The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on security https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/security/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on security: 4 verbatim quotes between May 2016 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:24 +0000 Dearlove criticizes Trump's security statement for failing to explicitly name Russia as a global threat. https://minutesof.com/q/847e2352-2159-4711-bf5b-1a7e5f4478ef/ https://minutesof.com/q/847e2352-2159-4711-bf5b-1a7e5f4478ef/ “you can't write a statement about security without including clear reference to Russia as a global threat.” — One Decision Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:12:11 +0000 security Dearlove argues air cover is the only practical security guarantee Ukraine would accept. https://minutesof.com/q/f37d5478-699e-4ff0-a674-a220fc6ee934/ https://minutesof.com/q/f37d5478-699e-4ff0-a674-a220fc6ee934/ “I think the only practical security guarantee personally is a guarantee of air cover because the Ukrainians will not accept, I think, boots on the ground and neither will the Russians.” — One Decision Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:12:11 +0000 security Dearlove argues terrorism does not present a systemic threat to the nation despite horrible individual attacks https://minutesof.com/q/4ac9daba-fd01-4b76-a3c6-c16e667908a4/ https://minutesof.com/q/4ac9daba-fd01-4b76-a3c6-c16e667908a4/ “I don't think terrorism in its current form, you know, presents a systemic threat to the nation. It presents, the possibility of horrible happenings, which we are learning how to deal with.” — BBC Politics Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:16:05 +0000 security Dearlove challenges claims that leaving the EU would reduce UK security. https://minutesof.com/q/652ddfec-1e72-436a-b435-569cbd8b9e85/ https://minutesof.com/q/652ddfec-1e72-436a-b435-569cbd8b9e85/ “The argument that we would be less secure if we left the EU is, in reality, rather difficult to make.” — BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 security