British forces are now "ready to act" to board and detain ships in Russia's so-called shadow fleet in UK waters, the defence secretary has said.Ministers identified a legal basis in January that would allow forces to board sanctioned vessels, but approval for the military measure was not given by the prime minister until Thursday.
Sounds about right for the current incumbent of Number 10!
Questioned on why that decision had not come sooner, John Healey told BBC Radio 4's Today programme "what operations like this require is training, preparation, understanding discussion with allies [and] a clear legal basis".
Aren't they all things one would expect the navy to already possess, and if not, to be able to practice in peacetime on the hordes invading our country via the Channel?
Sir Keir Starmer said the move would starve "Putin's war machine of the dirty profits that fund his barbaric campaign".
While Two-tier Kier's sabotaging his own campaign... roll on May!
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