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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Politics
Benjamin Kentish

Westminster today LIVE: Gavin Williamson says Russia 'should go away and shut up'

The fallout from the UK's response to Russia is rumbling on after Theresa May announced the decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats.

Gavin Williamson, the Defence Secretary, delivered a speech and told Russia it should "go away and shut up".

Labour frontbenchers have been openly contradicting their leader after he faced criticism for his response to the Prime Minister's statement.

Nia Griffith, the Shadow Defence Secretary, and Owen Smith, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, both expressed clear frustration at their party leader's position. 

Internationally, the US expressed its full support for the UK but France was more cautious, saying there was still a need to establish the facts.

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