Shadow defence secretary hopes ‘US weaponry determination results in UK doing the identical’

James Cartlidge has welcomed information that President Biden has allowed Ukraine to make use of US long-range weaponry into Russia and hopes this results in the UK "doing the same".

With North Korean troops supporting Russia, Mr Cartlidge says this can be a "significant escalation" and means the UK ought to grant "full autonomy on the use of Storm Shadow".

Asked if use of those weapons would put the UK underneath risk from Russian retaliation, he says we’ve to face as much as that "bully", in any other case "we will be in the firing line".

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