Calls for Zelenskyy to hold election are 'crazy', says shadow defence secretary
February 20, 2025
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as posted by the channelDonald Trump has labelled Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator", but the shadow defence secretary, James Cartlidge says he does not agree with this.
Mr Cartlidge says that Ukraine has "been invaded by a real dictator" and that "the entire cause of this war rests with Putin".
With calls from Trump and Nigel Farage for Zelenskyy to hold an election, Mr Cartlidge says this idea is "crazy" and that "Winston Churchill was not a dictator, but he didn't hold elections during the war because we had a war on".
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