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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Russia creating chaos by exploiting UK’s far-right, Starmer warns after home targeted in arson attack

Sir Keir Starmer has lashed out at political leaders at home and abroad for “trying to tear our country apart” after his home was targeted in an arson attack last year.

It comes after two men were found guilty of plotting to damage property by an Old Bailey jury this week. The court heard that a Russian-speaking mastermind known as “El Money” paid the two men to set fire to homes and a car linked to Sir Keir to spark fear and “unrest” in Britain.

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