mr. putin had to deal with a very different situation. i think he felt there was a certain window to act, and i would say he has underestimated the opposition at every step. he underestimated the united states, he clearly underestimated germany and europe. he clearly underestimated his opposite number in ukraine and the ukrainian people. and by the way, mike mcfaul would know this better than anybody, he s clearly underestimated his own people. he s so removed from the pulse of his own society, i think he didn t understand that what he has wrought has brought about something most russians don t want. mike mcfaul, quickly, do you think the calls from general austin and milley, you know, to their counterparts will have any impact at all? will they get can they get through to vladimir putin? well, on the nuclear issue, yes. i think we need reassurance from
correspondent helen catt, who is in westminster this morning. it has happened. these staff have been sacked. they may well be turning round to government and asking what they are going to do. so far i am hearing that this is unacceptable, but in practical terms what can the government do? that certain is the what can the government do? that certain is the sense what can the government do? twat certain is the sense here in westminster. there is a unanimous agreement that what p&o have decided to do, particularly the way they have gone about it, is, as he said, unacceptable. if you sort the maritime minister robert courts in the commons yesterday speaking with barely restrained fury, his opposite number the transport secretary, shadow transport secretary, describing this as beneath contempt. the action of thugs. we know ministers have already had discussions with bosses at p&o, i would expect those, we would get more of those. the department for transport has said it will review if t
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got the vast majority of the points i wanted to make. i thought it went over well. it was also the month that the government cancelled the leeds to birmingham leg of hs2, and a tragedy in the channel put ministers under pressure for an issue they had failed to solve through 2021. record numbers of migrants crossed into the uk from france in small boats this year. more than 23,000 by november. on one day late that month, at least 27 people drowned when their dinghy deflated off the french coast. what happened yesterday was a dreadful shock. it was not a surprise, but it is also a reminder of how vulnerable people are put in peril when in the hands of criminal gangs. a few days later, priti patel had a new opposite number to keep the pressure on, when yvette cooper was made shadow home secretary. sir keir starmer had a second go at reshuffling his shadow cabinet,