News Snapshot:
SPOOKS yesterday blew the cover on a suspected Communist spy at the heart of British democracy. MI5 accused Labour donor Christine Lee of channelling cash from Beijing to influence parliament as it publicly warned MPs and peers to avoid her. The Chinese lawyer has donated nearly £700,000 to the Labour Party, mostly through the office of Corbynista MP Barry Gardiner, who until confronted by the Security Services yesterday, employed her son. But Lib Dem leader Ed Davey also accepted a £5,000 donation from Lee’s law firm while in the Cabinet, and Theresa May handed her a peace prize — which...
