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UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson Fired Amid PM May’s Concerns He Could Start a WAR (WW3?)- Report

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  • UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson Fired Amid PM May’s Concerns He Could Start a WAR – Report
    by https://sputniknews.com/
    UK Prime Minister Theresa May dismissed Gavin Williamson from his post of Defence Secretary on 1 May over a leak of confidential discussions about Chinese firm Huawei’s involvement in the development of Britain’s future 5G network.
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    Gavin Williamson was fired as Defence Secretary after UK Prime Minister Theresa May was told that he had been speculating that her diabetes made her unfit to hold office, The Times reported.
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    His claims were overheard by a senior Tory, who reported it back to No. 10, the media outlet’s sources alleged. “It’s absolutely outrageous that he would attempt to use the prime minister’s health condition against her and to suggest it makes her too frail and ill to be the prime minister”, one of the insiders told the newspaper.
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    Reacting to the reports, Williamson denied having ever brought up May’s health. But his alleged diabetes speculation is said to have not been the only issue in his relations with the prime minister: May’s aides told The Times that her trust in Williamson had been shattered by his belligerence. Williamson sought to send the armed forces into action, which raised May’s concerns that it may lead to him starting a war, the paper wrote.
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    When May refused to authorise the dispatch of Royal Navy warships into Chinese waters in the South China Sea, the now-ex defence secretary purportedly scribbled “f*ck the prime minister” on the paperwork, which was reported back to Downing Street.
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    The Sunday Times     also cited a National Security Council (NSC) document showing Williamson’s determination to deploy British troops in Africa; he allegedly ordered military chiefs to devise plans for intervention in at least five African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Zimbabwe.
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    While one of May’s allies said that the former defence secretary’s approach was to find a pretext to send troops into action, a friend of Williamson told The Times that “it’s ironic that an NSC document has been leaked in attempt to discredit Gavin”.
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