[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[Neville's Breakfast]

The Kremlin is trolling Johnson, not content with stirring it up against JK Rowling.

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I’m not sure why you would be broadcasting Russian propaganda TB, although you did rightly compare it to the crude defamation attempt on JK Rowling. The person who retweeted it should take a look at themselves. The video is another’s sign of Russian desperation with the united Western response.

 

[wellquickwoody]

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And Sunak can tell his family in India what do? Of course he can’t. Do not politicise this thread.

 

[peterward]

Didn't Dmitry Peskov, only yesterday, say that Shoigu was busy dealing with Ukraine, and that now wasn't the time media speculation?

Yeah he did.

 

[rogersix]

And Sunak can tell his family in India what do? Of course he can’t. Do not politicise this thread.

weirdly, there is quite a lot of politics in war!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I’m not sure why you would be broadcasting Russian propaganda TB, although you did rightly compare it to the crude defamation attempt on JK Rowling. The person who retweeted it should take a look at themselves. The video is another’s sign of Russian desperation with the united Western response.

It gives a lie to the Daily Mail front page yesterday, but that isn't surprising. Know your enemy.

 

[Hugo Rune]

And Sunak can tell his family in India what do? Of course he can’t. Do not politicise this thread.

Of course he can’t but it’s critical to democracy that British people know that Sunak is in an awkward situation. I sit in various meetings and am asked if I have a conflict of interest. I hope Sunak would excuse himself from any decision making that may affect his family (negatively or positively).

 

[Thunder Bolt]

weirdly, there is quite a lot of politics in war!

The topic in the thread header is Politics.

 

[Hugo Rune]

The topic in the thread header is Politics.

The inane squeal of “keep politics out of war” is akin to “keep water out of the sea”.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

It gives a lie to the Daily Mail front page yesterday, but that isn't surprising. Know your enemy.

I had to look up the Daily Mail headline but still not sure I understand. Something about William and Kate and also free speech ?

 

[rogersix]

The topic in the thread header is Politics.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

The topic in the thread header is Politics.

Yes, but not all politics. It is a thread about the Russian invasion of Ukraine not a vehicle for rehashing old arguments on an agenda fueled by the Kremlin.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I had to look up the Daily Mail headline but still not sure I understand. Something about William and Kate and also free speech ?

Yesterday

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[Eric the meek]

If it's any consolation, I hadn't spotted it either !

How anyone can expect us to know what's in the thread title, after we've only been commenting on this thing for 621 pages of comments, Lord alone knows.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yes, but not all politics. It is a thread about the Russian invasion of Ukraine not a vehicle for rehashing old arguments on an agenda fueled by the Kremlin.

Do you think the Allies didn't discuss Lord Haw Haw or Goebbels in the war? That's why I said know your enemy.

 

[beorhthelm]

Of course he can’t but it’s critical to democracy that British people know that Sunak is in an awkward situation. I sit in various meetings and am asked if I have a conflict of interest. I hope Sunak would excuse himself from any decision making that may affect his family (negatively or positively).

so that would cover IT service contracts, lets raise it when that occurs. this is nothing but bringing in partisan politics when we're supposed to have some sense of unity. how trivial is signing a vistors book in India in 2004? we dont know details of commercial and contractual arrangment with companies in Russia, they often operate arms length due to Russian law (indirect experience of this). Putin wasn't person non-grata until a month ago, and there's nations are still importing the majority of their energy from Russia, bit more significant conflict of interest dont we think?. its just silly to bring it up Sunak's family links in larger context.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Yesterday

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I saw a different headline when I googled. Look, I don’t really care. I don’t read the Daily Mail or look at the Kremlin Twitter account. The sun is shining and we are all on the same side against the one actual enemy which is Russia.

 

[rogersix]

Yes, but not all politics. It is a thread about the Russian invasion of Ukraine not a vehicle for rehashing old arguments on an agenda fueled by the Kremlin.

the kremlin is highlighting the relationship between putin and the chancellor's father in law in india?

nope, you've lost me

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

the kremlin is highlighting the relationship between putin and the chancellor's father in law in india?

nope, you've lost me

I thought that was Sky News rather than the Kremlin

 

[rogersix]

I saw a different headline when I googled. Look, I don’t really care. I don’t read the Daily Mail or look at the Kremlin Twitter account. The sun is shining and we are all on the same side against the one actual enemy which is Russia.

and the companies that facilitate the war machine.

as TB said, you've got to know your enemy, the FSB may have infiltrated the British government at the highest levels

 

[rogersix]

I thought that was Sky News rather than the Kremlin

apologies, i'm confused. what is the agenda fueled by the Kremlin?