When Prime Minister Keir Starmer swept out the Conservative authorities in July, he promised a brand new period for British politics and a reset of its relations with the European Union. One factor hasn’t modified: Britain’s bitter dealings with an aggressive Russia. If something, the unhealthy blood has gotten worse.
Tensions between Britain and Russia spiked this week over indicators that the US, prodded by Britain, was shifting towards permitting Ukraine to make use of Western-supplied missiles to strike navy targets deep inside Russian territory.
As Starmer arrived in Washington on Friday for talks with President Joe Biden, he and Russian President Vladimir Putin traded harsh phrases, whereas Russia stated it had expelled six British diplomats.
