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Cases like this open up a very interesting question. When we talk about protecting UK PLC, we often talk about protecting critical national infrastructure. The reality is that CNI is typically quite resilient, typically it will bounce back, but stuff like this is about public services that are very much critical and I think there’s a missing piece in that debate about how we prioritise and view these things from a public safety standpoint.”

Dan was the only alternative to ­Simion in the run-off and, because he represented no party, he avoided the curse of Romania’s rejected mainstream parties.”

In a hypothetical scenario, a move like that would face scrutiny and resistance locally and internationally."