I’m permanently in the never underestimate the Tories camp. The pressure is off them now, and the opinion polling - notably those “vote against” data yesterday - shows the British voter starting to s… (View Post)

A security guarantee Ukraine has to pay for. Protection money. (View Post)

Ukraine has really had a shitty time of it. One of the most dumped-on nations in history. Decimated by deliberate famine under Stalin, one of the biggest sources of war dead in WW2, under the Soviet … (View Post)

Snark even now. On this subject. Tiresome. The answer (though why do I bother?) is it’s done a huge amount with sanctions and asset seizures thought it could do more, and militarily it varies by memb… (View Post)

Fpt Ukraine has really had a shitty time of it. One of the most dumped-on nations in history. Decimated by deliberate famine under Stalin, one of the biggest sources of war dead in WW2, under the Sov… (View Post)