Russia blames Liz Truss for nuclear ‘special alert’

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  1. “We consider such statements absolutely unacceptable. I will not name the authors of these statements, although it was the British foreign secretary.”

    I lol’ed

  2. I swear if we all die because Liz Fucking Truss just had to march over there and badly LARP and cosplay as Thatcher for a few photos…

  3. Liz Truss is a useful idiot, but this is utterly laughable if only because who the fuck would take anything she says seriously?

  4. If the Tories cause the end of civilization then I am just sitting here truly astounded that they managed to do that.

  5. > “We consider such statements absolutely unacceptable. I will not name the authors of these statements, although it was the British foreign secretary.”

    LMFAO. “I won’t tell you who it was but it was Bob”.

    How do these clowns expect to be taken seriously?

  6. One can only remember the impact on British-Iranian relations from an offhand comment Johnson made. Offhand comments from amateurs who got a job they were unqualified for can have large impacts they didn’t expect.

    Everyone here is stating that this is posturing, and indeed there may be some of that here. But this is Liz Truss. Lavrov said after they met that it was like talking to a brick wall. Within the past few days she decided to say volunteers going to Ukraine was okay without discussing it with other key decision makers in government. I wouldn’t immediately rule out her saying something dumb.

    – Russia using this as an excuse to posture and just blaming it on the weakest foreign minister in NATO? Possible. The Russians and the Chinese have gone on the record as not respecting her, so she’s a weak target they can plausibly blame.
    – Liz Truss saying something without thinking and causing the Russians to respond to mitigate the risk and take her comments seriously? Also very possible.

  7. Not a fan of Truss but nothing she said warrants gearing up the nuclear weapons. Just propaganda from a Government that is currently dropping cluster bombs in Ukraine, fuck him.

  8. When you’re so fucking hopeless that you can’t do anything and still accidently trigger a nuclear war…

  9. Holy shit I actually laughed out loud at this…

    They can’t actually be serious, all the people who are giving Putin a hard time and he blames “Liz fucking truss”

    Can we roll out Gavin Williamson so he can tell Russia”to shut up and go away”.

  10. …to be honest Liz Truss’s baffling babbling makes me go nuclear too.

    I guess if Russia’s going to spread propaganda and lies the Tories are an easy target as they regularly make an arse of themselves on the world stage.

  11. Of all the excuses they could have used, they picked the woman that couldn’t read a wikipedia article before taking a plane. Really grasping at straws to play the victim here

  12. Sorry, I have only one thing to say. AAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I knew Liz Truss was unpleasant, but I didn’t realize it was worth destroying the planet over

  13. Somewhat unusually in this case I am forced to state that the Tory actually did nothing wrong. Russia is clearly casting aspersions.

  14. Look, she’s a viciously stupid ignoramus who should be in the dictionary under the heading *Peter Principle*, however the only person responsible for nuclear tensions is Putin – he has made this situation from the ground up.

  15. “A certain agitator, for privacy sake, lets call her ‘Liz T’…No that’s too obvious…uuh. Let’s say ‘L. Truss’.”

  16. “We consider such statements absolutely unacceptable. I will not name the authors of these statements, although it was the British foreign secretary.” – this has huge ‘it’s……………..Rebekah Vardy’s account’ energy

  17. I’m no fan of Truss but she can’t take the blame here, Putin and his mouthpieces are using standard playground bully tactics. “Look what you made me do”.

    It’s wonderful to see the strength of response so far, we must stand up to bullies.

  18. I could forgive the murdering of foreign nationals.

    I could forgive the violent suppression of protestors.

    I could forgive the invasion and annexation of several peaceful neighbours.

    But making me agree with Liz Truss? That’s where I draw the line.

  19. When I first read this my immediate reaction was how stupid does Putin think the British people are that they would blame their own MP (no matter how much of a twat she is) instead of the person threatening Nuclear Armageddon…

    Nothing, even if she told Putin to eat shit and die would justify the threatening nuclear war.

  20. This is what Russia has always been good at – sowing divison.

    Sad to see so many on here falling for it.

    Do you really think they give a fuck what Liz Truss has to say, let alone raise their nuclear threat level because of it.

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