Thread by @BlayneyDeborah

GREAT SPEECH Lord Newby 25/2/22 #russianinvasion #ukraine

"Ony 6 mths ago we were describing the chaotic retreat from #Afghanistan as the biggest failure of western foreign policy for decades.."
4 PTS
1."We are not a global military power, despite the Govt's hubristic rhetoric"!

"The pivot to the east was a MAJOR STRATEGIC MISTAKE & should be reversed..."
2. "our most important security and economic relationships are with Europe. Windy talk of GLOBAL BRITAIN CUTS NO ICE when the Russians can seize a friendly European democracy." 😢
#RussianWar
#Ukraine

3. "we need to strengthen global structures & programmes which promote our values. With #Russia & #China on the Security Council, this is not going to be easy, but we should at the very least do what we can within our own powers & resources to begin to address this..."

@RichardNewby3 cont..

4. "We should SET AN EXAMPLE in the way in which our leaders behave. We should be PRINCIPLED, HONEST, KNOWLEDGEABLE & ROBUST.🤔That is how you gain respect & influence..."😢

#JohnsonMustGo #JohnsonOut36

"Sanctions deal with Russian involvement in our economy, but there are also outstanding issues related to possible Russian involvement in our politics...the Government have been WOEFULLY slow, and indeed NEGLIGENT, in FAILING to act on the recommendations of the #RussiaReport."😢

"Can the Minister give the House an assurance that they will now be pursued with vigour &, in particular, will the Government RELEASE ANY EVIDENCE they have of RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN BRITISH POLITICS whether or not they deem it to have been successful?"😱🤔

#RussianInterference

"One of the most predictable results of the invasion is that there will be large numbers of #refugees. What is the UK’s position on this? We understand that British troops have been sent to Poland to help with the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens...

...All Ukrainian citizens will be allowed to enter the EU on a Ukrainian passport. Will they be similarly allowed to enter the UK? In particular, can the Govt confirm that they will allow family reunion for Ukrainian citizens who have relatives in UK & are fleeing the country?"🤔

@RichardNewby3 cont..
"FINALLY, can we have more clarity on what the Govt plans to do to support our NATO allies.." @NATO

"As a young man I visited Voroshilovgrad, now renamed #Luhansk, as leader of the first ever British youth delegation to Russia following the signing of the Helsinki agreement. The noble Lord, Lord Pickles, was also a member of the delegation. It was a notable period...

we stayed in a hotel built by German POWs.Grim history was all around us, but we, & our Russian interlocutors, genuinely believed we were at the start of a process which wd mean wars in Europe were a thing of the past. It makes me weep today to see what is happening in Luhansk"😭