This time we return to the subject of Boris Johnson’s attendance at a party in Italy in 2018 at a castle owned by newspaper proprietor Evgeny Lebdev, son of former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev. At the time Johnson was Foreign Secretary, before becoming PM in 2019.

Evgeny - who owns The Independent and the Evening Standard - became a life peer in 2020 despite reports of concerns by the security services.Lebedev insists he is not a security risk.

That hasn't stopped Labour MP Matt Western asking questions about the affair, and he now claims he’s been the victim of a co-ordinated attempt to silence him.

Presenter Adrian Goldberg hears from Matt and Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov, who has been pursuing Tory links to Russian oligarchs for several years.

Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.

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