Well let’s see how this story pans out. La Repubblica has a source who saw Boris Johnson at the nearest airport to Lebedev’s palazzo & a flight plan that matches. Downing Street categorically denies it. https://twitter.com/antoguerrera/status/1307773779272179713

BUT there are some pretty inconvenient details. Perugia Airport actually put out a statement on Sept 17 confirming Boris Johnson’s presence at the airport ‘over the past few days’...

And there are some more odd details. A whole lot of activity in & out of the airport with flights coming from London - including Tony Blair - & the dates coincide with the super secretive christening of which no photos were released..

Add in Johnson’s weirdly dodgy central London 20-minute wifi issues on Friday & his cancelled meetings on Monday morning &

But surely *even* Johnson would not be blatant enough to skip town to meet his ex-KGB mate weeks after refusing to investigate Russian interference & ennobling the KGB mate’s son & then lie about it?!?Surely...

Update: PM’s spokesman says story is ‘completely untrue’. He has not travelled to Italy ‘in recent months’ & repeating it is ‘a falsehood’. https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1307938306647261187