Diane Abbott: Russia isn’t the threat to the West that Starmer claims it is

Diane Abbott: Russia isn’t the threat to the West that Starmer claims it is

The idea that Russia is ready or able to sweep through western Europe any time in the foreseeable future is not a serious proposition, writes Diane Abbott MP. Yet Europe is now in a frenzy of warmongering and agitation for higher military spending – and we’re falling for it