The word from journos is that Zelenskyy was invited by the PM to do a speech in the Commons after he had already addressed the European Parliament. Make of that what you will as to the motivations. I doubt if we were still in the EU that he would have done a speech to the Commons too!
The simultaneous interpreter didn’t do the best job, but it is always a thankless task. Maybe it should have been pre-recorded and either interpreted or subtitled, especially as there was no back and forth. Zelenskyy’s addresses to the Ukrainian public have been consistently excellent and that didn’t really come across here. Most go up on his Telegram channel with a English subtitled version to follow.
I just can’t believe we have still not moved meaningfully on the visa situation. It’s quite farcical that people cannot just present themselves at the border.
