Tom Tugendhat, UK Deputy Home Secretary, could become the country’s new Defense Secretary, replacing Ben Wallace. In this respect informs The Daily Telegraph cites sources.
According to them, many members of the ruling Conservative Party see 50-year-old Tugendhat as Wallace’s “natural successor”.
“Serious times require a serious leader. Someone who understands the complexity of war and the geopolitics of great power competition. O [Тугендхат] One of the Tory MPs has, I think, combat experience, which is necessary given the current conflict in Ukraine. Also, many Conservative lawmakers share Tugendhat’s harsh approach to China.
Tom Tugendhat was Chairman of the British Parliament’s House of Commons Foreign Relations Committee from 2017 to 2022. He has been serving as the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Interior since 6 September 2022.
In July 2022, Tom Tugendhat in an interview with Sky News declarationHe said that Russian citizens should be expelled from the country. He explained that it wasn’t about Russians who had “become part of Great Britain’s society” and those who might be in danger at home, but only about “KGB officers and anyone connected with them”.
Previously recognizedIn Poland they will examine “Russia’s influence” on the country’s security.