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Torcuil Crichton

SNP call for Lord Egveny Lebedev to be banned from parliamentary estate

Ian Blackford has called for Boris Johnson’s publishing pal, Lord Egveny Lebedev, to be banned from parliament.

The SNP Westminster leader has written to the parliamentary authorities to revoke Lord Lebedev’s pass and access to the estate.

Johnson is under pressure over the appointment of the Evening Standard newspaper owner, who is the son of a former KGB agent, to the House of Lords despite concerns raised by the security services.

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