Sunday shows round-up: Boris Johnson – ‘the world has said enough is enough’

The Foreign Secretary joined Andrew Marr to discuss the targeted missile strikes on chemical weapons facilities in Syria that took place during the early hours of Saturday morning. Although the US-led attacks were not intended to topple the government of Bashar al-Assad, and have reportedly seen no fatalities as a result, they have proved controversial, not least due to the likelihood of further strained relations with Russia. Johnson defended the government’s course of action, which was agreed at a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday:

AM: What is the mission, and have we really accomplished it?

BJ: There’s one overwhelming reason why this was the right thing to do, and that is to deter the use of chemical weapons, not just by the Assad regime but around the world. And I think one of the most distressing things about the events of the last few years has been the contemptuous growth in the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian theatre of conflict… Finally the world has said ‘Enough is enough’, and I think it’s important that we understand the limits of what we are trying to do… This is not going to turn the tide of the conflict in Syria.