Leon- the war is not existential for Russia in any meaningful sense. That's just what people are being told right now. The amount of territory Ukraine is looking to seize back is equivalent to 0.6% o… (View Post)

If that is the Chinese plan it sounds terrible. Essentially freezing the conflict at the point when Ukraine has the best chance of making a breakthrough and remove ALL the sanctions against Russia ju… (View Post)

At 12:45 or 00:45 this morning if you prefer we had the following extraordinary comment from Dura Ace: 'So you've got millions of people who identified as Russian, Hungarian, Moldovan and Romanian be… (View Post)

What is the point in calling for something that has zero chance of happening. And almost anyone would argue for some kind of 'negotiated settlement. It's simply p*ss and wind. (View Post)

You're not still one of those fools who blames our economic woes on the loose fiscal policy in the years immediately before 2008 are you? You honestly think that explains 15 years of relative stagnat… (View Post)