Yvette Cooper says Reform and Greens are soft on Russia and weak on Nato'

"Cooper was speaking at the Munich Security Conference, where Keir Starmer used a speech at the weekend to claim that Labour's populist rivals, Reform and the Greens, were soft on Russia and weak on Nato. Our national security depends on us having partnerships abroad that make us strong and we have seen both Reform and the Greens undermine that commitment to the Nato alliance, Cooper said in an interview with Sky News."

"In the case of Farage's party, Cooper said this had led to Reform not taking seriously the threat from Russia. They have refused to have an investigation into Russian interference in their own party despite the fact that their own Welsh leader was convicted of links to Russia, she added, referring to the jailing of Nathan Gill, the former MEP and colleague of Farage, for taking bribes from a suspected Russian asset to repeat pro-Kremlin positions."

Reform UK and the Green Party have undermined Britain's Nato commitment and been characterized as soft on Russia and weak on Nato. Reform did not pursue an internal investigation into alleged Russian interference despite a Welsh leader being convicted for taking bribes from a suspected Russian asset to repeat pro‑Kremlin positions. The parties have often dismissed Russian aggression even amid incidents involving lethal poisons in Salisbury and allegations of the murder of Alexei Navalny. A high-profile politician reiterated claims that western expansion of the EU and Nato provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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