25 days ago
AOL
Some Mr Johnson and Ms Truss allies privately worried that Mr Sunak would not be as robust, noting his scepticism while chancellor about higher defence spending. Now, Mr Johnson and Ms Truss are rattling Mr Sunak’s cage by urging him to send fighter jets to Ukraine. As Mr Johnson told the Commons on Monday: “The story of the last 12 months is that sooner or later, having exhausted all the other options, we give them [the Ukrainians] what they need. On the day Mr Sunak became PM, he rang Sir Keir Starmer; the pair exchanged mobile numbers and agreed to maintain the bipartisan approach on Ukraine. Ukraine will not decide the next general election and it suits both Mr Sunak and Sir Keir to put aside the differences they have on most other issues.
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