It doesn’t rain but pour for Huawei... There’s a report floating around partly written by former UK spy and Trump bête noire Christopher Steele’s firm that makes some eye popping claims about a sophisticated dark web operation to manipulate serving Peers & MPs for last 3 years...

Huawei deny link to claims teams of paid hackers are using phishing attacks and other forms of cyber manipulation to try change politician and business minds about firm or even join them. And with degrees of success in some cases? Red faces on the red benches potentially coming..

Report alleges that the cream of the British establishment appear to have been duped into taking part in fake radio phone ins and panel events that were in reality just attempts to sway their opinion with bombardment of pro-Beijing propaganda and pro-Huawei PR...

Understand report names names but Huawei deny they paid for the operation or any link to it. Hear some are lawyering up and plan to come out swinging. Suspect China PR machine will play the man not the ball re the Trump Russia dossier despite it being a wider project...

Astonishingly convenient timing for this to appear though - right as Downing Street and the British intelligence community are conducting a screeching u-turn on the firm. Expect fireworks. It feels like the gloves are coming off...