The only feasible path is I think different to that, arising instead from the Russian political/business elite turning against Putin. It would be to take such effective and far ranging sanctions that… (View Post)

Excellent. Let's then go beyond what was announced yesterday and ban all Russian airlines (not just Aeroflot) and all flights to the UK originating from Russian airspace including stopovers in betwee… (View Post)

No, in the light of this week's events it is very clear that the likes of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland were justified in seeking the benefit of collective security within NATO membership, an… (View Post)

No, Russia is not a democracy, and it is unlikely that Putin would be in power now if it was. He does not have widespread popular support in Russia for his actions. I think we can only legitimately h… (View Post)

There was a more significant mistake a year earlier in 2017, only 3 years after Crimea, when the UK shut down 70% of its (already minimal) gas storage facilities, leaving us with no more than a few d… (View Post)