To undermine Putin in the long term, government ministers have to get serious about closing tax breaks and loopholes
Boris Johnson is congratulating himself on doing so much to help Ukraine, but Britain is like a doctor treating a patient’s symptoms after causing the infection in the first place. The weapons shipments are crucial, as are plasters and painkillers when someone’s unwell, but there is no sign yet that Downing Street recognises how to treat the underlying condition.
The Kremlin is solely to blame for the horror it is inflicting on the Ukrainians, but its ability to wage war derives from the wealth it has accumulated. And that is something we share responsibility for, and something we should address as urgently as we are providing Kyiv with missiles to destroy Russian armoured vehicles.
