UK Intelligence Misses on COVID-19 Due to Antipathy for Trump
Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization team tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Feb. 3, 2021. Thomas Peter/Reuters
Britain’s intelligence services have a proud history, but are they losing their touch? Why is it only now that they are reported to be taking seriously claims, first made during the Trump presidency, that the COVID virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan?
Andrew Davies
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Andrew Davies is a UK-based video producer and writer. His award-winning video on underage sex abuse helped Barnardos children’s charity change UK law, while his documentary “Batons, Bows and Bruises: A History of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,” ran for six years on the Sky Arts Channel.
