Comment HMS Defender passed through Crimean waters unscathed. As it was, the Russians had more than 20 aircraft buzzing her THE British Government last Wednesday directed its armed forces to engage in what is arguably the most stupid and reckless military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956. A single Royal Navy destroyer (we only have six) was sent alone and without aircover to sail through what the Russians regard as their sovereign waters around the Crimea. That’s the Crimea the Brits invaded in October 1853, forcing the demilitarisation of the Black Sea and resulting in the death of an estimated 450,000 Russian citizens. They remember those things in Russia.
Ten questions for Michael Gove on Covid cash used to poll on the Union
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