PM praised for his words
When reading David Byrne's letter "He can't keep his gob shut” Thursday, March 24, my first thought was Mr Byrne does not do irony.
His letter was full of fanciful rhetoric with little substance.
As usual his target was
Boris Johnson, this time over Ukraine; the same Boris Johnson who is widely praised for his actions on Ukraine. Perhaps it is that praise which has motivated Mr Byrne?
The first attack is on Boris Johnson's comments re the Ukranian struggle.
He claims the PM had likened people losing their homes and lives to that of the people of the UK putting a cross on a piece of paper.
Mr Byrne should listen to people who were there when the speech was made; someone like the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK.
He said he "didn't see” the furious reaction to the PM's speech on Ukraine's fight for freedom coming.
Vadym Prystaiko said he was in the room when the comment was made and was not expecting the backlash it has received.
Instead, he said "what I heard myself ” is that both the UK and Ukraine wanted the freedom to leave different unions.
But then again, the Ambassador did not have an anti-Boris agenda.
As for Ukraine fighting for the right to join the EU. I doubt that caused the Russian anger and invasion. Why would it? Ukraine wanted the right as an independent nation to join NATO.
Mr Byrne's final comment convinced me his letter was simply pandering to his own prejudices.
He claims, completely without any evidence that unlike the Ukrainian President, who has refused to leave the country, the PM would have been on that plane quicker than a rat up a drainpipe: this is unfounded speculation.
Alan Wright, High Barnes.
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