Ben Wallace

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a giant screen at Red Square as he addresses a rally in 2022 (Picture: Alexander NEMENOV/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Appeasement will only feed Russia's territorial ambitions

Dunia Abu Mohsen, 12, lost her leg in a bomb blast that killed her family. She was killed when the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, was shelled (Picture: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

Friends of Israel must tell it to stop all-out war. Too many innocents are dying

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. Image: Daniel Leal/Getty Images.

Armed forces watching new defence secretary Grant Shapps

Analysis Grant Shapps becoming Defence Secretary makes Rishi Sunak's job easier

Breaking Grant Shapps appointed Defence Secretary after Ben Wallace resigns

Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, speaks during a prayer service at Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine's ambassador to UK sacked after Zelensky 'sarcasm' row

Ben Wallace will step down from his role at the next cabinet reshuffle

Full list of Tory MPs stepping down ahead of next general election

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Breaking Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

Defence secretary Ben Wallace during a press conference at Canada House, London. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Ben Wallace confirms plans to resign from Cabinet

Rishi Sunak, left, quickly disputed the claim made by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, right, that Ukraine needed to show more 'gratitude' for western military support (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Wallace’s shocking remarks about Ukraine highlight a problem with foreign policy

Ben Wallace's peevish remarks about Ukraine are music to Putin's ears Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Picture: Paul Ellis - Pool/Getty Images

Sunak rebukes Wallace over claims Ukraine and Zelensky must show 'gratitude'

Margaret Thatcher praised the actions of the SAS in ending the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980. But politicians also need to be able to talk about allegations of wrongdoing made against the UK's Special Forces (Picture: PA)

Politicians must be able to probe war crimes claims against Special Forces

Defence secretary Ben Wallace leaves the Cabinet Office in Whitehall. Picture: PA

Ben Wallace mocks SNP MP for saying there is no 'armoured' warship in Scotland

Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine

Donald Trump is sending the 'wrong message' about US support for Ukraine, according to his own former defence secretary, Mark Esper (Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As UK sends more weapons, Trump signals he could abandon Ukraine

Ben Wallace making a statement on Ukraine, to the House of Commons in London on May 11, 2023.

UK to send long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine

Photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of UK nationals disembarking from an A400M transport plane at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus. The first flight evacuating UK civilians from Sudan landed at the airport, with 39 people on board.

More than 200 UK nationals being evacuated from Sudan

The Corran Ferry has been out of service since Easter Friday with the military now stepping in to get a replacement vessel up and running. A pedestrian-only service is operating in the meantime. PIC: Creative Commons/Colin.

Military considers replacement for Corran Ferry after breakdown

The ship is said to have stopped at sites around wind farms in the North Sea(AP Photo/Jasper Carlberg/POLFOTO)

Russian ‘spy’ ship 'gathered intelligence around Scots wind farms'

The Corran Ferry is likely to be out of action for several weeks with the Scottish Government considering a request for military assistance to get a boat back on the water. PIC: David Dixon/geograph.org

Military to bring west coast ferry back into service in 'coming days'

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, speaks during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

UK willing to supply jets to allies so they can send fighter planes to Ukraine

Ben Wallace said planes currently held by Nato countries could be given to Ukraine and warned that the conflict in Ukraine could last another 12 months.

Nato planes could be given to Ukraine - Ben Wallace

Defence Minister Ben Wallace swears live on BBC Breakfast

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said Russian soldiers suffering “almost First World War levels of attrition – as he gave an update on the UK’s response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Russian troops suffering 'First World War levels of attrition'- Ben Wallace

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits a community diagnostic centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Picture: James Glossop/The Times/PA Wire

China spy balloons: Rishi Sunak promises 'whatever it takes' to keep UK safe

A Chinese balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, shortly before it was shot down by a US fighter jet (Picture: Chad Fish via AP)

‘Possible’ that China has deployed spy balloons over Britain, says minister

Angus MP Dave Doogan.

Westminster accused of having 'chipped away' at Scotland's defence capabilities

Industrial action in February would mark the third time firefighters have gone on strike

Firefighters say strike action is ‘inevitable’ amid deadlock on pay

A woman hugs a Ukrainian officer as they celebrate the recapture of Kherson from Russian forces. Picture: AP

Russia could send for further ‘cannon fodder’ after Kherson loss: Wallace

A man holds a Ukranian flag as people gather in Maidan Square to celebrate the liberation of Kherson, in Kyiv on November 11, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

UK claims Kherson exit brings ‘significant reputational damage’ to Russia

A Ukrainian artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut earlier this week (Picture: Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotsman: Ukraine War shows why we must not forget the lessons of past conflicts

Ukranian men talk to journalists after they managed to flee from the Russian occupied territory of Kherson, earlier this month.

Ukraine is moving 'very carefully' around Kherson after Russian withdrawal

Ian Blackford, SNP Westminster Leader alongside Stewart McDonald MP at the SNP conference at The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) in Aberdeen

Defence research spending favours 'Tory heartlands', claim SNP

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks speaks at COP27. Picture: Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images

Royal Yacht Brittania plans sunk by Sunak as public finances face squeeze

Rishi Sunak arrives to make a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting King Charles III and accepting his invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government

Sunak moves to unite party as he attempts to bring Tories back from the brink

Rishi Sunak is congratulated as he arrives at Conservative party HQ in Westminster, London, after it was announced he will become the new leader of the Conservative party after rival Penny Mordaunt dropped out.

Who could be in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet - including Penny Mordaunt

A Ukrainian soldier walks past a destroyed tank near Borivske, Kharkiv region .

Thousands of children are being deported to Russia for adoption.

Candidates from the previous leadership contest, Penny Mourdant (left), Rishi Sunak (centre) and Liz Truss (right). Picture: PA

Why people must take back power from Tory 'cretins' - Dani Garavelli

Penny Mordaunt. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Penny Mordaunt announces Tory leadership bid as row brews over Boris Johnson

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace updating MPs in the House of Commons, London , on the latest situation in Ukraine. Picture date: Thursday October 20, 2022.

Wallace suggests he would back Johnson as he rules himself out of race

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Who is in the running to take over from Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister?
The resignation of Liz Truss after just 44 chaotic days in power means the country is once again facing a Conservative Party leadership contest.

A soldier waves from an armored personnel carrier earlier this month as several villages were liberated in the Kherson district.

Vladimir Putin announces martial law in annexed regions

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says NATO 'must be ready for anything' Putin does

Ukraine: NATO chiefs to discuss Putin nuclear threat

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has announced “partial mobilisation” in Russia “to defend the motherland"

Putin 'not bluffing' over nuclear threat as he announces partial mobilisation

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

Propaganda can't hide fact that Ukraine is winning the war - Ben Wallace

Photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of an underwater drone. The UK is sending drones to Ukraine to clear its coastline of mines in an effort to free up food supplies trapped during the war with Russia. Issue date: Saturday August 27, 2022.

UK sends minehunter drones to Ukraine to clear way for grain exports

Boris Johnson met President Zelensky. Picture Twitter: @BorisJohnson

Boris Johnson makes surprise visit to Kyiv on Ukraine independence day

A Russian rocket launched toward Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region is seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Vadim Belikov

UK to send more weapons to Ukraine for defence against Russian invasion

Satellite images appear to show extensive damage and several destroyed Russian warplanes

Before and after satellite images show damage to airbase in Russian-ruled Crimea

A submarine at a base in the town of Severomorsk, near Murmansk, on Russia's north coast (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change makes case for independent Scotland to be in Nato even stronger

Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss speaks at a campaign event at Breckland Council

Liz Truss 'not complacent' after winning backing of Ben Wallace

Britain's outgoing prime minister Theresa May, (L), accompanied by her husband Philip, gives a speech outside 10 Downing street in London on July 24, 2019 before formally tendering her resignation at Buckingham Palace. Photo credit should read ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty

Dani Garavelli: How do we start to rebult trust in our politics

Volodymyr Zelensky was labelled 'a hero' by Boris Johnson during call before he resigned

PM hails Zelensky as ‘hero’ in call to Ukrainian leader after resignation

Frontrunner: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, a former Scots Guard, is being tipped as a possible future Tory leader

Ex-Scots Guard Ben Wallace is party favourite to replace Boris Johnson

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak is current favourite to become the next British Prime Minister.

The 12 favourites to take over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister

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