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Former Navy Chaplain at RAF Akrotiri and Professor of Ethics at Portsmouth University Peter Lee says that the delay in deploying HMS Dragon from the UK to the RAF base Akrotiri on Cyprus has been a "humiliation" for the UK. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I would say it's worse than a loss of face. It's a humiliation that we are not even seen as
00:05a first-tier partner at the moment.
00:07There are criticisms from Middle Eastern allies in the region saying, where is the UK? Why are you not here?
00:14There are clearly a breakdown in trust by President Trump and the United States administration.
00:21President Trump said he's no Churchill. Well, I'd go further and say he's not even a Chamberlain.
00:26At least Chamberlain made an effort. So the political delay is the one that's going to be most costly.
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