China isn't playing Civ and trying to grab all the land and resources it can wherever they are. Their priority is Taiwan and it's not clear how nobbling Russia helps them get that. (View Post)
Yes - banning Aeroflot wouldn't be enough on its own, but in terms of aerospace-related sanctions it seems about right. What do the 29% 'don't go far enough' respondents expect us to do? Send the RAF… (View Post)
Also, surely it would be more effective if they'd said - unequivocally - that if Putin recognised Donetsk/Luhansk or moved in troops, Nordstream 2 would be suspended, rather than only making this cle… (View Post)
Well for one thing they wouldn't have been waving British flags in Kiev/Kyiv/however-we're-meant-to-spell-it last week. Burning them more likely. (View Post)