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For an immediate ceasefire and negotiations in Ukraine to achieve a lasting peace
Convenor DOMINIC MACASKILL introduces Stop the War Cymru’s Ukraine statement and the lobby of the Welsh Labour conference
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STOP THE WAR Cymru is today taking its call for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations in Ukraine to the Welsh Labour Party conference. By publishing and distributing this statement to conference delegates, we hope to put peace back on Labour’s agenda along with the need to pressurise the Westminster government to focus on welfare and not warfare in the interests of the people of Wales and Britain.
Welsh Labour has previously prided itself on having clear red water between Wales and Westminster, and this spirit needs to be revived as a matter of urgency; choosing to advocate for peace rather than fuelling war by pouring more weapons into conflicts would make the “clear red water” statement true again.
With British military aid to Ukraine currently standing at around £8 billion and the government committed to an additional £3bn each year for the foreseeable future, it’s clear that there’s a very different attitude to money for war than there is for relieving poverty at home.
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