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On Tuesday, the 25th of November,

as attempts to reach a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine inched forward,

the Prime Minister warned there was a tough road ahead.

A lot's happened in the last few days, with President Trump turning up the pressure on Ukraine's

President Zelensky to agree a peace deal before the US Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow.

But a leaked draft 28-point plan from United States and Russian officials reportedly contained highly controversial suggestions for Ukraine

to hand over unoccupied territory and cut the size of its armed forces.

The longest serving MP, the Conservative Sir Edward Lee,

wanted the Prime Minister to persuade Donald Trump.

That to reward the tarant bear with land he's already taken is bad enough.

But it would be utterly egregious and appalling to allow him the bear, the ruthless bear, to

take land he hasn't even taken yet in Fortress Jumbass.

The Prime Minister didn't talk in terms of the Russian bear, but...

The very idea of negotiating land,

which hasn't been taken in nearly four years of a conflict

and has cost tens of thousands of lives,

is so obviously unacceptable

that it shouldn't be put forward or seen as a serious

proposition. Since the 28-point plan emerged, what have been called highly productive

...