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2023-06-26 12:13:33 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F5018FAF34F074A7C4DE6CDE19A7141CDF490DDE3D244B26DFEC9FE0FAB0BE56
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This is entirely untrue and Bienkov knows it to be untrue. The Chair of HOLAC, Lord Bew, confirmed to Parliament that security services did NOT advise against Lebedev's peerage. He also confirmed that Boris Johnson did NOT intervene in any way. https://www.politics.co.uk/news-in-brief/lord-bew-insists-no-10-did-not-pressure-for-lord-lebedev-peerage/
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