“THE price of freedom is worth paying”, Boris Johnson said today as the war in Ukraine drives up prices in Britain.
As fuel and food costs soar due to the instability and sanctions on Russia, the PM pleaded with the British public to hold their nerve despite the pain to their wallets.
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Hero President Zelensky today begged the G7 meeting in Bavaria for more heavy arms and air support in a video appearance at the meeting of world leaders.
And the PM said he cannot “really see any alternative” to helping the Ukrainians regain their lands in the face of Putin’s terror.
But he admitted the price is being paid at home as resisting “tyranny and aggression” is “very expensive.”
However he insisted “that the economic impacts on on the UK will start to abate, we will find ways around things and some of the cost pressures will start to come down.”
Mr Johnson warned rowing back on help for Ukraine would be open season for tyrants around the world and said the West must stick to its course, adding “strategic endurance is very important.”
He told the BBC: “In terms of staying the course, imagine if we allowed Putin to get away with the violent acquisition of huge chunks of another country’s sovereign independent territory. The lessons for that would be absolutely chilling.”
Rejecting calls for the Ukrainains to cede ground to end the war, Mr Johnson insisted: “There is no deal that President Zelensky can do.
“So in those circumstances the G7, the supporters of Ukraine around the world, have to continue to help Ukrainians rebuild their economy, to get their grain out, and of course we have to help them to protect themselves.”
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Dogged once again by questions over his leadership, the PM told his Tory enemies to keep having a go at home as “criticism is vital” and he was “listening all the time.”
He told reporters: “People like Vladimir Putin do not have the blessing of colleagues telling him where he has gone wrong. Look at it that way.”
Meanwhile Mr Johnson also hinted that another fuel duty cut is coming – as the cost of living crisis engulfs his government.
Rebutting claims his government is not listening to the concerns of voters, the PM said: “The lesson that I think people like me need to learn from what is going on, the inflationary pressures.
“Number one: we need to help people through the current pressures.
“At the pumps people are thinking ‘this government could do more to help with the cost of fuel’, people are thinking ‘what can this government do to help me with the cost of food.’”
The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts reached a new high of 191.1p on Sunday, according to data firm Experian.
The average price of diesel was 198.9p per litre.
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