Henry Bolton OBE 🇬🇧
@_HenryBolton
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Foreign Affairs, Defence & Security Spokesman (SDP) | OBE for International Security |Fmr. Army Officer⚔️ Police Officer & Diplomat
Kent, United Kingdom
Joined November 2014
LETTER TO AMERICA - Episode 8🇬🇧🇺🇸 "The Danger of Mistaking a Deal with Russia as Peace" A deal with Russia is not necessarily peace. A settlement is not the same as security. And the wrong agreement could make the world more not less dangerous. In Episode 8, I explain ➡️:
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Worth listening to this from the Belgian Prime Minister. It explains his position and that of his government pretty well. And he’s quite right. The other EU member states need to be prepared to share the risk.
In Parliament, I responded to questions about our country’s position regarding Euroclear. Many false insinuations are being spread to put pressure on us, but our conditions are reasonable and constructive. We are not going to burden ourselves with irresponsible risks.
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In Parliament, I responded to questions about our country’s position regarding Euroclear. Many false insinuations are being spread to put pressure on us, but our conditions are reasonable and constructive. We are not going to burden ourselves with irresponsible risks.
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Putin is ramping up his rhetoric, propaganda and lies. I met with many of the people displaced by is annexation of Crimea, and the Donbas, when they arrived in Kyiv. He’s relying on people forgetting much of what happened 2,000 miles from London over 10 years ago.
Putin: We did not annex Crimea, I want to emphasize this point. We simply came to help people who didn't want their lives or fate tied to those who staged a coup in Ukraine.
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I address this video to all of those people who talk about corruption in Ukraine. It’s for your information, not for argument.
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⚡️The Belgian Prime Minister is blocking an EU initiative to loan Ukraine €140bn. Here I explain why, and why it raises some extremely serious concerns ⬇️
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in an interview with Reuters: I think it's important, in relation to Ukraine at the present moment, not to forget the principles. First, it was Russia that invaded Ukraine, not the other way around. And second, when we look at
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⚡️Just when Europe most needs to stand up for itself, rather than defer to peace efforts being shaped elsewhere without them, the Belgian Prime Minister has stalled a vital response. Belgium has blocked a €140bn EU loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets held in
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The presence of the Head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund at the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin meeting could have been twofold: 1) to demonstrate Russian financial depth for sustaining the war 2) to say “give us victory and we’ll invest in the US”. Either way, it’s Putin playing chess.
During the latest US–Russia talks, the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund joined Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin. Their presence at the talks underscores how Moscow is leveraging business channels to draw the Trump administration toward its position, as I told
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How long have councils had time to sort this out? Are they incompetent? (No need to answer that). The elections aren’t until May - 5 months away! It’s not good enough. The government needs to make these elections happen.
NEW: Huge row exploding tonight Labour postpones FOUR mayoral elections by two years. With @JackElsom
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Surely he can’t be surprised.
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers, according to three NATO diplomats. https://t.co/M1royqXUmr
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Deborah is doing a fine job of conveying the message - The UK is militarily unprepared. Politicians of all parties need to start listening to that message.
EXCLUSIVE: The UK is "really unprepared" to fight a war & has been living on a "mirage" of military strength that was shocking to discover, interviews with almost every defence secretary since the end of the Cold War have revealed in The Wargame podcast⬇️ https://t.co/yXWbTagjUQ
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Putin has now rejected four peace proposals this year, in March, May, July (Ceasefire proposal) and December, and, just I said he would, blames it on the Europeans while lauding Trump. The game is clear: prevaricate, blame Europe, split the Western alliance and polarise
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10/10 from @RobertJenrick Watch him take David Lammy to task over his mad plan to scrap jury trials for most criminal cases 🔥
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How do you think the British press and public would react if Keir Starmer sent his brother-in-law and a property developer to negotiate European security. Not the Foreign Secretary, not a diplomat, not a security or defence expert, but a relative and a businessman friend?
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'… except by the lawful judgement of his equals…’ Magna Carta, Clause 39
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It sounds like the US is withdrawing it’s commitment Article 5, and therefore to collective defence and NATO. Scott Bessent: "Now Putin has started making incursions into the NATO borders. The one thing I can tell you is the US is not going to get involved with troops or any of
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Europe is on its own.
Treasury Secretary: "Now Putin has started making incursions into the NATO borders. The one thing I can tell you is the US is not going to get involved with troops or any of that. We will sell the Europeans weapons." @atrupar (2025) https://t.co/IuCkCKnOQG
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