Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Ilovehappyendings]

 

[MCFC1993]

Adidas the latest company to part ties with Russia, no longer the manufacturer for the Russian national team.

That Forbes article has pretty much all the major sanctions from companies so far.

 

[west didsblue]

'I'm not having this; wish me luck': Factory Records co-founder going to Ukraine

"I've fought bullies of one kind or another all my life," said Alan Erasmus

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

FFS he's 72. That's ridiculous. He'll be a liability.

 

[SWP's back]

Just bought my daughter an Easter Egg as we might not be here come April.

You’re going to eat it when she goes to bed aren’t you.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

'I'm not having this; wish me luck': Factory Records co-founder going to Ukraine

"I've fought bullies of one kind or another all my life," said Alan Erasmus

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

That's amused me for some reason.

I last saw Alan Erasmus buying a ticket at the Maine Road ticket office when we were in division 2.

 

[metalblue]

*respectfully some fucking people.

Ah touché, mon ami. I have a very low threshold for folk who post irrelevant shite.

 

[bluemoon32]

You’re going to eat it when she goes to bed aren’t you.

Fcuk me, that line could be misconstrued

 

[bobmcfc]

Will he stop at Ukraine or is Poland next?

Think he will go for non NATO countries to rebuild as much as he can of the old USSR.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Remarks about Russia and Putin from a USA Republican who isn't bat-shit crazy (I might even consider voting for him, save for the fact that I think a vote for any Republican is a defacto endorsement of Donald Trump):

 

[metalblue]

Right come on, separate thread if you want to discuss world economics 300 years ago.

Yes. It’s called the Labour thread, when they were last in power or summit.