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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Keir Starmer and the Skibbereen Eagle

Keir Starmer talks in front of UK military personnel
Keir Starmer visits a military base in London. Photograph: Alastair Grant/Reuters

When Keir Starmer declares that Vladimir Putin will face “severe consequences” if he breaches a peace deal with Ukraine (Report, 20 March), I’m reminded of the 19th-century editorial in the Skibbereen Eagle, which warned that it would “keep its eye on the Emperor of Russia”. If he actually read the warning, I doubt the tsar was shivering in his boots, just as Putin won’t be today, especially with Donald Trump on his side.
David Edwards
Stockport, Greater Manchester

• Will these consequences be as severe as those felt by Benjamin Netanyahu for breaching the Palestine peace deal?
Adrian Betham
London

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