Weak G7 countries bottled decision to stand up to Putin — and demands for Assad to go will fall on deaf ears while Russia is able to do as it pleases
G7 weaklings
IF the world’s richest countries won’t pluck up the courage to hold Russia to account for supporting genocidal Bashar al-Assad, who will?
Yesterday Boris Johnson presented the G7 with a plan for tough sanctions on Moscow’s generals.
The Foreign Secretary rightly believes Vladimir Putin’s army is “contaminated” by its close cooperation with the Assad regime.
Yet the weak G7 bloc bottled it — with Germany and the EU worried about sending the Kremlin a strong ultimatum.
So much for the Remainers’ claim Brussels would stand up to Putin.
Demands for Assad to go will fall on deaf ears while Russia is able to do as it pleases.
Meanwhile Syrians live in daily fear of further chemical gas attacks.
Help win justice
JOHN Downey might think rearing horses is atonement after seven of the animals died in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing for which he is prime suspect.
But it will be cold comfort to the families of the four British soldiers who lost their lives that day.
Some 35 years on they still seek justice for their loved ones while the former IRA man roams free.
The families must raise £650,000 to finally get their day in court, and The Sun is proud to support their campaign.
We urge readers to give what you can and help us right this shameful historical wrong.
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Oh give over
WE would be less irritated by the billions Britain blows on foreign aid if a few of the countries lecturing us about “turning our back on the world” post-Brexit were giving something similar.
However the UK is an outlier. Our £13.3billion dwarfs handouts from every other country apart from America and Germany.
We have no problem giving our fair share to help the world’s poor.
But when our own public services are struggling, it makes no sense for Britain to stick to a 0.7 per cent target merrily ignored by other wealthy nations.
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Not us, it's EU
LISTEN to some Remainers and you’d think only the UK is at risk from a “messy” Brexit.
But credit ratings agency S&P has warned a squabble over the divorce bill could be devastating for the shaky euro.
Contrary to the doom-mongers, Brussels needs an agreement as much as Britain.
One to remember the next time a pompous Eurocrat flings empty threats in our direction.