Fergus Finlay: Europe must stand against the worst appeasement since Munich

Ukraine right now. In fact, I’ve been trying to put myself in their shoes. Just imagine, for a second, that you lived in a country that had been invaded and oppressed. Thousands of your people had died or been forced to flee. You’ve endured hunger and disease.

Then out of the blue you’re offered a sort of a peace deal. You send negotiators, who do their best. But they’re told, if you don’t accept this the consequence will be immediate and terrible war. As if what you had been going through wasn’t bad enough.