UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
My Mum and sister have gone to the Royal Opera House to see Swan Lake tonight.
I told them I thought it was a disgrace that they were supporting a Russian composer at a time like this and they ought to take the fight in the cultural war against the Russians seriously.
They actually believed me. And felt guilty for a moment.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
But it's not far off.
It's sobering to think there are places that are far more violent than, say, England was in 1400. Mexico is one of them.
We’ve done this. I suspect the numbers are bunk but I am also pretty skeptical that the UK has done what it ought to.
They are bunk. The EU number includes individuals while the UK one does not.
Not many individuals on the UK list, but there are a couple, mostly the ones you have heard of:: Putin, Lavrov, Timchenko. The EU seem to be going after people that run significant government, military and state business organisations.
It would be good if someone actually would do a proper comparison of who is sanctioned by who. The UK list has 197 individuals on it. Certainly more than a couple.
I should have said names added to the sanctions list this year. But yes, both lists have individuals from episodes in the Crimea and Donbas - I am guessing it's the more or less the same previous list as the UK was part of the EU at the time.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
But it's not far off.
A lot of that is in the desolate north which is controlled by the cartels. South of Mexico City or Guadalajara and it's a completely different country. I met a guy from Kent who went to Chihuahua just to see what it was like and he got to his "hotel" was later approached by cartel people who thought he was a DEA agent (I assume the hotel informed them there was a new white guy in town) and he said he could have been shot at any time during the "interview" and essentially he just played dumb tourist from England and luckily they believed him so escorted him to the airport rather than shooting him. He was there for a sum total of 5 hours.
"Never forget this Ukrainian invasion began with Brexit. All those who facilitated Brexit, who supported it, who funded it, who fooled the British people to vote for it share the responsibility."
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
James Johnson @jamesjohnson252 We ( @JLPartnersPolls ) asked 2,000 British people how they felt about Putin, in a representative poll this week.
It's like nothing we've seen before:
"Evil beyond belief" "A child murdering war criminal" "Absolute disgrace, he needs to be taken down" "Sub-human scum"
"The reincarnation of Hitler" "Gross little man" "Murderer, must be taken out" "A nasty **** who should be compared to Adolf Hitler" "Unstable, misguided, dangerous" "An extreme case of small man syndrome" "Nutty as a fruitcake" "He's a bell end"
In joined interview with @antoguerrera @demiguelr the PM explains why UK despite Putin’s war will not join EU military cooperation, similarities btw Putin & Milosevic and why Russia's leader ultimately 'must fail' (2/3)
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
It was would about that time that Germany to be fair did a complete reversal, and now we are all as much on the same page
This should be celebrated across the political divide, indeed Europe and NATO
Was there no British representative as part of NATO? Would be odd...
It’s utter guff.
And it’s putting me in the rather frustrating position of disagreeing with Remainery fellow travellers.
Sigh.
They've been like that for a long time. There's a weird status anxiety behind a lot of it, with people actively inventing things to be performatively embarrassed about.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
But it's not far off.
A lot of that is in the desolate north which is controlled by the cartels. South of Mexico City or Guadalajara and it's a completely different country. I met a guy from Kent who went to Chihuahua just to see what it was like and he got to his "hotel" was later approached by cartel people who thought he was a DEA agent (I assume the hotel informed them there was a new white guy in town) and he said he could have been shot at any time during the "interview" and essentially he just played dumb tourist from England and luckily they believed him so escorted him to the airport rather than shooting him. He was there for a sum total of 5 hours.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
That they now have much to cheer about the EU's volte face.
The change in Germany over a week has been profound. Only a point-scoring arsehole would try to argue otherwise.
Was there no British representative as part of NATO? Would be odd...
It’s utter guff.
And it’s putting me in the rather frustrating position of disagreeing with Remainery fellow travellers.
Sigh.
They've been like that for a long time. There's a weird status anxiety behind a lot of it, with people actively inventing things to be performatively embarrassed about.
It's a textbook definition of a negative nationalist.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
That they now have much to cheer about the EU's volte face.
The change in Germany over a week has been profound. Only a point-scoring arsehole would try to argue otherwise.
They've even sent the Ukrainians some 30+ year old rocket launchers. A significant improvement from not permitting arms to travel in their airspace.
My Mum and sister have gone to the Royal Opera House to see Swan Lake tonight.
I told them I thought it was a disgrace that they were supporting a Russian composer at a time like this and they ought to take the fight in the cultural war against the Russians seriously.
They actually believed me. And felt guilty for a moment.
Was there no British representative as part of NATO? Would be odd...
It’s utter guff.
And it’s putting me in the rather frustrating position of disagreeing with Remainery fellow travellers.
Sigh.
They've been like that for a long time. There's a weird status anxiety behind a lot of it, with people actively inventing things to be performatively embarrassed about.
Depends who you mean by “they”.
Serious Remainers have moved on to other projects, which includes the question of how to achieve closer UK-EU relations post-Brexit, and how to get rid of Johnson.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
But it's not far off.
A lot of that is in the desolate north which is controlled by the cartels. South of Mexico City or Guadalajara and it's a completely different country. I met a guy from Kent who went to Chihuahua just to see what it was like and he got to his "hotel" was later approached by cartel people who thought he was a DEA agent (I assume the hotel informed them there was a new white guy in town) and he said he could have been shot at any time during the "interview" and essentially he just played dumb tourist from England and luckily they believed him so escorted him to the airport rather than shooting him. He was there for a sum total of 5 hours.
He went to Chihuahua?
He must have been barking.
It’s ok, he went with a great friend, a pedigree chum even.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
That they now have much to cheer about the EU's volte face.
The change in Germany over a week has been profound. Only a point-scoring arsehole would try to argue otherwise.
Cool, I know how keen you are on building bridges.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
You know what I’d say? There’s kids dying in Ukraine and everyone needs to stop making it about them and their own hobbyhorses. Pandemic, war in Ukraine, all about proving their own stupid viewpoint on this one issue. If the Second Coming happens next week with Jesus appearing in St Peter’s Square then Brexiters will point out the Vatican isn’t in the EU and Remainers will allege that he was originally planning to show up in Romford but 2016 went the wrong way. It’s so fucking solipsistic, narcissistic…just fucking wrong…
Crikey. Is that because they expect worldwide grain shortages as Ukraine is levelled?
Not good
From memory, Russia and Ukraine are the world’s number 1 and number 2 grain exporters.
No, Canada and the US are ahead of Ukraine. Russia is No 1, though.
Russia is about 18% of the world market and Ukraine about 8%.
We all know which Horseman follows war.
It's also worth remembering that the West (and the US in particular) can dramatically increase the amount grain available for human consumption by imposing a temporary ban on ethanol.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
I know it is hard for you to take
Yes, but how good a steer do the Ukrainians have on Pig Dog vs what we in this country have? You seem to have a "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer" attitude to the fat lying crook. Try assessing him on actual worth rather than popularity.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
I know it is hard for you to take
Yes, but how good a steer do the Ukrainians have on Pig Dog vs what we in this country have? You seem to have a "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer" attitude to the fat lying crook. Try assessing him on actual worth rather than popularity.
It would appear nobody has a better steer on him than Sir Gavin Williamson.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
You know what I’d say? There’s kids dying in Ukraine and everyone needs to stop making it about them and their own hobbyhorses. Pandemic, war in Ukraine, all about proving their own stupid viewpoint on this one issue. If the Second Coming happens next week with Jesus appearing in St Peter’s Square then Brexiters will point out the Vatican isn’t in the EU and Remainers will allege that he was originally planning to show up in Romford but 2016 went the wrong way. It’s so fucking solipsistic, narcissistic…just fucking wrong…
Thanks for being the bigger man, above all the petty stuff. And for generously letting me know about it as well, of course!
James Johnson @jamesjohnson252 We ( @JLPartnersPolls ) asked 2,000 British people how they felt about Putin, in a representative poll this week.
It's like nothing we've seen before:
"Evil beyond belief" "A child murdering war criminal" "Absolute disgrace, he needs to be taken down" "Sub-human scum"
"The reincarnation of Hitler" "Gross little man" "Murderer, must be taken out" "A nasty **** who should be compared to Adolf Hitler" "Unstable, misguided, dangerous" "An extreme case of small man syndrome" "Nutty as a fruitcake" "He's a bell end"
Was there no British representative as part of NATO? Would be odd...
It’s utter guff.
And it’s putting me in the rather frustrating position of disagreeing with Remainery fellow travellers.
Sigh.
They've been like that for a long time. There's a weird status anxiety behind a lot of it, with people actively inventing things to be performatively embarrassed about.
Depends who you mean by “they”.
Serious Remainers have moved on to other projects, which includes the question of how to achieve closer UK-EU relations post-Brexit, and how to get rid of Johnson.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
But it's not far off.
A lot of that is in the desolate north which is controlled by the cartels. South of Mexico City or Guadalajara and it's a completely different country. I met a guy from Kent who went to Chihuahua just to see what it was like and he got to his "hotel" was later approached by cartel people who thought he was a DEA agent (I assume the hotel informed them there was a new white guy in town) and he said he could have been shot at any time during the "interview" and essentially he just played dumb tourist from England and luckily they believed him so escorted him to the airport rather than shooting him. He was there for a sum total of 5 hours.
That’s generally true - the north is much worse - but the violence has been creeping south, the capital itself, Veracruz, down to Cancun. Acapulco was fucked by crime when I was last there
James Johnson @jamesjohnson252 We ( @JLPartnersPolls ) asked 2,000 British people how they felt about Putin, in a representative poll this week.
It's like nothing we've seen before:
"Evil beyond belief" "A child murdering war criminal" "Absolute disgrace, he needs to be taken down" "Sub-human scum"
"The reincarnation of Hitler" "Gross little man" "Murderer, must be taken out" "A nasty **** who should be compared to Adolf Hitler" "Unstable, misguided, dangerous" "An extreme case of small man syndrome" "Nutty as a fruitcake" "He's a bell end"
Was there no British representative as part of NATO? Would be odd...
There was
Look at the picture
So what was the point of your post?
Quite. If the point is that notwithstanding the presence of Truss there the UK has been behind on this matter or not as united with the others somehow, then surely there must be a photo or story without her which would better make it?
I mean, agree with all that stuff about how many have been sanctioned or not, but at least it makes logical sense to post the comparison to make a point about the UK response.
In joined interview with @antoguerrera @demiguelr the PM explains why UK despite Putin’s war will not join EU military cooperation, similarities btw Putin & Milosevic and why Russia's leader ultimately 'must fail' (2/3)
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
You know what I’d say? There’s kids dying in Ukraine and everyone needs to stop making it about them and their own hobbyhorses. Pandemic, war in Ukraine, all about proving their own stupid viewpoint on this one issue. If the Second Coming happens next week with Jesus appearing in St Peter’s Square then Brexiters will point out the Vatican isn’t in the EU and Remainers will allege that he was originally planning to show up in Romford but 2016 went the wrong way. It’s so fucking solipsistic, narcissistic…just fucking wrong…
Thanks for being the bigger man, above all the petty stuff. And for generously letting me know about it as well, of course!
Oh, I’m the most petty person you’ll meet. Takes a thief and all that.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
I know it is hard for you to take
Yes, but how good a steer do the Ukrainians have on Pig Dog vs what we in this country have? You seem to have a "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer" attitude to the fat lying crook. Try assessing him on actual worth rather than popularity.
"A major internet service provider said it would end its relationships with Russian internet companies, a move that could disrupt some service in Russia and further the country’s digital isolation from the rest of the online world.
Cogent Communications said it would begin shutting down Russian customers’ access to its services on Friday at noon Eastern time,"
Amazing what you can these days via Amazon Prime....
Oddly reassuring that they are delivered in a transit. Apparently put together in Belfast, but I assume they are getting lifted from a big army depot somewhere.
Could you literally take them across on a ferry and drive them to the border?
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
That they now have much to cheer about the EU's volte face.
The change in Germany over a week has been profound. Only a point-scoring arsehole would try to argue otherwise.
Cool, I know how keen you are on building bridges.
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
He wants better than crowds listening to him of course (and notwithstanding the help received already he needs more of it from governments), but there's no question acting as his nation's chief diplomat is going very well with that sort of reaction.
Is there a chance that we're slower to announce oligarch sanctions/asset seizures because we a) have to do it legally b) have far more oligarchs and assets to deal with c) we're maybe going after oligarch assets in our overseas territories as well which further complicates the legal side of things?
If the government really are in the pockets of Putin supporting oligarchs then it needs to be exposed and severely dealt with. I can't see anything in their actions that suggests that they actually are.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
I know it is hard for you to take
Yes, but how good a steer do the Ukrainians have on Pig Dog vs what we in this country have? You seem to have a "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer" attitude to the fat lying crook. Try assessing him on actual worth rather than popularity.
I suspect the Ukrainians are more grateful for the NLAWs than anything else. I suspect whoever was UK PM would be number 1 at the moment.
It's very interesting to see on one side countries making a big deal about their sanctions of individual companies or individuals and saying that they are making a difference yet when the US and UK lock all of Russia out of capital markets, derivatives clearing, all types of reinsurance, and genuinely crippling financial measures that have forced the Moscow exchange to stay closed all week it's not enough.
Someone from work was lamenting that the SWIFT sanctions are as useful as chocolate teapot because the EU insisted on exempting too many banks and all of the payment activity has simply moved to the unsanctioned institutions like Sberbank. On the flip side the UK and US governments have locked almost all of the Russian financial industry out of London and NYC.
I think people are falling for the spin on sanctions coming out of Europe and see big shiny boats being impounded but don't realise that Russian industry and banking is on its knees because they simply can't pay their workers and people can't withdraw money due to sanctions implemented by the UK and US.
People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the same idiots. It's simply a dumb comparison for dumb people to crow about on dumb social media to their dumb mates.
Yes exactly. The whole premise of the argument is stupid as fuck. How do you define a sanction, what is an “entity”, how do you add them up into “the European Union”
Does Sainsbury’s banning Stolichnaya count as a sanction? If four supermarket chains do it is that four sanctions? If they do it to 50 brands of Russian vodka is that 200 sanctions on 50 entities, and what about the blinis?
What a ridiculous pile of statistical drivel
A moments thought ought to make people question the comparison. 100 millionaires or 1 billionaire, which is best? It's probably not even a simple answer, is it influence or value you are looking for? One thing's for sure simply counting entities and declaring someone the winner is stupid.
In fact to extend this further there is an optimal sanction, that is the one that pushes a powerful person to bring down Putin and end the war. I will happily sing the praises of whichever country figures that one out. Even France.
By all accounts the one sanction that really freaked out Moscow was the freezing of Russia’s foreign reserves
And on that list it counts as 1 entity (the Russian central bank) the same as some no name politician in the United Russia Party who is banned from travelling to/through the EU.
Change of subject but how is Mexico, especially Oaxaca?:
I LOVE Oaxaca. One of my favourite cities in the Americas - or it was. But I heard rumours it was yet another lovely Mexican city ruined by drug wars and street crime. Is that not so? Is it still adorable? I recall the food being brilliant, too…
It's great, we've had an absolutely wonderful time here and sad to be moving on (but also not) to Puerto Escondido tomorrow to a co-working hotel. There is obviously crime and police corruption but it's nothing like what I imagined it to be. The two Americans said that Oaxaca is way less dangerous than the Tenderloin and the danger is fairly predictable, people want to steal your shit more than anything else whereas in SF there's a lot of random violence from fentanyl addicts.
The art scene, food and hospitality is amazing here, I'd highly recommend it. If you come then you want to check out CRUDO for the 8 course tasting menu with mezcal pairings, it's about $90 USD per person and it's some of the best food I've ever had anywhere. The rooftop bar at Vaca Marina is an absolute must as well, which is where we want last night. Incredible sunset and really good cocktails and appetisers.
My experience of Mexico is that it's quiet and great 99% of the time, and then once every 2-3 months there's an explosion of violence around the cartels.
It's murder rate in 2020 was about 45 per 100,000 people which is not the worst in the world.
But it's not far off.
A lot of that is in the desolate north which is controlled by the cartels. South of Mexico City or Guadalajara and it's a completely different country. I met a guy from Kent who went to Chihuahua just to see what it was like and he got to his "hotel" was later approached by cartel people who thought he was a DEA agent (I assume the hotel informed them there was a new white guy in town) and he said he could have been shot at any time during the "interview" and essentially he just played dumb tourist from England and luckily they believed him so escorted him to the airport rather than shooting him. He was there for a sum total of 5 hours.
That’s generally true - the north is much worse - but the violence has been creeping south, the capital itself, Veracruz, down to Cancun. Acapulco was fucked by crime when I was last there
Yeah there was a Dutch guy going to Acapulco and all the Americans and English people at the bar were like "nah mate, go to Puerto Escondido or Sayulita" he went to Acapulco yesterday 😂
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
I know it is hard for you to take
Yes, but how good a steer do the Ukrainians have on Pig Dog vs what we in this country have? You seem to have a "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer" attitude to the fat lying crook. Try assessing him on actual worth rather than popularity.
I suppose a leader swap is out of the question 😕
Are you a Russian sleeper agent? I mean, who else would inflict A Johnson on Ukraine at this moment of all moments?
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
Amazing what you can these days via Amazon Prime....
Oddly reassuring that they are delivered in a transit. Apparently put together in Belfast, but I assume they are getting lifted from a big army depot somewhere.
Could you literally take them across on a ferry and drive them to the border?
I would assume our military are flying them to Poland and they are then loaded onto unmarked vehicles to get them across the border and into Kyiv. Since we are announcing all of this military aid we can be as blatant as we like as far as the Ukraine border.
We’ve done this. I suspect the numbers are bunk but I am also pretty skeptical that the UK has done what it ought to.
I don't think it'll make much difference if we sanction 490,000. Supplying weapons, training and intelligence is what counts, and that's where we've been a world leader. The rest is barely even a fleabite to the Mad Vlad, and he'll have taken it into account anyway.
Weapons, food, medical supplies - these are the most important concrete things we can do.
But don't underestimate the importance of sanctions. There's very little made in Russia that is completely free from imported components. And machine tools and oil & gas production kit - that will require regular maintenance and new parts - will also all be imported.
Plus there's the symbolic. Russians have just discovered they may not be going to the World Cup later this year, and their teams have been kicked out of sporting competition.
Sanctions do bite. And they mean it is that bit harder for the government to hide from the people that there's something very serious going on.
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
One now knows what it must have felt like to celebrate Garibaldi or Mazzini.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
You know what I’d say? There’s kids dying in Ukraine and everyone needs to stop making it about them and their own hobbyhorses. Pandemic, war in Ukraine, all about proving their own stupid viewpoint on this one issue. If the Second Coming happens next week with Jesus appearing in St Peter’s Square then Brexiters will point out the Vatican isn’t in the EU and Remainers will allege that he was originally planning to show up in Romford but 2016 went the wrong way. It’s so fucking solipsistic, narcissistic…just fucking wrong…
Thank goodness we have you here to show us the error of our ways.
James Johnson @jamesjohnson252 We ( @JLPartnersPolls ) asked 2,000 British people how they felt about Putin, in a representative poll this week.
It's like nothing we've seen before:
"Evil beyond belief" "A child murdering war criminal" "Absolute disgrace, he needs to be taken down" "Sub-human scum"
"The reincarnation of Hitler" "Gross little man" "Murderer, must be taken out" "A nasty **** who should be compared to Adolf Hitler" "Unstable, misguided, dangerous" "An extreme case of small man syndrome" "Nutty as a fruitcake" "He's a bell end"
Whereas, last year Mrs Pig Dog casually enabled the torture and murder of (brown but technically speaking human, ) allies of this country in favour of an airlift of a White Man And His Dogs and we all rejoiced because, Yay, doggies.
Nothing wrong with with a husband chewing over his job with the memsahib of course. Nobody would hold it against, for instance, Karl-Otto Koch.
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
Hopefully he will get a chance to lead a rebuild of the nation, and off the back of the unprecedented support at home and abroad successfully break through many of the challenges that will no doubt have hindered his role in the semi-peace of his first few years. That's about best case scenario - they could have no better figure right now to get favourable treatment from across the globe.
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
That can't be right. RT is telling me that Putin is the new hero of the age as he rescues ordinary ukr from death camps.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
You know what I’d say? There’s kids dying in Ukraine and everyone needs to stop making it about them and their own hobbyhorses. Pandemic, war in Ukraine, all about proving their own stupid viewpoint on this one issue. If the Second Coming happens next week with Jesus appearing in St Peter’s Square then Brexiters will point out the Vatican isn’t in the EU and Remainers will allege that he was originally planning to show up in Romford but 2016 went the wrong way. It’s so fucking solipsistic, narcissistic…just fucking wrong…
Thank goodness we have you here to show us the error of our ways.
Crikey. Is that because they expect worldwide grain shortages as Ukraine is levelled?
Not good
From memory, Russia and Ukraine are the world’s number 1 and number 2 grain exporters.
No, Canada and the US are ahead of Ukraine. Russia is No 1, though.
Russia is about 18% of the world market and Ukraine about 8%.
We all know which Horseman follows war.
It's also worth remembering that the West (and the US in particular) can dramatically increase the amount grain available for human consumption by imposing a temporary ban on ethanol.
And replacing the ethanol with Russian oil?
Once you include all the fertilizer (from natural gas) used to produce the ethanol, it is by no means clear to me what the EROEI is on ethanol.
We’ve done this. I suspect the numbers are bunk but I am also pretty skeptical that the UK has done what it ought to.
I don't think it'll make much difference if we sanction 490,000. Supplying weapons, training and intelligence is what counts, and that's where we've been a world leader. The rest is barely even a fleabite to the Mad Vlad, and he'll have taken it into account anyway.
Weapons, food, medical supplies - these are the most important concrete things we can do.
But don't underestimate the importance of sanctions. There's very little made in Russia that is completely free from imported components. And machine tools and oil & gas production kit - that will require regular maintenance and new parts - will also all be imported.
Plus there's the symbolic. Russians have just discovered they may not be going to the World Cup later this year, and their teams have been kicked out of sporting competition.
Sanctions do bite. And they mean it is that bit harder for the government to hide from the people that there's something very serious going on.
Someone linked an essay below by a military analyst who pointed out that Russian arms factories will not be able to re supply the army with hi tech gizmos because of a lack of sophisticated foreign components. And that will have an impact immediately, not six months down the line
In joined interview with @antoguerrera @demiguelr the PM explains why UK despite Putin’s war will not join EU military cooperation, similarities btw Putin & Milosevic and why Russia's leader ultimately 'must fail' (2/3)
An interesting interview, saying more about European relations than Ukraine IMO. Johnson is sticking to the mainstream, which is good.
Boris is not as good as his supporters say, or as bad as his opponents say. He still needs to go. But I’d rather not have a leadership election at the moment.
Two thirds of the 1m+ Ukranian refugees have headed to Poland (UNHCR).
That implies that approx 2% of the entire Polish population is a newly arrived Ukrainian refugee.
We really really do need to be relieving some of the pressure on Poland by pulling the refugees West. I say it again, the transport is right there ready. They can get the train all the way to Calais and it will cost them not a penny. All we need to do is open the door wide and say come.
I find it difficult to express just how disappointed I am with the UK Government over this. Patel in particular should hang her head in shame.
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
Which was the poll by Ukrainians that rated Johnson No 1?
It was posted earlier with UK no 1 for Ukrainians by Ukrainians
I know it is hard for you to take
Yes, but how good a steer do the Ukrainians have on Pig Dog vs what we in this country have? You seem to have a "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer" attitude to the fat lying crook. Try assessing him on actual worth rather than popularity.
I suspect the Ukrainians are more grateful for the NLAWs than anything else. I suspect whoever was UK PM would be number 1 at the moment.
Loved that report that when they fire an NLAW at a Russian tank, they shout "God save the Queen!"
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
Two thirds of the 1m+ Ukranian refugees have headed to Poland (UNHCR).
That implies that approx 2% of the entire Polish population is a newly arrived Ukrainian refugee.
An interesting fact is that the combined population of Poland, Hungary and Romania is about 5 million fewer/less today than it was in 1989, (mostly due to Romania).
Two thirds of the 1m+ Ukranian refugees have headed to Poland (UNHCR).
That implies that approx 2% of the entire Polish population is a newly arrived Ukrainian refugee.
We really really do need to be relieving some of the pressure on Poland by pulling the refugees West. I say it again, the transport is right there ready. They can get the train all the way to Calais and it will cost them not a penny. All we need to do is open the door wide and say come.
I find it difficult to express just how disappointed I am with the UK Government over this. Patel in particular should hang her head in shame.
If Patel did shame she would have resigned long ago.
'There is an influential tradition on the right of idolizing Putin as a defender of white Christian values against the onslaught of secular, “leftist” liberalism.'
UK has been involved with the US and the EU since day one
Indeed I have said on many occasions this should bring us closer, but what you and others of a similar bigoted mindset do not realise is that your constant sniping is actually negative to your hopes of a close relationship
What would you say about those who barely ten days ago were describing the EU as appeasers and enablers?
You know what I’d say? There’s kids dying in Ukraine and everyone needs to stop making it about them and their own hobbyhorses. Pandemic, war in Ukraine, all about proving their own stupid viewpoint on this one issue. If the Second Coming happens next week with Jesus appearing in St Peter’s Square then Brexiters will point out the Vatican isn’t in the EU and Remainers will allege that he was originally planning to show up in Romford but 2016 went the wrong way. It’s so fucking solipsistic, narcissistic…just fucking wrong…
Thank goodness we have you here to show us the error of our ways.
Thank goodness we have you here to bring IQ down to “Hartlepool” levels.
Is there a chance that we're slower to announce oligarch sanctions/asset seizures because we a) have to do it legally b) have far more oligarchs and assets to deal with c) we're maybe going after oligarch assets in our overseas territories as well which further complicates the legal side of things?
If the government really are in the pockets of Putin supporting oligarchs then it needs to be exposed and severely dealt with. I can't see anything in their actions that suggests that they actually are.
It has been said all along that it is high paid London lawyers acting for the oligarchs that are the problem
Boris and Starmer promised at PMQs to work together on the legislation coming before the HOC on this whole issue
It is difficult not to see hypocrisy over those calling out Boris when he is constrained by the law and is actually addressing it
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
It is unprecedented. He must be the single most popular politician in the western world at the moment - and by a distance. A proper hero. Perhaps the most popular western politician EVER. Only JFK in his pomp is a rival? Obama?
One now knows what it must have felt like to celebrate Garibaldi or Mazzini.
Yes, good comparison. Like one of those 19th century revolutionary heroes, except amplified a million fold by social media, t’Net and TV
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I know it is hard for you to take
I told them I thought it was a disgrace that they were supporting a Russian composer at a time like this and they ought to take the fight in the cultural war against the Russians seriously.
They actually believed me. And felt guilty for a moment.
MWAHAHAHA
Los Cabos breaking the 1 per mille rate, which truly is not great
If it was me I'd make possession of cocaine in this country worth 5-10 years
I would also suggest he embarrasses many on the EU side
Been a long while since I saw mwahahaha in capitals.
Look at some of his latest insanities:
"Never forget this Ukrainian invasion began with Brexit. All those who facilitated Brexit, who supported it, who funded it, who fooled the British people to vote for it share the responsibility."
Crimea & the Donbas was 2014.
@jamesjohnson252
We (
@JLPartnersPolls
) asked 2,000 British people how they felt about Putin, in a representative poll this week.
It's like nothing we've seen before:
"Evil beyond belief"
"A child murdering war criminal"
"Absolute disgrace, he needs to be taken down"
"Sub-human scum"
"The reincarnation of Hitler"
"Gross little man"
"Murderer, must be taken out"
"A nasty **** who should be compared to Adolf Hitler"
"Unstable, misguided, dangerous"
"An extreme case of small man syndrome"
"Nutty as a fruitcake"
"He's a bell end"
https://twitter.com/jamesjohnson252/status/1499807946389213194
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Other than this, his PR team are doing well.
In joined interview with @antoguerrera @demiguelr the PM explains why UK despite Putin’s war will not join EU military cooperation, similarities btw Putin & Milosevic and why Russia's leader ultimately 'must fail' (2/3)
On #Ukraine crisis mending EU & UK #Brexit relations: 'Sometimes, if a family goes through some big trauma,the real strength of the affection btw members of the family& the way they work together can suddenly be revealed again' (3/3) https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article237326403/Boris-Johnson-Putin-is-getting-more-Nato-not-less.html
This should be celebrated across the political divide, indeed Europe and NATO
He must have been barking.
The change in Germany over a week has been profound. Only a point-scoring arsehole would try to argue otherwise.
Is it so much that such a mighty political union is unable to disperse the impact of it sufficiently to survive?
Go into the corner and listen to Gliere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jBt0M4L4Qs
Serious Remainers have moved on to other projects, which includes the question of how to achieve closer UK-EU relations post-Brexit, and how to get rid of Johnson.
Gosh, quite a ridiculous crowd for zelenskyy's speech in Prague.
What were the numbers before the invasion? I suspect the EU is doing a lot of catching up
And for generously letting me know about it as well, of course!
And Michoacan is a southwestern state
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/western-mexico-cartel-violence-leaves-35000-displaced-82473501
So I would say they're showing good old fashioned British restraint.
I mean, agree with all that stuff about how many have been sanctioned or not, but at least it makes logical sense to post the comparison to make a point about the UK response.
Cogent Communications said it would begin shutting down Russian customers’ access to its services on Friday at noon Eastern time,"
NY Times
3 yachts.
Could you literally take them across on a ferry and drive them to the border?
a) have to do it legally
b) have far more oligarchs and assets to deal with
c) we're maybe going after oligarch assets in our overseas territories as well which further complicates the legal side of things?
If the government really are in the pockets of Putin supporting oligarchs then it needs to be exposed and severely dealt with. I can't see anything in their actions that suggests that they actually are.
"We took their super yachts, son..."
"No daddy - I meant, how did you fight?"
That implies that approx 2% of the entire Polish population is a newly arrived Ukrainian refugee.
But don't underestimate the importance of sanctions. There's very little made in Russia that is completely free from imported components. And machine tools and oil & gas production kit - that will require regular maintenance and new parts - will also all be imported.
Plus there's the symbolic. Russians have just discovered they may not be going to the World Cup later this year, and their teams have been kicked out of sporting competition.
Sanctions do bite. And they mean it is that bit harder for the government to hide from the people that there's something very serious going on.
Nothing wrong with with a husband chewing over his job with the memsahib of course. Nobody would hold it against, for instance, Karl-Otto Koch.
I find it difficult to express just how disappointed I am with the UK Government over this. Patel in particular should hang her head in shame.
'America’s culture war is spilling into actual war-war'
https://tinyurl.com/wa6drm28
This bit particularly twanged a chord.
'There is an influential tradition on the right of idolizing Putin as a defender of white Christian values against the onslaught of secular, “leftist” liberalism.'
Boris and Starmer promised at PMQs to work together on the legislation coming before the HOC on this whole issue
It is difficult not to see hypocrisy over those calling out Boris when he is constrained by the law and is actually addressing it
Yes, good comparison. Like one of those 19th century revolutionary heroes, except amplified a million fold by social media, t’Net and TV