S74E20 · The Starmer Files: The Russian Connection

The Starmer Files: The Russian Connection

S74E20 · 2026-06-15 · 29 min

In May last year, three arson attacks targeted the prime minister, Keir Starmer. Two properties and a car were set alight. But who lit the fires and why? Daniel De Simone investigates and finds the shadowy figures behind the attacks were also behind fake far-right groups trying to stoke hatred and division in the UK. The fires fit a pattern in which hostile states such as Russia are increasingly using proxies here to do their dirty work. So could Russia be behind the Starmer fires?

The show’s own verdict is on its page.