Labour MP accuses Reform of sucking up to Putin in heated clash

Labour MP accuses Reform of sucking up to Putin in heated clashSource: BBC

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00:00is that the government has chosen the people it likes and it's chosen the people it doesn't like.

00:04It doesn't like farmers. It doesn't like pensioners. It doesn't like the military.

00:08It doesn't like ordinary people up and down the country.

00:11It does like public sector unions. It does like university towns.

00:14And this is what is the feeling out there.

00:18Well, I think my mum and dad are pensioners. I quite like them. My partner is a veteran.

00:22You're not the Labour Party. You are an...

00:23But that's quite personal.

00:26...that we are doing for both veterans in this country, for example, the Valour public service support.

00:31We're doing a huge amount for veterans and our armed forces because we know, by the way,

00:34not only do they serve this country, they protect and defend us.

00:37And the difference between us and you is that we stand up to Putin and your leader sucks up to him.

00:42Absolute rubbish.

00:43The difference between us and you is that we stand up to Russia.

00:47That is the difference between us.

00:48And I think our proudest moment as a country is to be stood up to foreign dictators, not to be sucked up to Putin.