There Are Limits

Britain's filly for Wogs, Frogs and Huns has been telling the Ukrainians what's what in the case of two Britons who were captured and sentenced to execution for fighting against Russian forces. The men's non-ministerial status means that the provisions of international law apply, as they self-evidently do not apply to Her Majesty's Government; so one of the men's MPs, Robert Jenrick, did some huffing and puffing about egregious breaches of international law and the obligations of the lesser breeds. How severely the Kremlin's moral foundations have been shaken by the fulminations of the former Minister for Richard Desmond remains as yet unclear. On the bright side, those who recall the National Johnson's own efforts on behalf of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, whereby he casually confirmed the charges against her and presented the mad mullahs with a gift-wrapped pretext for lengthening her prison sentence, will no doubt be reassured that not even British assistance can do much to help the beastly Russians and their allies toughen up the death penalty.