On the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union (ie Russia), one distinguished guest in Kyiv was the British prime minister, Andy Burnham. He follows a long line of British politicians travelling to meet Volodymyr Zelensky and restate the UK’s loyalty to their cause.
But this was more than a purely symbolic gesture – and it tells us much about the emerging style and substance of Mr Burnham’s foreign policy.
