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Feb 26 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Worth remembering Ukraine's Maidan revolution was sparked by its people's desire for closer trade links with the EU.

'The Russia-Ukraine crisis has shown Boris Johnson that the EU is not the enemy, Putin is.'

inews.co.uk/opinion/russia…
Trade and security are essential to Ukraine’s sense of being European.
It sees membership of the EU as a means of *securing* its independence and sovereignty, not undermining them.

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Many Russians too see themselves as European, and want closer trade links.
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Ukraine has been told it can't join Nato anytime soon, but some want a path to EU membership much quicker:

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Feb 28
"The UK and our allies will have to suffer some hardship" as a result of our sanctions on Russia, but that's nothing compared to suffering of the Ukrainian people, @trussliz tells a hushed Commons.
"Putin must lose" she says
(Slight tweak to the PM's 'Putin must fail' phrase)
Truss announces UK will apply full sanctions to Sberbank, Russia largest bank. There will be a "full asset freeze" "within days".
"Putin's war could last months or years" @trussliz tells MPs. But the UK will stand by Ukraine 🇺🇦 as long as it takes to defeat him.
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Feb 28
Priti Patel may bow to pressure to do more to help Ukrainians. But will the crisis shame the Govt into ditching its bigger plan to criminalise all other refugees?
inews.co.uk/opinion/priti-…
Lords will vote later today to strip Clause 11 from the #BordersBill. Govt defeat likely as Tory peers and crossbenchers join forces.
But when it returns to MPs, will the Ukraine crisis force a rethink?
The Immigration Minister deleted this but here's why it felt like a classic case of 'in tweeto veritas'

inews.co.uk/opinion/priti-… Image
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Feb 24
I understand that all 11 Labour MPs who signed the Stop The War statement (which criticised Nato) have been written to by the Shadow Chief Whip and asked to withdraw their signatures.
Sounds like if they refuse to do so, they will all lose the whip.
The signatories are:
Diane Abbott
John McDonnell
Richard Burgon
Ian Lavery
Beth Winter
Zarah Sultana
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Apsana Begum
Mick Whitley
Tahir Ali
Ian Mearns
The Stop The War Coalition statement they signed is here:
stopwar.org.uk/article/list-o… Image
Latest: the 11 MPs are minded to pull their signatures as requested, to avoid giving Starmer any excuse to withdraw the whip.
But some of the PLP are pushing for a vote on the whole issue, so this may not be over yet.
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Feb 24
.@TomTugendhat withering on @BBCr4today about @BorisJohnson Brexit boasts:
"One of the reasons I was were given for leaving the European Union was that we could do independent sanctions. That's what I was told by the then Foreign Secretary in 2018. Well let's see them."
The EU imposed sanctions on 351 Russian MPs yesterday but the UK didn't.
More on the UK's delayed response here:
inews.co.uk/opinion/boris-…
.@TomTugendhat also made clear he had long objected to Russian linked donations to the Tory party.
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Feb 23
I'm confused again about govt's position. MPs asked @BorisJohnson yday if further sanctions needed fresh trigger of Putin invasion. Cleverly seemd to say no.
Now @trussliz: "We are very clear there’s a further list of oligarchs" to be imposed *“in the event of a full invasion”*
After both Tory and Labour MPs failed to get straight answer yday from the PM, @JamesCleverly later clarified the position: "We intend to escalate these sanctions, to ratchet up these sanctions, *in response to what has already happened* in order to deter further aggression."
The assumption was that the UK was waiting for other allies to agree strategy on stronger sanctions before going ahead, not that they depended on 'a full invasion'.

Of course, there will be a gradation of sanctions at each stage. But govt position is unclear again. One for #PMQs
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Feb 22
Adopts #Gogglebox Craig Cash voice "Meanwhile, in London...Boris and his little sister Partygate"
Not much of a 'Freedom bounce' or 'Ukraine bounce' in latest poll either.
Govt competence rating has fallen, and PM personal rating falls again..
'Operation Fightback' may be working on Tory MPs but not working on voters yet.
And with that poll showing health tops voter priorities (above even the economy), the govt's record + policy on health inequalities is more important than ever.

inews.co.uk/opinion/boris-…
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