hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown, and kate maltby, columnist for the i newspaper. good evening to you both. the headlines. the financial times which leads with finland and sweden announcing they will bid tojoin nato. it says the move would cause a geopolitical shift in europe. and lots of focus on the belfast telegraph, which boasts an exclusive essay by borisjohnson where he sets out his northern ireland policy. the telegraph, too, covers the ongoing discussions over the northern ireland protocol also featuring a picture of the margaret thatcher statue which was egged after being unveiled in grantham. and it s the same lead story for the independent, which quotes government sources urging the eu to help resolve the protocol standoff. it also shows a picture from protests after the shooting in buffalo in the us. the mirror takes the us massacre as its lead,
provoking should worry about whether you re provoking russia too far frankly, we are provoking russia but that we think it s are provoking russia but that we think it s a are provoking russia but that we think it s a wry thing or not, america think it s a wry thing or not, america is think it s a wry thing or not, america is very close to open war with russia. that means what nato is very close with russia. that means what nato is very close to with russia. that means what nato is very close to open war with russia. the time very close to open war with russia. the time for very close to open war with russia. the time for treading carefully is gone the time for treading carefully is gone i the time for treading carefully is gone. i think it s fascinating that sweden gone. i think it s fascinating that sweden has got this far, we expected finland sweden has got this far, we expected finland. ~ ., ., ., finland. we ve got to leave it there. ithink finla
it was the slight it. remember, it was the slight suggestion at the time that ukraine was interested injoining nato that got putin into the state where he has launched this appalling war on ukraine. but i think it is a good thing that sweden and finland have applied tojoin and thing that sweden and finland have applied to join and that nato is expanding. there is a question that has been asked recently, what has nato been doing to stop russia? it s very dangerous because there is nuclear weaponry involved. imere very dangerous because there is nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. a nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. a quick - nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. a quick final- in 2007 with georgia. a quick final word from you, kate. what are your thoughts on nato s expansion or potential expansion? i thoug
it. remember, it was the slight suggestion at the time that ukraine was interested injoining nato that got putin into the state where he has launched this appalling war on ukraine. but i think it is a good thing that sweden and finland have applied tojoin and thing that sweden and finland have applied to join and that nato is expanding. there is a question that has been asked recently, what has nato been doing to stop russia? it s very dangerous because there is nuclear weaponry involved. llistens very dangerous because there is nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. a nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. a quick - nuclear weaponry involved. were back in 2007 with georgia. a quick final- in 2007 with georgia. a quick final word from you, kate. what are your thoughts on nato s expansion or potential expansion? i thoughts on nato s e
whatsoever and just in the days immediately before the actual invasion of ukraine, the mere thought that finland might be interested injoining nato because the russian foreign ministry to issue a bloodcurdling threat to finland and sweden to say if you do anything like this there could be serious consequences. what were military consequences? nobody knew. it did sound like a high threat that there would be some form of invasion and so the opinion in this country just swung around from their support for neutrality which they pretty much always had, through to, she would just saying, their support for the idea that they should maybe get