tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post5141259058306420346..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: War shouldn't be a diversion from partiesJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-52107322543706105952022-02-14T15:54:38.224+00:002022-02-14T15:54:38.224+00:00Jonathan - I think that UK Gov is quite happy with...Jonathan - I think that UK Gov is quite happy with a shift of focus away from Covid which was an expensive example of what can happen when you get stuck into "lucky dip"decision making but legimizing it by referring to it as "science". Now we have all the recriminations about parties at Downing St,and elsewhere no doubt,which in the minds of the UK's MSM was sufficient to push Ukraine off the front pages for a while. And we know that UK's MSM is a key determinant of UK Gov's behaviour and policy making.<br />The massive tub thumping that Boris, Truss et al are now engaged in is pure posturing. Sure thing they may freeze criminal assets stashed in London but Putin ain't counting on that as collateral in the medium term,if at all. Their hot air, pardon pun, is a smoke screen to distract attention from the hideous cost of living mess that is now striking deep into all income classes below the comfortably rich and they don't like it either. This is a regime that has no clue at all about reversing the problems they have been ignoring. Indeed they ignored them for that reason. They have galloped off on a half baked green agenda without mapping out any of the key stages of any transformation. FFS, they haven't even got a plan for vehicle charging points and no clear indication of how they intend upping the availability of juice in sufficient volumes to keep all those EV's supplied. As with Brexit they are long on talk and criminally defective when it comes to action. dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-41541678835953398732022-02-14T10:47:11.285+00:002022-02-14T10:47:11.285+00:00My european guidline is Germany. Historically, the...My european guidline is Germany. Historically, they were both allies of Russia and invaded it and got a sharp lesson. They are not going to war with Russia because they other methods of dealing with the Russians. <br />Trump got Russia right. He understood the gangster mentality, from his days in NYC, and would have ended up doing something similar to Germany, but with a more credible force option just to keep things honest. <br />The UK is essentially following the Clinton/Biden/Democrat/Defence contractor line ie that Russia is still the USSR, because they are stuck in that pre-Reagan mindset. This pays them a lot of money, and distracts the public from internal difficulties. And distracts the public (though not Mr.Proscutor Durham) from what Hillary got up to when Sec of State.<br />So the UK is definitely going down the wrong path on this. But we are in an odd situation in the UK. We have to wean ourselves somehow from Covid hysteria and need something else to think about. Not war though. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937342201811857738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-66430318645776227522022-02-14T10:09:36.749+00:002022-02-14T10:09:36.749+00:00You say ...."The comparison breaks down compl...You say ...."The comparison breaks down completely when they get to ‘for Johnson, see Churchill’, of course" When it comes to Truss it is even more difficult to make a comparison. The Russian Foreign Minister reportedly claimed that it was like trying to engage with an unaided deaf person. Truss is a prize example of the "I'm British so you must listen school of diplomacy". <br /><br />At least the Russian was polite to her probably thinking she would go home to shout at her neighbours or to make dumplings as soon as the meeting was over.dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com