The long-awaited release of the Russia report has clearly caused some soul searching at Downing Street.
Having been informed by MPs that Britain was among the top targets for Russian intelligence – and lambasted for its failure to do anything about it – ministers have come up with solution.
The UK government is reportedly planning to require states to stick the names of their foreign agents working in Britain on a government register. Twitter was quick to point out a serious flaw in that idea…
Might be time to tighten that idea up a bit, lads.
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