As the Prime Minister told Putin last night: “We know what you are doing. And you will not succeed.”
Churchill saw a century ago that the existing party machines will always prove the stronger, and UKIP and the SDP have confirmed this.
Put harshly, it can be the ideology of the free-rider, the citizen who neglects the demands of citizenship.
It is now necessary to consider a strong and structured security partnership with the EU that would withstand the rule of Russia’s useful idiot.
The President’s decision has aroused concern in both parties, and drawn attention once again to an issue he is desperate to shake off.
The Government seems to get the message, but Conservative MPs should be vigilant. An Islamist government in Damascus would be in neither Syria’s interest nor ours.
Obama’s desperate and impotent decision to abandon the Middle East to the Russians is being overturned. Not before time.
The minority who believe Russia is an ally against Islamist extremism were outnumbered more than three to one.
Our bilateral relationship is at its most strained since the end of the Cold War. But we should try none the less to work with the country on as many levels as possible.
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They have the capacity to make a larger contribution to Europe’s defence. They should do so.
The fantasy that the Kremlin is more sinned against than sinning was once the preserve of Corbyn’s hard left. We should stop the rot.
It’s often been overrated, but its pre-war golden age bears striking similarities to Putin’s approach today.
Condemnation of such bigotry in other political parties must not be reduced to partisan mudslinging.