DAILY MAIL COMMENT: High praise Prime Minister, now help fleeing families
How supremely foolish they now look, the irreconcilable Remainers.
Brexit, they sneered, would leave the UK irrelevant on the world stage. Cast into the geopolitical outer darkness, a diplomatic and military busted flush.
In fact, Britain has proudly led the global response to Vladimir Putin’s evil war.
In a time of crisis, Boris Johnson has risen to the occasion. While others dawdled, we trained Ukrainian fighters to defend their country. Thanks to missiles we provided, Russian tanks lie smouldering wrecks.
Volodymyr Zelensky has heaped praise on Boris Johnson for helping Ukraine more than other world leaders
The Prime Minister impressively built an international coalition to impose punishing financial, commercial and cultural sanctions on Putin’s degenerate regime.
But don’t just take our word for it. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday heaped praise on Mr Johnson for helping more than other world leaders.
Compare that to his brutal denunciation of Emmanuel Macron. He accused the French president of refusing to arm Ukraine because he is scared of Putin. So much for morality!
Of course, those who loathe Boris are wilfully blind to such humiliations.
With the first police fines for Partygate reported to be issued as early as today, they’re sure to scream that Mr Johnson is unfit for high office. But with Ukraine in flames, how trivial that furore now seems.
The Mail has just one quibble: The Government’s shameful response to the refugee crisis. Countless Britons are willing to throw open their doors and hearts.
Yet the hapless Home Office frustrates their generosity by tying up fleeing families in red tape. This inexcusable foot-dragging must end. Then Britain can be as proud of the humanitarian assistance as the help given to our freedom-fighting friends.
Don’t be fools on fuel
The Ukraine crisis has also thrown the spotlight on the vital importance of domestic energy security.
This seemed the perfect opportunity for ministers to set out a long overdue strategy for keeping Britain’s lights on.
Yet with tiresome inevitability, the blueprint has been delayed. Rishi Sunak has recoiled at the vast cost of building a new generation of nuclear reactors.
The PM must pull rank. With renewables and imports of oil and gas unreliable, nuclear power is a necessity, not a luxury.
Within days, spiralling energy bills will land on people’s doormats, contributing to a profound cost of living crisis.
Voters won’t thank the Government for Cabinet spats when they are struggling to heat and light their homes.
Especially from a Chancellor who likes posing in a £335 pair of trainers.
Our Empire’s story
Nothing illustrates our political elite’s disheartening lack of confidence in Britain’s history more than the fact it takes the son of immigrants to vigorously defend it.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, whose parents fled Saddam Hussein, says schools should teach the benefits, not just criticisms, of the Empire.
Of course, bad things were done during colonial rule. But this country left a legacy around the globe of Parliamentary democracy, rule of law and civil service. That is something to be proud of, not ashamed.
To airbrush inconvenient truths in a fit of hand-wringing revisionism is pointless. The Empire remains an ineradicable part of our national story – good and bad.
- What a reflection of our times that the Leader of the Opposition doesn’t know whether women have penises or not. So terrified is Sir Keir Starmer of antagonising transgender extremists, he ducks issues of basic biology. Labour cannot be relied upon to defend the rights of women and girls. The Mail knew Sir Keir was a hopeless politician. We’re just relieved he isn’t a doctor.
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