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Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I still haven't seen any evidence to suggest STW are pro Russian, quite the opposite. Don't forget we were happy to bomb Syria. A look at STW's website this morning and it has 4 'leading articles', 2 of which are pointing the finger at NATO being the cause for the war in Ukraine. Just as important and telling is what someone doesn't say as well as what they say. And that was Tatchell's point, STW are quick to denounce/blame the West/NATO but say very little or nothing when it comes to Russia, preferring instead to chime out hackneyed excuses about it being NATO's fault/Western imperialism etc...

As Peter Tatchell points out, STW have previous when it comes to covert support for Putin and Russia... When we stood in solidarity with #Syria's democrats against Russian imperialism in 2016, Stop the War did NOT condemn #Russia's terror bombing of civilians in #Aleppo & other Syrian cities. They called us "agents of US imperialism"

Recent polls in Sweden and Finland now showing a majority in favour of joining NATO. This isn't NATO 'moving East', it's democratically run countries worried about Russia's actual expansionism/imperialism and bully boy threats...

Gary Kasparov doesn't mince his words on the subject... The US far behind Europe still, and it?s no coincidence that the UK, where so much Russian money lives, has done so little. Corruption is the only word for it. If they expose it, they will be implicated themselves. We know that the Tory party has accepted donations from Russian nationals, one in particular with very close links to Putin. On Wednesday Tory chairman Ben Elliot's concierge firm suddenly removed the web page about its Russian business which includes work for billionaire oligarchs close to Putin. What other links are there, and how deep do they go? Why did Johnson prevent the release of the Russia Report? Lots of journalists now all over this, and if Partygate is anything to go by, the truth eventually comes out...

These guys should be able to help you out Bob...

Week 25 fixtures... Saturday 5th March Leicester City v Leeds United Aston Villa v Southampton Burnley v Chelsea Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion Norwich City v Brentford Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace Liverpool v West Ham United Sunday 6th March Watford v Arsenal Manchester City v Manchester United Monday 7th March Tottenham Hotspur v Everton Thursday 10th March Norwich City v Chelsea Southampton v Newcastle United Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford Leeds United v Aston Villa

Still no sign of UK sanctions against Russian oligarchs, yet more 'blusterism' empty rhetoric from a PM who reckons the UK is ''leading the way'', meanwhile France and Germany have actually been seizing assets. All this delay is doing is giving the oligarch's time to 'tidy up' and move their assets...

SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PS This discussion can indeed involve fighters > leaving the UK and elsewhere to support the cause. Around the time Truss said that it was ok for UK citizens to fight in Ukraine, I read somewhere that it was illegal for UK nationals to fight in a war/conflict that didn't involve the UK. Later the Gov seemed to back this up by stating that UK nationals shouldn't fight in Ukraine. If you're not a UK national then this of course doesn't apply...

Week 24 points... Week 24 table...

*Waves at P3girl and cidolphus...*

Tonight's Burnley v Leicester game has now been added...

:)... "Tubby custard, tubby custard, this is pork markets, do you copy? The photographer has arrived, I repeat, the photographer has arrived"

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I'd never have guessed - but really do they take her this seriously or are they just scapegoating her. Typical Liz Truss, everyone knows ''Opening up pork markets!'' is code for nuclear Armageddon...

If the Council can't be bothered or afford to maintain planters, then they should allow local residents, especially those that live in gardenless homes, to 'adopt' a neglected planter such as this, I'm sure they'd do a much better job of maintaining an all-year round display for everyone to appreciate...

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Standby for the Tories next line of apologia...''now isn't the time to change leader because of the Russkis etc''... This could be Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's ''Hold my beer'' moment...

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spidey senses agogo The BatPhone has been flashing all weekend :) *Checks Admin is still on speed dial...*

It's an 'alert', not a threat to use them, it's what you would expect from a bully, ''I've got nukes'' etc. This shows that the economic sanctions will work. Better news is that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to hold talks on the Belarussian border...

Welcome to shameless Brexit Britain, or not as the case may be... Yvette Cooper Tweeting Priti Patel: Right that Immigration Minister has deleted tweet saying Ukrainians can come pick UK fruit. But still no answers from @pritipatel to my Qs. Problem remains. Home Office is restricting Ukrainians to current visas with high hurdles & delays. That?s not sanctuary, it?s shameful

You carry on convincing yourself Cat. Shameless...

Shameless...

Thousands of innocent women and children being blown out of their homes by an illegal invasion, and someone wants to deflect the conversation onto a pro-Putin hypothetical that it wouldn't have happened under Trump. Sigh all you want Cat, you're shameless...

We know what you are...

''Just becuase you are incapable of being a neutral or objective observer. Please don't assume others cannot.'' If only that were true, if only. Over the years I've learnt that with Cat's posts it's not so much about what he writes, but why he writes, today's gambit being a perfect example. We know what you are...

Not officially Spring yet, but a very Spring-like day at last...