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Ukraine isn't Boris's ‘Falklands moment’

8 March 2022

10:12 PM

8 March 2022

10:12 PM

What should we make of Boris’s response to war in Ukraine? The verdict from one Tory MP is already in: ‘History will look back at this as his Falklands moment,’ said Jonathan Gullis, who represents Stoke-on-Trent. But if Conservatives are hoping that conflict will transport the PM from a beleaguered position into one of national dominance – as it did for Margaret Thatcher in 1982 – they are in for a nasty surprise.

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