The UK is far enough away for Russia not to pose a territorial threat. Russia is trying to fix us through deception,” said Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/ReutersFor some old hands in the Foreign Office with deep experience of Russia, however, demonising Russia is a disastrous strategy. Pushing for further action runs the risk of dividing the existing alliance that the Foreign Office achieved after the Salisbury poisonings. One former foreign secretary said: “It is better for the Foreign Office to camp on where they have got to.

Source: The Guardian May 03, 2018 14:01 UTC