Russian invasion of Ukraine

KS55 said:
Its a piece of propaganda. He is comparing Russian capital with UK annual GDP (I guess because he doesn't label the units used).
Russian deposits do not represent 10% of UK economy.
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Yeah he says it’s to gdp further down the thread.
 
west didsblue said:
Scary stuff.
People in the west need to prepare themselves for difficulties caused by ramping up sanctions to unimaginable levels. No more oil or gas from Russia is urgently needed. The alternative is too horrendous to contemplate, not just for Ukraine but for the whole world.

On a lighter note, I wonder if Everton will change their walk on music.
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What is the walk on music reference please?
 
wolviedinho said:
It’s not black & white. Every action or inaction the UK take with Russia comes down to brexit and the influence of Russian money that has been allowed to influence the uk economy and subsequently cloud the decision making of the conservative government.
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Nonsense.
 
BeerIsTheBest said:
Metalblue
In one house we had two fires- posh huh.Second fire was for visitors.
The Olympic torch routine here was to use the crappy fire tongs to carry a burning coal from back to front of house to start the second fire.
The carpets were slowly replaced by rugs where the fire starter had cocked up and dropped a lighted coal.
The paper over the front of the fire was a real belter wasn’t it … a room full of acrid smoke for 10 minutes or so on occasions.
Also which FOC’s remember the fights at school using the coke pellets as missiles. Difficult to pretend you weren’t involved when the teachers or the janitor told you to show your hands.
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Very posh indeed mate. Only visitor we had was the rent man and we’d hide from him ;)

I don’t remember pellets as a kid, only the lump coal. But I can see why it would be hard to hide the evidence!! Haha.

Oh the smoke - our lungs must have looked like 40 a day by the time we hit 10, and no way was I smoking more than 5 a day!

Ice on the inside of the single glazed window and going to bed fully clothed in the winter because it’s was far to cold in the morning to get dressed. Mrs MB remembers the tin bath by the fire place with her being youngest getting last dips but I don’t remember that as a kid.

@bluemoon32 i chucked part of a firework on the open coal fire once by mistake. It was fortunate nowt caught fire. Can’t say I miss them days exactly but we were a hardy bunch.
 
KS55 said:
Nonsense.
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Hardly nonsense. Countries like Germany are dependant on Russian gas, which means it has tempered sanctions to exempt Russian gas until it can transition. The City of London is home to people who want to launder and stash their cash. This means we temper financial sanctions to allow people to move their cash. This signals to people London is still the place to do business, because if the shit hits the fan we will give you time to act.

Russian money in London is used to buy influence. Influence is being kept informed of future decisions, the ability to discuss future policies over a nice meal and to make sure you have a window within which to pull your money if necessary.

It’s the way London works. It’s the way the world works.
 
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