I know nothing about planes but in this dashcam footage it doesn't look vertical, if it's legit it might just be the angle of the previous thing that makes it look like that.… (View Post)

This is of course true, refugees nearly always end up mostly in neighbouring countries, and go where they have friends and family. There are some Ukrainians with friends and family in the UK, but not… (View Post)

I don't think "here's what we've been doing to help this country for the last 7 years" is the kind of thing that creates a bounce in a crisis. You need the appearance of *decisiveness*. It … (View Post)

I may be missing some context not being there but I'm not sure who's supposed to be impressed by the British government's response. They had *one job* which was to apply sanctions to Russian assets i… (View Post)

It's really hard to think of examples where sanctions have produced a change in behaviour. Countries under sanctions generally just seem to become more insular; That's what happened in North Korea an… (View Post)