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Trump's interest is money, money, money. He has a hotel in Moscow to think about. Peace is just a convenient slogan. As Henry kissinger said, being enemy of the US is dangerous, being a friend is deadly. He obviously knew the nature of US elections. Zelensky can give in today, in a month or 6...

it's far from a pointless war. There is only person threatening a whole continent with nuclear weapons. If he's not stopped, the peace dividend after the second world war is gone. That's at least a trillion dollars a year for NATO countries for a generation. quote: Ursula von der Leyen on...

If zelensky does not sign over to trump his country's minerals and oils, what will trump do? Stop American supply of weapons? Germany, France and UK will step up. Rhinemetall AG was up 17.3% today, Thales SA 22%, BAE systems 18.62%.

The BoE pays interest on deposits at bank rate 5.25%. When an account is frozen, withdrawals are not allowed but still accrues interest.

Ukraine is pretty big. Even the area that was affected chernobyl nuclear accident is pretty insignificant. We should become independent from the USA. We have 500 million inhabitants, we are frightened by 145 million people, so we asked a country of 300 million people to protect us. It's time to...

They are not seized by governments, they are frozen. There is a difference.

That money will buy 5000 air defense missiles. Think of how many civilian lives 5000 russian glide bombs will take. The money comes from interest that the BoE pays on Russian deposits. If there is a settlement, Russia is expected to pay reparations to Ukrainians. No need to steal anything.

Which ones of those ex USSR countries are still happy countries inside Russian orbits?

We lend Russian money that we held at the BoE to Ukraine to buy our missiles. What is wrong with that?

it's rule-based system is the right answer after WW2, continuing with military might is the wrong answer. Ukraine has been colonised a long, long time by Russians and others. It now has a chance to be an independent country and hopefully, inside the EU. Wouldn't you want that if you were born...

Starskey is a dinosaur.

you pick and choose events to suit your argument. The USA has its own interests, same like all other nations. However, the rule-based system we have after the second world war is the best we have so far, one that protects the small countries best. The EU is a refined version of that. US...

Putin is the only one politician who has constantly threatened nuclear war. Nobody else. The end result is Europe re-arms and Germany may soon have her own nukes. Good result or bad result? The argument that Putin does not want any NATO within 300 miles of Moscow is dubious. He could have picked...

It will not be the first time that Germany has a 'Groko' (Große Koalition ). Merkel had it. We too had one in the second world war. Europe is going through a difficult and testing time, especially Gertmany, such a coalition is totally justified.

Your reply seems muddled. You have always been pro brexit, so my question was would you like Eire to exit the EU, a rule-based society, and adopt a similar style of autocracy (absolute power is held by the government) like we see in the current chaotic US administration right now, with Trump and...

No. Zelensky legitimately needs Putin to stop. Not just for the moment but for good. We want to live in a society where the small and weak countries are protected. All trump offers is a cease fire.

Would you like to see Eire leave the EU and NATO? Switch away from the euro, adopt the dollar or the rouble? Abandon parliamentary democracy for autocracy, hand over power to a Putin or a trump or a vance? Hand over the budget to a musk?

rightly so. Vance is a lawyer, he is in full control of what he said. Nevermind how many times Zelinsky thanks the USA in the past and in the present, Vance will still calls Zelinsky ungrateful because that's his strategy. Zelinsky has no card to play as far as Trump is concerned. All he can do...

Oil has been relatively cheap, you can verify that. The last peak last less than 4 months, from the start of the Ukraine war until June 2020. Since August 2020, it has returned to 2021 average price. Russian oil went to China and India. What China and India didn't buy from the Gulf states...

I was away all day today, didn't watch the news and missed all the exchanges between Trump, Vance and Zelinsky until just now. Most Europeans will agree with John Bolton, Trump's former security adviser, that Trump does not understand security alliance and Trump would leave NATO to the...