Wednesday 23 February 2022

Russian into a crisis.

Brexit was supposed to allow the UK to plough its own furrow, to react quicker and with stronger actions than wait for agreement with the EU27.

And yet, yesterday, after days of talking about tough sanctions, Johnson imposed the weakest possible. With just five banks and three billionaires targeted. Meanwhile the EU quickly moved to raise sanctions against all members of the Russian Parliament.

All of them.

The UK indicated it might increase sanctions, but in the meantime Russians will be allowed to take their money out of London, thus keeping their wealth.

This looks very odd.

Or not.

And then there is Liz Truss' suggestion that English football clubs boycott the Champion's League final out of protest. Let's get this straight: when Rashford got involved in child hunger last year the message was he should concentrate on the football, but now he should use his sport in politics after all.

Either both are wrong or right.

So, the UK Government being reluctant to take any actions against Russia is only too happy to allow football clubs to take even stronger action.

And what of Brexit? What was the point if the delays in action blamed on the EU previously were in fact as a result of UK political inertia?

Liz Truss was confronted with a picture showing her and five other female Government ministers standing next to the Conservative Party's largest doner in modern times, a Russian, whose husband is friends with Putin. But this isn't a problem as CCHQ have done "due diligence"? If this was a Labour Government they would be being called traitors by now.

And remember the vocal supporters of Russian claims and potential invasion; Banks and Farrage. All that money for Vote Leave came from somewhere, as did the donations to the Tories. Will they pay the money back?

Will they bugger.

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