BREXIT STRENGTHENS OUR DEFENCES AND STANDING IN THE WORLD
Summary:
Our independence from the EU has allowed the UK to take a leading independent role in supporting Ukraine through its conflict with Russia. Though EU member states have followed suit, they did so weeks later after numerous discussions to get consensus opinion on how to proceed, which could well have been the difference between victory and defeat.
“Britain is now again in its historic role protecting Europe from conquest, freed from having to get along within the EU”
“Historically, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Wellington and Winston Churchill saved Europe from itself, and the UK has this role again”
Even the Polish Foreign Minister agrees, that this was a benefit of leaving the EU.
Explanation:
Our independence from the EU has allowed the UK to take a leading independent role in supporting Ukraine through its conflict with Russia. Though EU member states have followed suit, they did so weeks later after numerous discussions to get consensus opinion on how to proceed, which could well have been the difference between victory and defeat.
According to Bate Toms, from the British-Ukrainian Chambers of Commerce, Brexit has allowed the UK to cut tariffs, speed weapons shipments to Ukraine and move faster on targeting Russian fossil fuels than the EU, “Britain is now again in its historic role protecting Europe from conquest, freed from having to get along within the EU”. “Historically, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Wellington and Winston Churchill saved Europe from itself, and the UK has this role again”
Even the Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, agrees that this was a benefit of leaving the EU, being able to move quicker without the commitment to work in consensus with other member states. He went on to say that “The UK has found a niche, a very useful and honourable one, namely to take advantage of its quick decision-making. You do the right thing before others, and therefore encourage the rest of us”
Reference: https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-britain-help-ukraine/