Darren Jones doesn’t know when the UK’s new sanctions on Russia will come into force. On Sky News this morning:
“I think there was some confusion around this policy during the week. because what’s actually happened is that sanctions have increased, not decreased.”
When asked for a date, Don’t Know Darren said:
“I don’t know the precise date. You have to forgive me, but it is normal, as the prime minister said, to transition from A to B.”
Is it a month? A year? Darren doesn’t know:
“As I said, I don’t know the dates… but we have to be clear about what the new sanctions package is about. The new sanctions package is saying that where Russian oil is sent to a third country for refining and then comes into the UK… Under the previous regime that was allowed. Under the new regime, it won’t be.
“Therefore it is tougher sanctions on Russian oil. You can’t get through the back door coming into the UK.”
D’oh…
Burnham spinning like a wheel in the Commons:
“I will very much say so on the record… It was legitimate. I have always respected the result. I have never questioned its legitimacy. But I am within my rights to point out where foreign actors are looking to interfere in British democracy.”