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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Post-cold war peace ‘well and truly over’, warns David Lammy

David Lammy in front of British flag
David Lammy said: ‘We are at a moment of great uncertainty once again.’ Photograph: Jason Alden/EPA

The post-cold war era is “well and truly over” and keeping the British people safe means standing up to Russia, the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has warned.

Writing in the Guardian before a meeting likely to be focused on Ukraine between the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in Downing Street, Lammy insists “keeping the British people safe means standing up to the Kremlin. Working with our friends and allies to deter Putin’s mafia state.”

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