British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defense minister on Wednesday over ...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defense minister on Wednesday over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese telecoms company Huawei, the latest of her allies to be ousted from government.
That secrecy was broken last month when the Telegraph newspaper reported Britain would allow Huawei a role in building parts of its 5G network, setting London at odds with Washington over the next generation of communications technology.In a letter to Williamson, May wrote that an investigation into the leaks had provided “compelling evidence suggesting your responsibility for the unauthorized disclosure”.
“I strenuously deny that I was in any way involved in this leak and I am confident that a thorough and formal inquiry would have vindicated my position.” Best known for his role as chief whip, the Conservatives’ parliamentary enforcer, Williamson coaxed lawmakers to toe the party line, sometimes by introducing them to his pet tarantula Cronus, named after the god of time who swallowed each of his children according to Greek mythology.
His colleague, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, said he was sorry over Williamson’s firing “but given the gravity of the situation there was no other alternative outcome,” the Press Association quoted Hunt as saying as he arrived in Addis Ababa.
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