BBC Newsnight(@BBCNewsnight):“Clearly it’s politically and symbolically important, because it is showing that Andy Burnham’s government is prepared to get involved in the Middle East militarily.” Reacting to the news that the UK will provide air-to-air refuelling support to the Saudis fighting the Houthi movement, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the former National Security Adviser, tells #Newsnight, “I don’t think in military terms it’s very significant”.

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“Clearly it’s politically and symbolically important, because it is showing that Andy Burnham’s government is prepared to get involved in the Middle East militarily.” Reacting to the news that the UK will provide air-to-air refuelling support to the Saudis fighting the Houthi movement, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the former National Security Adviser, tells #Newsnight#, “I don’t think in military terms it’s very significant”.