Former Russian double agent seriously ill in Salisbury.
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Why? They can't negotiate for toffee, what makes you think they can negotiate with nutters in Russia?
Well no that part isn't simple, but needlessly and uselessly making it more complex by insisting the bigger party change to suit the leaving smaller party, is why May is an idiot that is all bluster and language. The logistics is complex, the choice is not.
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I'd rather that than she rolls over and admits defeat, not rolling over in the past has lead to some positive results.......
Ehmm Russia doesn't have "contractors" in Syria. Is invited to provide military assistance by the Syrian government.
American and British troops sorry "advisors" inside Syria though, are not invited by Syria. They are invaders supporting actively the rebels against the legitimate government of this country. A government which is recognized by the UN.
So who's the warmonger and the culprit here? Russia?
France actually said what Corbyn said also. We need more evidence, and standard procedures been followed. Aka give to Russians the sample to investigate also.
Spot on mate.
However do you remember what was going on last year, and the political split inside the Torries over Brexit, that miraculously unified them before the elections allowing May to gain votes over this mess?
Fast forward last three weeks, they were split beyond repair over Brexit, and surprisingly in unity again.
I bet, we going to have elections in couple of months, because May wants a bigger majority, and seems she cannot work with the DUP over Brexit, while needs to unify her party. And she will capitalise on the Russian rhetoric to hold her seat.
Yep I am cynic, like all Greeks actually. And is something they used to teach at school, on the social and political course (no opt outs). Always question the motives of the government, to hold them to account. Which is the base of real democracy. Otherwise you end up with oligarchy.
Along side its official military presence it also has private military companies operating there - i.e. supposedly the Wagner group for instance.
I would say that Russia is increadibly suppresive of reporting and information about where they go and what they do, even to the point of hiding deaths of soldiers (even from their families)
Americans are driving round in strikers with big flags on and constantly getting spotted in the background of photos of Kurdish units (or on the Strava heatmap)
You just dont get that kind of stuff out there with the russians it seems
Well the Russians don't play by the rules. They think they are being sneaky and no one knows what they are up to, but to the rest of the world it's pretty obvious. Like their soldiers which invaded Ukraine.
They should never have been given a veto in the UN. Because all they do is abuse it to further their own interests. While ignoring international laws themselves.
People might question things more if they hadn't been poisoning defectors abroad since Stalin's days...
Yeah indeed, forgot them. :/
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You're not allowed to question such things when the government has requested solidarity. You can ask these questions when the current decision makers are all shunted up into the House of Lords or dead or both.
Which is why they've put the strongly worded statement out about retaliation against US forces if they endanger their troops as they aren't happy about that recent incident but can't easily do anything about it (at least nothing direct).
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Russian Contractors in Syria
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ractors-killed-explosion-base-syria-violence/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-abandoned-by-putin-mother-says-idUSKCN1G0206
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/world/europe/russia-syria-dead.html
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It has stressed repeatedly since last Wednesday that no members of the Russian armed forces were killed, and that any Russians fighting alongside the Syrians were mercenaries.
“We only handle the data that concerns Russian forces servicemen,” Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said at a news briefing on Tuesday. “We don’t have data about other Russians who could be in Syria.”
The Kremlin said much the same about the nature of the forces in Crimea and eastern Ukraine in 2014, however, claiming they were volunteers and men on vacation, only to admit later that they were regular soldiers."
“Everything leads us to believe that responsibility is in fact attributable to Russia,” Macron told reporters in western France.
“I will announce in the coming days the measures that we intend to take,” Macron said.
Where has Corbyn admitted it was Russia was responsible? even his own party has left him isolated this morning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43414185
They seem to have modulated there position as of ~10:45 - May presented addtional facts in Macron call ?
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London will bounce back, and if future sanctions are aimed at curbing Russian investment it might be beneficial in the long term not to have a capital, or financial sector that's quite so reliant on Russian money. In real terms though I'm not sure what we can actually do that would make Putin think twice, historically attacking the wealth of those closest to him has had an impact before but how much attention does he really pay to his contemporaries?
That would certainly explain why the formula was allowed to be published in a book readily available to anyone. "Very difficult to manufacture" does not equate to "impossible". If there is no actual evidence the formula actually worked, then there is no danger in allowing the book to still remain on sale.
It's such a good chance to end London's darker side, but its so unfortunate that it's so profitable, I don't believe May has the level of leadership required to actually admit whats really going on in London and to stop it.
It's part of the only reason it's still wealthy.
UK to invest 48 million pounds in new chemical weapons defence centre
Yes Gavin, today you finally can. Good boy for sticking to the schedule.
Makes me so proud of their quick-thinking. And their ability to rapidly coordinate a power move against Russia's position in the UN Security Council, and put an end to the insurrectional rumblings of reforming the UN to make it fairer for more countries. No. We'll reform it our way instead.
Yes Gavin, today you finally can. Good boy for sticking to the schedule.
Makes me so proud of their quick-thinking. And their ability to rapidly coordinate a power move against Russia's position in the UN Security Council, and put an end to the insurrectional rumblings of reforming the UN to make it fairer for more countries. No. We'll reform it our way instead.
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I wouldnt get too excited
Porton Down is currently under a huge redevelopment already, to move people and facilities over from Fort Halstead in Kent which is closing
Id imagine its just the Tories claiming credit now for something that was already happening anyway
Anyway upping funding for Research and Defence against something which a foreign country has recently been splashing around Salisbury town centre is fine by me
Porton Down is currently under a huge redevelopment already, to move people and facilities over from Fort Halstead in Kent which is closing
Id imagine its just the Tories claiming credit now for something that was already happening anyway
Anyway upping funding for Research and Defence against something which a foreign country has recently been splashing around Salisbury town centre is fine by me
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