August 18, 2008 (LPAC)--Once again it is Her Britannic Majesty's government that is leading the way for an aggressive anti-Russian policy at the Nato Foreign Ministers meeting tomorrow. The Times reports that Britain is already pushing to suspend security co-operation with Russia which has been at the center of the NATO-Russia Council. They also support Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvi's request for NATO monitors to be deployed to oversee the ceasefire. Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced he will go to Georgia after the NATO meeting, to show his solidarity.

The Times quotes one unnamed British official as saying "We don't want to leave the Russian's in the cold but we want to make it clear to Moscow that it's no longer business as usual.."

Although The Times asserts the U.S. would support a harder line along with Britain, they admit that NATO is split and that it is unlikely that the above proposals will be passed at the meeting.

Conservative Party leader David Cameron is in Georgia where he met Saakashvili. He took a tough line against Russia, calling for banning Russian oligarchs from shopping on London's high street as "punishment." The Daily Mail, in response quotes Edward Davey of the Liberal Democrats as accusing Cameron of "posturing" and making promises over NATO membership he could not fulfill. "It is simply not credible for Britain and NATO to make confetti commitments to protect every nation."