to publish the conclusions of the National Security Council leak investigation to prove whether Gavin Williamson is a liar or not. Politicians of all colours, including Williamson himself, are calling for a police inquiry. The Met has now said it won’t do anything unless the Cabinet Office formally refers the matter to them.
Multiple people’s public reputations are on the line over this – without the evidence it’s just he said, she said. It’s time to release the evidence and settle the matter once and for all…
order-order.com/2019/05/02/publish-the-evidence/
A meeting of the National Security Council debated Huawei - should it be allowed to participate in constructing the UK's 5G network? Australia has already banned the Chinese company, but the UK seems minded to allow Huawei in.
Background: The Chinese Communist government legislated in 2017 the National Intelligence Law which requires organisations and citizens to “support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work.”
ie hand over the data etc.
This is serious stuff...
Prime minister asks minister to leave after inquiry concludes ‘no other credible version of events to explain this leak has been identified’
www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/may/01/brexit-latest-news-pmqs-may-liaison-pm-to-face-questions-from-mps-amid-claims-she-is-preparing-for-deal-with-labour-live-news
So what does Williamson have to say?
May was told of what she called “compelling” evidence of Williamson’s involvement before she was due to face a grilling from the backbench liaison committee. The defence secretary was later summoned to May’s House of Commons office, where she confronted him with the evidence, offered him the opportunity to resign – and when he refused, immediately fired him.
It is understood that Williamson has acknowledged speaking to the Daily Telegraph’s Steven Swinford on the phone for 11 minutes on the day of the leak. But he denies that he revealed what had happened at the National Security Council when he was asked by the reporter about the Huawei discussion.
In what rapidly escalated into an extraordinary public spat, the ex-minister continued to maintain that the leak came from outside his team. “I think the prime minister has made a serious mistake,” a source said.
Formerly a staunch May loyalist who served the prime minister as her chief whip, Williamson later issued a strenuous public denial. He told Sky News the leak inquiry, overseen by cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill, had been “a witch hunt from the start” and had taken place “in a kangaroo court with a summary execution”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/01/gavin-williamson-sacked-as-defence-secretary-over-huawei-leak
Whatever the truth, May is known for getting things terribly wrong. Maybe that's why....
Sir Desmond Swayne called on the Government this morning to publish the conclusions of the National Security Council leak investigation to prove whether Gavin Williamson is a liar or not. Politicians of all colours, including Williamson himself, are calling for a police inquiry. The Met has now said it won’t do anything unless the Cabinet Office formally refers the matter to them.
Multiple people’s public reputations are on the line over this – without the evidence it’s just he said, she said. It’s time to release the evidence and settle the matter once and for all…
order-order.com/2019/05/02/publish-the-evidence/
