Financial Times: The captain of one of Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines has stepped back from his role this week after being investigated over his relationship with Joani Reid, the Labour MP whose husband has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
The Royal Navy launched an investigation last year in response to allegations that the senior military officer — who is married — had conducted an inappropriate relationship with Reid, according to people familiar with the matter. The probe was necessary from a “due diligence perspective” to examine any potential blackmail risk, one of the people added…