A Political Thread pt. 2

[Ragey Erasmus]

An absolutely incredible lack of self awareness

Meanwhile her boss has been chummy with ex-KGB and put his son in the lords... The Tory gaslighting is ridiculous. Honestly the level of corruption in British politics now is astonishing. I remember not that long ago pointing out how corrupt it is and having a certain Tory voter laugh at the suggestion...

 

[Which Tyler]

So... Priti Patel, who has previously been sacked for compromising national security... Not a security risk.
Boris Johnson, who plays tennis with Russian Oligarchs, and evades his security details to party with foreign billionaires... Not a security risk.
Tory party in general, who suck at the teet of Russian money, and suppress reports into Russian interfering with British elections... Not a security risk.



Kier Starmer, barrister, former head of the Crown Prosecution Service... Security risk.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Presumably the risk is that he'll find out they're all on the Kremlin's payroll

 

[ncurd]

Presumably the risk is that he'll find out they're all on the Kremlin's payroll

Its all a bit weird I thought those in the shadow cabinet in relevant roles got regular briefings into this exact sort of thing so they can be on top their brief but also in a very unlikely event there was a General Election called and they won they could hit the ground running.

Maybe that doesn't happen anymore.

 

[Which Tyler]

Lviv mayor tells Boris: Put Ukraine refugees in oligarchs' London mansions

"What we need now is for Boris Johnson to start freezing the bank accounts of Russian oligarchs in London and to seize their luxury villas."

www.thelondoneconomic.com

 

[Amiga500]

An absolutely incredible lack of self awareness

To be honest, they'd probably get more useful information from last week's papers than from Priti Stupid.

 

[Welsh Exile]

So... Priti Patel, who has previously been sacked for compromising national security... Not a security risk.

Boris Johnson, who plays tennis with Russian Oligarchs, and evades his security details to party with foreign billionaires... Not a security risk.
Tory party in general, who suck at the teet of Russian money, and suppress reports into Russian interfering with British elections... Not a security risk.



Kier Starmer, barrister, former head of the Crown Prosecution Service... Security risk.

This is what is so frustrating for me. The Tories have enabled Putin up until this point whether it be all the things you mention above or the ERG wing of the party pushing it’s corrupt Brexit agenda that again has Russian money all over it. Aaron Banks is a dodgy **** too.

 

[Amiga500]

Its all a bit weird I thought those in the shadow cabinet in relevant roles got regular briefings into this exact sort of thing so they can be on top their brief but also in a very unlikely event there was a General Election called and they won they could hit the ground running.

... there is an attack that decapitates the govt and forces a quick interim government of national unity to be organised.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

So Putin wants to reinstall the Ukrainian leader who was overthrown kicking this whole thing off many years ago... Let's remind ourselves why he was overthrown, because he went against his election pledges and decided unilaterally to turn his back on the EU, NATO and west to side with Russia and tear up any agreements he had with the west in favour of Russian ones. Ukraine had been leaning more towards ties with the west than Russia and so Russia heavily interfered in the election, throwing lots of support behind Viktor Yanukovych to ensure he won (spotting a theme?) Now they want to put their puppet back in place, all the while claiming it's actually the west who were interfering. Russia actively started meddling to stop Ukraine forming stronger ties with the west and it backfired. Now Putin seems to have recognised that every step he has tried to take to stop this process has backfired but not recognised that continued escalation will likely continue to have the same results.

First meddling in the election leading to his puppet being overthrown. Then invading Crimea, leading to a massive spike in support for NATO, then supporting separatists which had the same effect. Now he is in full scale invasion and it's pretty much guaranteed that Ukraine will take the first chance it gets to join the EU/NATO after this and any Russian puppet will have a rebellious country on his hands. Viktor Yanukovych couldn't hold it together before when the people of Ukraine were even less opposed to him so he has no chance now, except by using old USSR tactics.

The problem is Putin can't see why all his neighbours (except Belarus) have been moving in opposition to him. His actions have caused exactly what he was trying to stop. Had Russia begun to present itself as a cooperative and productive member of the international community, NATO would have likely faded into obscurity and Russia would be on good terms with all it's neighbours. It's the constant threats and belligerence of Putin that have created these problems.

Lecture over, **** Putin.

 

[General Melchett]

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[General Melchett]

Usyk more of a man than that evil little coward will ever be.

Oleksandr Usyk on defending Ukraine against Russian invasion

Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk says his "country and honour" are more important than any bout as he prepares to defend Ukraine against Russian forces.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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[General Melchett]

Zelensky heading towards Che Guevara like status while Putin looks like Valley Commando at the annual TRF knees up.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Putin’s meetings at long tables is downright bizarre.

Yet here he is happy to meet and shake hands with Bolsonaro on 16 Feb.

 

[Which Tyler]

 

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Russia banned from Paralympics in IPC reversal

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the Winter Paralympic Games, less than 24 hours after the IPC announced it would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutral athletes.

www.espn.com