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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

It sounds crazy a “raid” was ever even considered. As if things weren’t difficult enough at the time, launching military action against our neighbour would have been catastrophic.

Relations with the EU would have been completely torn to shreds, even the UK’s global image would start approaching pariah status.

Not to mention the precedent that would have set either.

Utterly reckless, even by the standards of Boris Johnson.