Defence secretary contradicts Truss on international resistance in Ukraine
The defence secretary has seemingly contradict the foreign secretary this morning, as he argued there are “better ways” to help Ukraine than by travelling to fight there. Liz Truss told the BBC on Sunday that she endorsed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for an international resistance force to help Ukraine defend against the Russian invasion. […]
Johnson to speak to Nato leaders as Downing Street vows to ‘stand behind Ukraine’
Boris Johnson will hold a call with Nato leaders this afternoon as the alliance plots its next steps in the face of a Russian advance on Kyiv.
PM on Russia: ‘There is still hope but we are ready’
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer put on a “united” front in Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon over growing fears of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia. When asked by Labour’s leader why the UK has not imposed even more sanctions upon Russia, the prime minister told the House that he maintains “hope” on de-escalation, […]
Decades of Nato failure define the UK’s stance on Ukraine
While modern Ukraine first declared independence in 1917, its national identity largely stems from the eastern Slavic culture that flourished in approximately the same area as the modern state during the middle ages. This is the period in which national identities also emerged in Britain. While their present realities sharply contrast, the fates of Ukraine […]
I’m no apologist for Putin, but…
NATO needs to urgently review its red lines and consider again whether to at least pause its expansion eastwards – and give Russia assurances to that effect I’m no apologist for Russian president Vladimir Putin, nor for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its attempts to destabilise Ukraine – and the western alliance of democratic countries […]
Week in Review: Putin comes clean
Vladimir Putin outlines his all-out war on liberalism, in a battle that includes Viktor Orban, Matteo Salvini, Donald Trump and Brexit.
How not to be a Useful Idiot
From Brexiters doing Putin’s work, to Remainers doing Brexiters’ work, we’ve all turned into Useful Idiots for someone.
The electoral reform policy plan to end Russian interference in the UK
Britain’s unreformed electoral system is primed for interference by Russian covert operations. Vladimir Putin has found an easy victim in his attacks on western democracy.
Week in Review: The post-truth Putin food chain revealed
The story of how the post-truth sausage gets made…
Skripal poisoning: It’s time for the Corbyn left to confront its Putin problem
Russia’s disinformation machine finally jumped the shark
