If you’re a Ukrainian, you’re fighting not to be murdered, deported, or raped, or have these things done to those you love. If you’re a Russian, you’re fighting for the greater glory of the dictator. (View Post)

It's not about the money, though, be honest. £12.8bn is about 0.3% of UK public expenditure over the period. Your real grievance is that we've deprived Putin's Russia of their rightful… (View Post)

The biggest leverage, IMHO, is surging Russian inflation. (View Post)

The water companies are largely insolvent, and have based their business model on privatising profits, and nationalising losses. (View Post)

Given the degree of damage being inflicted upon both the military power and the military prestige of Russia, the expenditure on the part of the UK government looks like the bargain of the century. (View Post)