Europe Should Be Thinking in Terms of Being at War, Says Former MI6 Chief

Europe should be thinking in terms of being at war and the UK needs to do more to prepare its military to be combat-ready, the former head of MI6 has said. Sir Richard Dearlove told LBC’s Nick Ferrari on Friday that while he did not believe at this point that the war between Ukraine and Russia would escalate into a wider conflict engulfing the rest of Europe, people should accept that war has come to the continent and invest in the military capabilities of NATO. “Europe is at war; or psychologically, we should be thinking in those terms,” the former head of MI6 said....