Craig, as you're posting again is there a chance that you might do me the courtesy of replying to my post of 28th February and also of 2nd March - I am really keen for you to respond, and cite the sources that you keep referring to? Howard, other than encouraging people to think before they demand ...

Probably only the Russians themselves can rid this world of Putin.
Cruel, I accept, but Ukraine should gather the papers from dead Russian soldiers and broadcast the names on radio to Russia. Russian mothers of the dead need to galvanise an uprising.

Russian individuals who condemn Putin and call for his removal to Den Haag in chains should be allowed to continue playing.

How about leasing some UAVs to Ukraine, with our advisers flying them over the 40 mile convoy, then have a Ukranian national fire the missiles?

Membership of NATO is a defensive action. They have proved their actions to be correct. Putin is clearly deranged, so Estonia would have been invaded long ago without their membership.

All Russian citizens need to feel the impact of sanctions to understand what Putin has done to their country.

pg1610 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:48 am

Rugbyref wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:38 am

Aeroflot B777 now 2 hours out from Heathrow.Surely now it should be denied access to UK airspace!

On what grounds should it be denied access to UK airspace ?,

Russian invasion of Ukraine!

Aeroflot B777 now 2 hours out from Heathrow.Surely now it should be denied access to UK airspace!

Time to make the whole of Russia turn against Putin. Start with a ban on all Russian flights and overflights involving as many countries as possible. A total ban on any spares from Boeing and Airbus. A ban on Land Registry accepting purchases of UK property by Russian nationals. Closure of Russian b...

Sounds like Putin has just lit the blue touch paper.

The remainder of the country’s cyclists were on the A25 yesterday, holding up traffic. Hopefully this was a one-off day of sillyness, but I am not holding my breath!

Ian, if you are happy to receive some critique... the first picture works best as it follows the ‘thirds’ regime. Putting the horizon one third or two thirds of the way down the frame is somehow more pleasing to the eye than halfway.

A BBJ converting to freighter?

If you are not proud of being English, don’t insult the rest of us. Just because we are scared witless by the insane actions of your mate Putin does not make us little Englanders. I don’t have a gatepost, and don’t buy the Daily Mail, but don’t let facts get in the way of your ideology!

https://warontherocks.com/2019/11/promises-made-promises-broken-what-yeltsin-was-told-about-nato-in-1993-and-why-it-matters-2/?fbclid=IwAR1k1Ydi_Mf-6AfAdAv9p6d3dffGMGPLCLlUhAi9yMKsLrLD_ZV9EXXlsm8 "While historians, political scientists, and policymakers have focused on the misperceptions created by...

Well worth the effort!

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Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:05 pm

looking through history . Has Russia ever invaded any where ?????
they only seem to defend there-self against the west and invaders.

Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968. Or do Soviet history books ignore those?

The Crimea was not "stolen" by Russia. It was part of Russia until "stolen" by Kruschev, himself a Ukranian, and given to the Ukraine in 1954. It has now been taken back by Russia. There would not be all this current tension were it not for the mischief being fostered in the area by the US and its ...

I would hate to think what NATO and the UK would do, if Russia sent the same number of aircraft around the UK daily, as what NATO and the UK send daily around Kaliningrad (Russia). P. Exactly. That and Crimea. Heck there was a RC135 over E Ukraine today. Utter madness. From where I'm seeing it, NAT...

British humour is alive and well!