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57 minutes ago, 70PC said:
Putin was blind to the damage that corruption and complacency had done to his armed forces. Nor did he recognise the effect on troop morale of an illegal war. They stay at the front with guns at their backs.
Ukraine is smaller. They have better soldiers, better leadership and belief in their cause. Success will not be quick given the countless minefields and troops dug in. Unlike Russia, Ukraine values the lives of its soldiers.
Ukraine is still winning ground. With each yard they take, Putin's illegal adventure will look ever more deeply flawed within Russia.
Are you a dreamer, escapist, fantasizer, star-gazer ... or something similar ... believing in your own lies?
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10 hours ago, pig said:
We haven't been at war with Russia at all. Russia has been at war with us.
Up till now we've hoped that it would all blow over or didn't believe Putin was that mad. And Putin took that as a green light to escalate.
Surprisingly, Ukraine screwed them up good and proper. If it hadn't been for their bravery god knows where we'd be now.
For some reason you are suffering from a failure to correctly understand why. That means jettisoning old beliefs and stereotypical notions creating by non-stopping propaganda. Then the blame game gets in the way and negatively impacting you.
And only after, you are coming here are trolling forum with your twisted opinion.
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13 hours ago, Staffsknot said:
@rollover I think you mean comments. Comets are what TASS tell you mysteriously dropped out of the sky on Russian soldiers to hide the facts.
Libya wasn't mentioned by the OP numbnuts.
But Libya was in response to a UN resolution requiring a no-fly zone, weapons embargo and to prevent the killings of civilians by regime & rebel forces when people rose up against Gaddafi.
See how easy that was - almost like there's some historical record...
Don't play the hard to please assshol ...
You have forgotten to mention the US, UK and the allies bringing into being conflicts and after invading countries on pretext not being democratically legit enough.
Than they spread the true democracy there and install double-dealing puppet government.
Look at Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia ........
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28 minutes ago, Staffsknot said:
Afghanistan harboured terrorists who had attacked the US multiple times, they chose to protect those terrorists. Again this is pretty basic unless you are in fantasyland.
Iraq was the long drawn out non-compliance with UN resolutions - lots of people's fav Russian quotee tlone Scott Ritter went out of his way to say they were non-compliant and US and UN were weak for letting it happen... he just forgets that.
Syria is a civil war sparked by people sick of Assad and most of the Western effort was against jihadist groups. Only after the Russians and Syrian gov attacked their special forces groups embedded with rebel groups did they move to attack Assad forces and the infamous wiping out of a large Wagner contingent.
But this is reality and as evidenced in the constant posts of fantasy that isn't what the pro-Russia camp want. They want the fantasy BS they believe in.
You have forgotten about Libya.
Can you put down some comets, just a few lines, please?
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GOOD NEWS: This mortgage crisis isn't as severe as the dark days of the 70s and 80s
BAD NEWS: Our alarming analysis shows it's not far off!
For many homeowners with mortgages to pay, it’s tin-hat time.
Tomorrow, barring a U-turn to end all U-turns, the nine (well-off and mortgage-light) members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will sip from their cups of Earl Grey, have a digestive or three, and then sanction another rise in interest rates.
It will be the 13th increase in the base rate they have authorised in the past 18 months — and it won’t be the last.
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Economists warn of a 25% fall if rates stick at 6%
The average house price across the UK has fallen £7,000 from its peak last September, ONS figures revealed today, as the mortgage crunch takes its toll.
Annual house price inflation continued to slow in April to 3.5 per cent, according to the latest official data, but at £286,489 the average property is down 2.89 per cent on its September 2022 peak of £295,000.
Economists at Capital Economics have warned that if rates stick at this level for some time, house prices could fall 25 per cent.
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Zelensky has acknowledged battlefield progress has been "slower than desired"
President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged battlefield progress has been "slower than desired", weeks into Ukraine's military offensive to recapture areas occupied by Russia.
"Some people believe this is a Hollywood movie and expect results now. It's not," he told the BBC.
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lenders respond to the increased cost of funding and fears that base rate will now peak at about 6 per cent. This is more than 1 per cent higher than the expected peak when the MPC last met in May.
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1 hour ago, SickOfWaiting said:
It was the previous 45 years in the EU where the damage was done, but remoaners conveniently forget that.
No you are wrong, it will be the next 45 years when the first Brexit benefits starts show up (for all one knows), but Brexiters conveniently forget that.
Jacob Rees-Mogg Says It Could Take 50 Years To Reap The Benefits Of Brexit
'We won’t know the full economic consequences for a very long time,' says leading Brexiteer.
A leading Brexiteer has suggested it could take 50 years to judge whether Brexit has been an economic success amid fears quitting the European Union will lead to a downturn.
The influential Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who chairs the European Research Group of backbench Tories, insisted the full impact will not be known for “years to come” as he hailed leaving the EU as the “greatest opportunity, economically, for this country”.
Rees-Mogg: “We will know at some point, of course we will. But it’s a question of timescale.”
Guru-Murthy: “So how long have you got?”
Rees-Mogg: “We won’t know the full economic consequences for a very long time, we really won’t.”
Guru-Murthy: “Of course not, but I mean we’ll have an indication. We’ll know if there’s been chaos, we’ll know if there have been job losses.”
Rees-Mogg: “The overwhelming opportunity for Brexit is over the next 50 years.”
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... accounting error ... ???
Pentagon accounting error provides extra $6.2 billion for Ukraine military aid
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years.
Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said a detailed review of the accounting error found that the military services used replacement costs rather than the book value of equipment that was pulled from Pentagon stocks and sent to Ukraine. She said final calculations show there was an error of $3.6 billion in the current fiscal year and $2.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last Sept. 30.
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Is Brexit behind the UK's inflation shock?
The shockwaves triggered by the impact of Russia's invasion on food and energy bills have been felt globally. But inflation in the UK has climbed faster and been more stubborn than in the US and EU.
Singling out the impact of Brexit isn't easy, especially with the effects of a pandemic and a war. But there is evidence that the red tape - the form filling and other hurdles - required to bring goods into the country may have added to food bills.
So while Brexit may not have been the biggest reason for our surging food inflation, the higher costs it added may have played a significant part.
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Hunter wellies goes into administration with £100m debt
For decades, they were the outdoor boots of choice for everyone from farmers to festivalgoers.
Hunter wellies had a royal warrant from the late Queen and commanded a premium price after being made a footwear must-have by fashion icons.
But now Edinburgh-based Hunter Boots has gone into administration with debts of more than £100milion, including £11.5million owed to UK trade creditors.
The firm’s collapse has been blamed on prolonged dry weather in America hitting demand, as well as high freight costs and the shutdown of its Chinese factory during Covid.
There had also been customer complaints about quality since production moved to China in 2008.
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£800 bill hike will hit our wedding plans
Two years ago, when Amy Adams, 28, and her fiance Ashley Heatherington, 29, purchased their first home, they felt optimistic that interest rates would continue to fall.
The couple, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, bought their three-bedroom new build with the assistance of a 20 pc Government Help To Buy loan in December 2021.
They currently pay £700 a month for their £160,000 mortgage with Precise, which offers a rate of 4.89 pc. These payments are set to more than double in December when their current mortgage deal ends.
Amy says: ‘Our mortgage adviser says that when we remortgage our payments may increase by £800 a month.
‘It’s a very stressful situation. We both work in the NHS as data analysts, and we’re hoping for a pay rise this month. ‘But even if we do get a rise, it won’t cover the increase in our mortgage payments.’
Their high level of outgoings means the couple are having to cut costs elsewhere, such as on holidays. They are also scaling back their wedding, planned for next year.
PS: I like the screamer - Mortgage mayhem survival guide
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3 minutes ago, zugzwang said:
Wrong. The Russia sanctions are to blame for Britain's stubbornly high inflation. Their imposition last year precipitated a banking crisis in the US which forced the Fed to reverse QT in March and add more liquidity to the financial system.
Yes, to a certain extent you are right, but ...
Brexit Caused a Third of UK Food Price Inflation
Brexit is responsible for a third of UK food price inflation since 2019, according to research by the London School of Economics that undermines efforts by the government to show the EU divorce has benefited Britain.
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12 hours ago, Staffsknot said:
I think you'll find much kit is modern and very effective and often still in use.
The idea its old junk is pure stupidity.
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I could go on...
Yes please, go on ... go on ... go on ...
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Brexit is to blame for inflation, claims Mark Carney
Mark Carney has blamed stubbornly high inflation in Britain on Brexit, claiming he had warned the public that leaving the European Union would damage the economy.
Branded the “architect of Project Fear”, Mr Carney repeatedly claimed that the economic consequences of Brexit were all negative.
In an interview with The Telegraph he said: “There’s no joy in saying: well, ‘we told you so’ because people are having to live with that reality.”
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53 minutes ago, Flat Bear said:
Neither the US or NATO are in Ukraine "fighting" the Russians. I understand that this could become a reality in September when the counteroffensive finally takes place.
Are you having a laugh?
Are you saying that waiting for the Ukraine counteroffensive is like Estragon waiting for Godot ... ?
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Some weapons donated by allies were unusable
Some arms donated by allies have been in such a bad shape they were seen fit only for spare parts.
While Ukrainian officials have largely restrained from complaining about broken equipment, Kyiv "has grown weary" of assurances that it has enough Western weapons as some arrive in unusable condition and have to be removed from combat, an unnamed senior Ukrainian official told NYT.
About 30 percent of Kyiv's arms arsenal is constantly under repair, which is a high proportion for an army that needs all kinds of weapons it can get during an active counteroffensive, according to defense experts, cited by the media outlet.
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Ukraine corruption ... corruption ... corruption ...
Ukraine still waiting on weapons it paid for
Ukraine hasn't received some of the weapons it paid for in advance. According to Ukrainian government documents seen by NYT, as of the end of last year, Kyiv had paid weaponry suppliers over $800 million for contracts that were completely or partially unfulfilled.
One of the sources added that as of early spring in 2023, Kyiv paid hundreds of millions of dollars for weapons that had never been delivered. Some of the payments went to Ukraine’s state-owned enterprises.
The publication also cited Volodymyr Havrylov, Ukraine's deputy defense minister in charge of arms procurement, who confirmed that some weapons have not arrived, even though the country paid for them.
Western countries have committed billions of dollars to Ukraine's defense assistance.
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In Rush to Arm Ukraine, Weapons Are Bought but Not Delivered, or Too Broken to Use
Some of the weapons sent to Ukraine by other countries have been unusable, and hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts paid up front have yet to be fulfilled.
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3 hours ago, Staffsknot said:
I see we are at the nuclear wibble stage.
The deployment of a nuclear weapon on a population centre would fall under the indiscriminate killing of civilians and unnecessary suffering, breaching IHL and Geneva convention - leading to extreme response to Russia and the leaders being tried for war crimes after the international community was forced to act.
It is a given that the use of nuclear weapons would force a response from the international community and such a genocidal outrage would spur Ukranians on to fight not bring peace. There can be no peace with such barbaric genocidal acts.
Only a fool would think otherwise
The USA remains the only country to have used nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What a hypocrite you are, hiding behind Geneva convention, IHL, international community ...
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Reports suggest that Russian forces have gone on the offensive in eastern Luhansk Oblast, seeking to seize back momentum from attacking Ukrainian units
Will Russia invade Ukraine and what happens if it escalates with NATO/US getting involved
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