Richard Foord

Richard Foord

Liberal Democrat — Honiton and Sidmouth

Speaking in the House of Commons on 25 February 2026

Debate

Ukraine

Contribution

The hon. Member makes an excellent point. That Ukrainian culture was on full display last night, at the Trafalgar Square rally. At the moment, we sometimes talk down NATO, and certainly its European parts. We should not, because in NATO we have the strongest military alliance that the world has ever seen. Putin should be in no doubt about the intent of NATO states to fulfil their NATO obligations, including to such members as Estonia and Latvia, which have Russian minority populations. At the rally yesterday evening, the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green reminded us of a quote from Churchill: “Give us the tools and we will finish the job”. He said that in 1941 to the British people, and indeed to allies across the water. That very much applies today. We need to think about how we can give Ukraine the tools that it needs to finish the job. More than that, we need to deprive Russia of tools, so that it can no longer wage this war of aggression against a people who want what we in this country have, and sometimes take for granted: democracy and liberty.

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