How Far Will The UK Go To Protect Ukraine?
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Addressing the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow today, Sir Keir Starmer said "peace only comes with strength” and said the UK must spend more on defence. But how far is he prepared to go to protect Ukraine when he goes to Washington next week?
Laura, Paddy and Joe discuss what tools the UK government has at its disposal to negotiate or flatter Donald Trump ahead of their hugely significant meeting.
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| 0:04.7 | So we're underway with Newscast seven days, |
| 0:08.1 | and that's the sort of productivity that Elon Musk would be pleased with us. |
| 0:11.5 | This is a seven-day-a-week operation. |
| 0:14.2 | It's not enough, Paddy. |
| 0:15.2 | He's written to all federal employees asking him to send five bullet points, |
| 0:18.7 | copy to their boss. What have you done? |
| 0:21.0 | What have you done for me lately? Some people may say. Yeah. Would you pass the test? I think you |
| 0:25.3 | would. Oh, what have I done? Well, in the nicest possible way. Five things. |
| 0:29.9 | Well, not five. Oh, not five. Okay. I made lots and lots phone calls on Thursday and Friday |
| 0:35.6 | and I wrote a piece for the front page of the website yesterday. |
| 0:38.2 | And you hosted a TV show this morning. |
| 0:39.5 | I did a TV show this morning. |
| 0:40.5 | We did a podcast yesterday. |
| 0:42.2 | So that's three? |
| 0:43.4 | Yeah, that'll do. |
| 0:44.4 | Is that off? |
| 0:45.0 | So we'll talk a little bit about the White House, |
| 0:47.6 | and we're lucky to have Joe Pipe with us this Sunday |
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