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Mar 9 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@BWallaceMP made clear yday on @BBCr4today that Poland plan to supply MiGs to Ukraine would have to be a bilateral one, not a Nato one - tho Nato would stand by it. But the US clearly felt using its base in Germany as conduit was a mistake.
More here:

inews.co.uk/opinion/the-be…
Slovakia PM on @BBCr4today notably doesn't rule out sending its own MiG-29s to Ukraine. Says discussions have to be private and Ukraine has right to receive 'gifts' of such weapons.
Feels like the idea is not dead
The remarkable thing is that Ukrainian Air Force 🇺🇦 has not been overwhelmed by their Russian counterparts.
Echoes of the 'Few' in the RAF in 1940. But they're running out of time.
More here:

inews.co.uk/opinion/the-be…
.@ABlinken very careful not to rule out Poland supplying MiGs to Ukraine. While US couldn't directly handle the jets "We have to make sure we are doing in the right way..We have to work through the specifics….[and]
the logistical challenges that it presents."

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New: Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP announces to MPs that UK has decided to supply Star Streak high velocity anti aircraft missiles to Ukraine 🇺🇦 govt.
"It's vital that Ukraine retains its ability to fly."
Wallace adds that UK increasing direct humanitarian aid to Ukraine to make it the largest bilateral donor in the world.
.@JohnHealey_MP praises the decision to supply Star Streak missiles to Ukraine (and reveals he and @Keir_Starmer will travel to visit British troops in Estonia tonight)

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inews.co.uk/opinion/the-be…
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Mar 8
.@BWallaceMP on Putin's invasion of Ukraine on @BBCr4today:
“This will be Putin’s end, this country and so it should be. It will be an impossible task to occupy such a people and a country.”
V interesting from @BWallaceMP on idea of Poland gifting MiG fighters to Ukraine. Says it's Poland's 'choice'.
Warns "the blowback could be on the Polish people". "It’s upto you, we understand why you want to do it…we will stand by you" as bilateral and Nato ally
Wallace also reveals he wants to make a statement to Parliament some point this week to update MPs on military and other help provided by UK to Ukraine
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Mar 8
The gap between the British govt and the British public on help for Ukrainian refugees so growing.

A @RedfieldWilton poll for @NewStatesman: 64% want to grant visas without restriction. And 58% of Tory voters agreed.

inews.co.uk/news/ukrainian…
As the Home Office is accused of failing on the bureaucracy, looks like the MoD ready to step in:
Meanwhile, the public give generously to Ukraine charity appeals. £200,000 from @theipaper readers alone.
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Mar 7
After another sorry day of chaos and confusion from @pritipatel, the gap between the British Govt and the British public on Ukrainian refugees is bigger than ever.

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inews.co.uk/news/ukrainian…
Just a few examples of the chaos.

1.
 Patel tells MPs: “It’s wrong to say we are turning people back [at Calais], we are absolutely not”.
But UK posters in Calais tell refugees to apply online or at visa centres in Paris/Brussels
2.
 Patel tells MPs: “We have set up a bespoke VAC (Visa Application Centre) en route to Calais but away from the port”.
Reality: no such centre yet exists.
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Mar 7
Ukrainian refugees are getting spin, delays and chaos from Priti Patel's Home Office, not the urgent help they need

My latest for @theipaper
inews.co.uk/news/ukrainian…
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The metaphor has risks. Instead of a new, bespoke suit, seems the Home Office plans adjustments to an off-the-peg outfit, one that still looks pretty thin and shabby to many
In the Commons @pritipatel anounces: “I can confirm we have set up a bespoke VAC (Visa Application Centre] en route to Calais but away from the port because we have to prevent that surge taking place..."
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