Joe Pike
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1,291 appearances
16 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 6 Sep
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So why hasn't it happened until today?
It's interesting, isn't it?
Because that does then mean an uptick in how confrontational the UK is appearing to be against this shadow fleet, which has been
such an important part of Russia being able to have the cash to pay for drones, to pay for bullets, to pay the wages of soldiers in Ukraine.
And, you know, although there has been a very complicated and extensive sort of web of sanctions, the Shadow Fleet has shown us repeatedly since the war began in 2022 that Russia's been able to get round it.
If you haven't followed this really closely, essentially what Russia has been doing, ships that are essentially registered as being Russian are not allowed to move freely set with commercial goods.
What we've seen develop in the last few years is they change the home of these ships where they're registered, put them under a different country's flag and get around it that way.
Yes.
So I asked her where the money was and she was down the line from Salford, actually.
Technically, I want to have a bit of BBC accuracy.
She wasn't technically on the sofa, even though metaphorically she was in one of our chairs this morning.
So the question for the government this weekend, after John Healy's sensational resignation, were they going to be able to find any more money or not?
And she, I was actually quite surprised by how much she indicated that there would be more money coming.
Just for context, John Healey was told on Friday night and then again on Thursday morning by Downing Street that the prime minister's decision was final.
There would be no money.
Brick wall, bang head, he resigns.
This morning, Lisa Nandy was saying that since then, including discussions on Friday, cabinet ministers have been going back through their budgets at the prime minister's request, looking for more cash.
There's not a final decision on how much yet, but she was very clear that there is going to be some more money.
for defence?
Al put it really well in his resignation letter.
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