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I will not go into details, I can only confirm the validity of fears that Russia was planning acts of air terror, not only against Poland but against airlines around the world."
He said
There are lessons that have got to be learned here,
he told reporters on Friday afternoon
Now Petrov and Boshirov went to see Big Ben. The excursion was a success.”
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I'm looking forward to Russia being blamed for the Heathrow fire. What are you waiting for, Starmer?"
Russia's bile-spitting former PM has already goaded Keir Starmer into blaming Russia, tauntingWe will have to see what the investigation yields before jumping to conclusions."
He added
We will see more of that.”
CommanderThere’s no suggestion that there is foul play.” ... The conversation I’ve had is with the National Grid, the chief executive of the National Grid and certainly, that’s what he said to me.”
Asked if foul play could be ruled out, Mr Miliband told LBC ... Pressed on whether it was simply a “catastrophic accident”, Mr Miliband saidUntil we see different, this was very likely to have been an accident, but it is also a warning to us
Dr Seely, whose new book 'New Total War' is out this summer, added
Folk who track Russia's campaign of unconventional warfare in Europe will likely wake up wondering if the fire that cut power to Heathrow was an accident or something sinister
Sky News security and defence editor Deborah Haynes saidIt actually does not matter whether it was a Bic lighter and pile of newspapers or a deliberate attack
And Professor Lucy Easthope, an adviser on disaster response and recovery, and author of 'When the Dust Settles', addedHeathrow has been looking at expanding - this isn't a great advert for their ability to do so safely
Security expert Will Geddes, director and founder of the International Corporate Protection Group, told MailOnlineI'm sure the Government will be convening in the most appropriate way
Mr Miliband repliedIf anybody did this it would either be down to some serious reconnaissance in advance to determine that this was a massive vulnerability
Mr Geddes continued
I think that's somewhat speculative
Asked by Times Radio if she thought the fire may have been caused intentionally, Labour MP Ruth Cadbury repliedHeathrow Airport is a key piece of UK national infrastructure
It comes after Richard Gaisford, chief correspondent for ITV's Good Morning Britain, said