…because they have the Tory’s in their pockets? Duh?
I would think they are slow because it’s a bad idea to bite the hand that feeds.
We can freeze accounts and assets overnight. Any delay longer than this is a purposeful tactic to enable Russian money to leave the country.
The answer cannot be certain but maybe it can be they are in bed with the evil.
Because they’re all in the governments pockets, balls deep
I imagine that Russians are able to put pressure on the government with blackmail threats. We are pretty sure that Brexit was partially financially backed by Russians, we know for a fact that some of the Conservative campaigning has been backed by Russian money. We know for a fact that a report into foreign interference was specifically told not to investigate Russia.
All points to much deeper involvement that we don’t know about. And it would be a shame if the British media got their hands on such information.
Typical sneering Guardianista rubbish.
Everyone knows that Boris stole a lead on everyone else by sanctioning eight Russian oligarchs who hadn’t given money to Conservative MPs.
Take that, Brussels!
It’s because they need to ask the oligarchs if its alright first… and they have pictures of them all having drug fuelled hooker parties funded by tax payers…
Will not make any difference . some on here were around in the cold war . Putin know the west is weak with left soft society . you created this with your PC ..do you think stop the war shit makes any difference No . the same people who called trump who he had no messing .
Because sainburys has vegetable pizza and i like pizza.
No idea. I’m sure there’s nothing to see here, let’s all stop talking about it.
Isn’t one of the Royal family pregnant right now?
Yes i too want a government that can freeze assets with extra judicial unscrutinised powers
Stop writing shit articles like this. Start writing articles two separate topics. One about jury nullification and another about polling results of things people think acceptable to do to the property of Russian oligarchs.
The UK media is so fucking uncritical of the government it makes me sick
Too entrenched in their money for too long. Want to make a show of not being entrenched in their money. They care more about the unwritten rules of enabling this sort of thing than not being corrupt.
>Robert Barrington, professor of anti-corruption practice at the University of Sussex, says there are two possible explanations. “One is that the government have not accorded it the priority, because of Brexit and so on. The other is that it has been blocked, because of interests.”
>Over the six years since the plan was first mooted, he says he has increasingly come around to the second of these. “I don’t know whether it’s the Treasury, the City, oligarchs making donations to political parties; but there is a block in the system.”
Imagine you had a friend that gave you a lot of money when they were flush with cash.
All your other friends are telling you that they are into some real shady shit and you shouldn’t talk to them anymore.
Basically the tories right now.
Because the tory party members have oligarch cock deep in all their holes….
Because Russian money has been entrenched in to the UK economy and systems for the last 30 years.
You cannot just cut off that supplly immediately and expect to be unscathed. It could tank our economy.
It needs to be done slowly and steadily, whilst new avenues to replace the Russian money are found.
Because they want them back when everything settles down
What happened in Russia stayed in Russia. Until now. Blackmail is a powerful tool to those in compromised positions which is probably every Tory who took a bung.
Because Putin’s oligarchs have been funding the Tory party.
Because the UK government is corrupt. Its that simple.
And they have their eyes on the spoils of war. Keep that war machine ticking over.
I was thinking this morning that what it appears the Tories really want is for the EU to kick them out or make their lives difficult, while over here they know that they won’t be treated as badly.
You may notice the oligarchs mysteriously, but “non suspiciously” dying over the next 3 months..,. No need for sanctions when we’re assassinating them. This is a message to Putin. He’s a dead man walking…
This must be that agility in foreign policy we were told about with Brexit. Means we can do fuck all.
We will prosecute these actions to help our fellow Europians…in 30 days. Famously the Spanish Inquisition gave notice, but for f**ks sake…..
Because they are being funded by Russian oligarchs.
Enough with the tribal shit. We have rule of law in the UK and it is often used to frustrate government action and often to the applause of those who oppose the government. Those same people want the government to act instantly and outside the law when it is something they agree with.
Sometimes, just sometimes, the booo evil tories rubbish should be given a rest even by the obsessives. The UK government has been at the forefront of opposing Russia with money, weapons and influence.
The system is rotten. They know half the cash banked in England is not clean. Never forget politicians don’t rule our world. They just do the bidding of the Murdoch’s and other billionaires.
It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. The Tories are not going to want to see the money go forever, so acting late is a bit of ‘Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.’ to give Russians time to leave, knowing they will be welcomed back in a few years with arms wide open.
Because their billionaire paymasters brought out the leash and collar again
Maybe because it’s generally a bad idea. I mean people have invested their money and then randomly one day the Govt decides to seize up your money. There is no justification for that especially for private citizens. The hysteria is out of control. These dictatorial measures have no place in a democracy. Get a court order that the assets are procured as a result of a crime. How is asset seizure a valid thing in a 21st century democracy is beyond me.
We’re actually quite a sleepy country. Things generally don’t change quickly. It requires a lot of momentum.
British officials said they were working on a “hit list” of oligarchs who could face an asset freeze and travel ban, but are concerned that if in any case they fail to prove beyond doubt that the individual is closely linked to the Kremlin then the target will be able to get the sanctions overturned.
One said: “We [build] our cases according to our legal system… We have a hit list… You need to build these cases in a way that is legally robust. Unlike Russia we are a country with the rule of law.”
Do you want sanctions that will stick and achieve something, or just quickly dismissed sanctions that will do nothing but provide good optics?
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…because they have the Tory’s in their pockets? Duh?
I would think they are slow because it’s a bad idea to bite the hand that feeds.
We can freeze accounts and assets overnight. Any delay longer than this is a purposeful tactic to enable Russian money to leave the country.
The answer cannot be certain but maybe it can be they are in bed with the evil.
Because they’re all in the governments pockets, balls deep
I imagine that Russians are able to put pressure on the government with blackmail threats. We are pretty sure that Brexit was partially financially backed by Russians, we know for a fact that some of the Conservative campaigning has been backed by Russian money. We know for a fact that a report into foreign interference was specifically told not to investigate Russia.
All points to much deeper involvement that we don’t know about. And it would be a shame if the British media got their hands on such information.
Typical sneering Guardianista rubbish.
Everyone knows that Boris stole a lead on everyone else by sanctioning eight Russian oligarchs who hadn’t given money to Conservative MPs.
Take that, Brussels!
It’s because they need to ask the oligarchs if its alright first… and they have pictures of them all having drug fuelled hooker parties funded by tax payers…
Will not make any difference . some on here were around in the cold war . Putin know the west is weak with left soft society . you created this with your PC ..do you think stop the war shit makes any difference No . the same people who called trump who he had no messing .
Because sainburys has vegetable pizza and i like pizza.
No idea. I’m sure there’s nothing to see here, let’s all stop talking about it.
Isn’t one of the Royal family pregnant right now?
Yes i too want a government that can freeze assets with extra judicial unscrutinised powers
Stop writing shit articles like this. Start writing articles two separate topics. One about jury nullification and another about polling results of things people think acceptable to do to the property of Russian oligarchs.
The UK media is so fucking uncritical of the government it makes me sick
Too entrenched in their money for too long. Want to make a show of not being entrenched in their money. They care more about the unwritten rules of enabling this sort of thing than not being corrupt.
[Boris Johnson promises UK property register to expose kleptocrat money](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/28/boris-johnson-promises-uk-property-register-to-expose-kleptocrat-money)
>Robert Barrington, professor of anti-corruption practice at the University of Sussex, says there are two possible explanations. “One is that the government have not accorded it the priority, because of Brexit and so on. The other is that it has been blocked, because of interests.”
>Over the six years since the plan was first mooted, he says he has increasingly come around to the second of these. “I don’t know whether it’s the Treasury, the City, oligarchs making donations to political parties; but there is a block in the system.”
Imagine you had a friend that gave you a lot of money when they were flush with cash.
All your other friends are telling you that they are into some real shady shit and you shouldn’t talk to them anymore.
Basically the tories right now.
Because the tory party members have oligarch cock deep in all their holes….
Because Russian money has been entrenched in to the UK economy and systems for the last 30 years.
You cannot just cut off that supplly immediately and expect to be unscathed. It could tank our economy.
It needs to be done slowly and steadily, whilst new avenues to replace the Russian money are found.
Because they want them back when everything settles down
What happened in Russia stayed in Russia. Until now. Blackmail is a powerful tool to those in compromised positions which is probably every Tory who took a bung.
Because Putin’s oligarchs have been funding the Tory party.
Because the UK government is corrupt. Its that simple.
And they have their eyes on the spoils of war. Keep that war machine ticking over.
I was thinking this morning that what it appears the Tories really want is for the EU to kick them out or make their lives difficult, while over here they know that they won’t be treated as badly.
You may notice the oligarchs mysteriously, but “non suspiciously” dying over the next 3 months..,. No need for sanctions when we’re assassinating them. This is a message to Putin. He’s a dead man walking…
This must be that agility in foreign policy we were told about with Brexit. Means we can do fuck all.
[Very eye-opening](https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1499752553810214916?s=20&t=JrB_IzaUpJ5kpCg0E7mtwg)
We will prosecute these actions to help our fellow Europians…in 30 days. Famously the Spanish Inquisition gave notice, but for f**ks sake…..
Because they are being funded by Russian oligarchs.
Enough with the tribal shit. We have rule of law in the UK and it is often used to frustrate government action and often to the applause of those who oppose the government. Those same people want the government to act instantly and outside the law when it is something they agree with.
Sometimes, just sometimes, the booo evil tories rubbish should be given a rest even by the obsessives. The UK government has been at the forefront of opposing Russia with money, weapons and influence.
The system is rotten. They know half the cash banked in England is not clean. Never forget politicians don’t rule our world. They just do the bidding of the Murdoch’s and other billionaires.
It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. The Tories are not going to want to see the money go forever, so acting late is a bit of ‘Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.’ to give Russians time to leave, knowing they will be welcomed back in a few years with arms wide open.
Because their billionaire paymasters brought out the leash and collar again
Maybe because it’s generally a bad idea. I mean people have invested their money and then randomly one day the Govt decides to seize up your money. There is no justification for that especially for private citizens. The hysteria is out of control. These dictatorial measures have no place in a democracy. Get a court order that the assets are procured as a result of a crime. How is asset seizure a valid thing in a 21st century democracy is beyond me.
We’re actually quite a sleepy country. Things generally don’t change quickly. It requires a lot of momentum.
British officials said they were working on a “hit list” of oligarchs who could face an asset freeze and travel ban, but are concerned that if in any case they fail to prove beyond doubt that the individual is closely linked to the Kremlin then the target will be able to get the sanctions overturned.
One said: “We [build] our cases according to our legal system… We have a hit list… You need to build these cases in a way that is legally robust. Unlike Russia we are a country with the rule of law.”
Do you want sanctions that will stick and achieve something, or just quickly dismissed sanctions that will do nothing but provide good optics?