Half this sub think Putin has nothing to do with the cost of living crisis.
Why do people call putin a nazi but nearly all ukraine army I’ve seen have nazi symbolism on their uniforms? Pretty obvious who the nazis are.
Agreed but I still blame our disasterous government for why we’re struggling more with the cost of living than other nations
He didn’t just suddenly become a war mongering dictator – in the few decades that the western leaders have been having their private jet fuelled holidays for their important G8 summits and similar did none of them notice and think it might be a priority to avoid this? Should we expect our leaders to have any ability to accomplish anything useful or look towards any future event other than their own re-election?
A lot on the “left” are stuck in the mentality that all wars are imperialist capitalist wars, Lenin even made a speech on this, it was tacitcal propaganda and not strategic doctrine. The tactical nature and propaganda was clear when the USSR went imperialist in eastern europe (if siding with the Nazis wasn’t enough).
The hard left are so blinded with their hatred for the West and Capitalism, that like the USSR they are willing to side with outright fascists to get one over on the capitalist, like Stalin, they will probably realise their mistake in supporting a literal nazi state.
The real issue is systemic long term failure on issues like energy independance (privatisation a big cause of this) – anything we do now will be a plaster, we gave Putin an open goal on this one, he is just exploiting it.
There is no threat. Putin has been clear about their motivations in Ukraine.
There is absolutely no way that intervention in this war is in the interests of the British working class.
The energy crisis is destroying our standards of living and puts the whole economy at risk if businesses can’t cover energy costs and remain competitive. Care homes will close, the elderly and vulnerable will die, rising interest rates combined with unemployment will undo years of progress for young workers starting out their careers.
And for what? So that the Donbass and Crimea remain in Ukraine? What has that got to do with us?
We should peace out and be neutral. Keep a stable supply of energy and invest massively in nuclear power, nuclear fusion research and renewables (and science and technology in general – start by making it free to study!).
Is it a stretch to ask these people to do do their jobs and multitask (effectively)?
What threat? Oh no! Scary Putin might… not let an instrument of aggressive western foreign policy expand to his doorstep. Somebody help me please! I’m scared
There is no threat. There’s just the elite trying to funnel our tax money to the military industrial complex and justify profiteering from the energy companies
Most MPs claim their energy bills on expenses so obviously it doesn’t cause them any pain at all, apart from the fact that a lot of tories are million/billionaires or have very generous ‘friends’.
Outweighs the pain for whom?
People facing debt, defaulting on their mortgages, evictions, ill health because they can’t afford energy bills?
Classic right wing news media trying to distract from the issues facing the poor and real working class people like we should all suck it up with war time spirit.
What hasn’t been made clear, although Boris has hinted at it, is that we are at war with Russia.
It’s not a full blown, boots on the ground war, but it’s war nonetheless.
Cyber war, economic war, trade war, proxy war.
The public are suffering the consequences but just think it’s business as usual and they are not part of the conflict. This is not the case and the quicker this is made clear the better.
The new Tory Bogeyman…. they’ll milk this for all its worth and then some…
Children starving in Liverpool?
Blame Putin (or Labour).
PS. Not saying anything about Putin good or bad but the Tory propensity to blame others for their own blatant mismanagement.
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Half this sub think Putin has nothing to do with the cost of living crisis.
Why do people call putin a nazi but nearly all ukraine army I’ve seen have nazi symbolism on their uniforms? Pretty obvious who the nazis are.
Agreed but I still blame our disasterous government for why we’re struggling more with the cost of living than other nations
He didn’t just suddenly become a war mongering dictator – in the few decades that the western leaders have been having their private jet fuelled holidays for their important G8 summits and similar did none of them notice and think it might be a priority to avoid this? Should we expect our leaders to have any ability to accomplish anything useful or look towards any future event other than their own re-election?
A lot on the “left” are stuck in the mentality that all wars are imperialist capitalist wars, Lenin even made a speech on this, it was tacitcal propaganda and not strategic doctrine. The tactical nature and propaganda was clear when the USSR went imperialist in eastern europe (if siding with the Nazis wasn’t enough).
The hard left are so blinded with their hatred for the West and Capitalism, that like the USSR they are willing to side with outright fascists to get one over on the capitalist, like Stalin, they will probably realise their mistake in supporting a literal nazi state.
The real issue is systemic long term failure on issues like energy independance (privatisation a big cause of this) – anything we do now will be a plaster, we gave Putin an open goal on this one, he is just exploiting it.
There is no threat. Putin has been clear about their motivations in Ukraine.
There is absolutely no way that intervention in this war is in the interests of the British working class.
The energy crisis is destroying our standards of living and puts the whole economy at risk if businesses can’t cover energy costs and remain competitive. Care homes will close, the elderly and vulnerable will die, rising interest rates combined with unemployment will undo years of progress for young workers starting out their careers.
And for what? So that the Donbass and Crimea remain in Ukraine? What has that got to do with us?
We should peace out and be neutral. Keep a stable supply of energy and invest massively in nuclear power, nuclear fusion research and renewables (and science and technology in general – start by making it free to study!).
Is it a stretch to ask these people to do do their jobs and multitask (effectively)?
What threat? Oh no! Scary Putin might… not let an instrument of aggressive western foreign policy expand to his doorstep. Somebody help me please! I’m scared
There is no threat. There’s just the elite trying to funnel our tax money to the military industrial complex and justify profiteering from the energy companies
Most MPs claim their energy bills on expenses so obviously it doesn’t cause them any pain at all, apart from the fact that a lot of tories are million/billionaires or have very generous ‘friends’.
Outweighs the pain for whom?
People facing debt, defaulting on their mortgages, evictions, ill health because they can’t afford energy bills?
Classic right wing news media trying to distract from the issues facing the poor and real working class people like we should all suck it up with war time spirit.
What hasn’t been made clear, although Boris has hinted at it, is that we are at war with Russia.
It’s not a full blown, boots on the ground war, but it’s war nonetheless.
Cyber war, economic war, trade war, proxy war.
The public are suffering the consequences but just think it’s business as usual and they are not part of the conflict. This is not the case and the quicker this is made clear the better.
The new Tory Bogeyman…. they’ll milk this for all its worth and then some…
Children starving in Liverpool?
Blame Putin (or Labour).
PS. Not saying anything about Putin good or bad but the Tory propensity to blame others for their own blatant mismanagement.
I don’t see why we have to spend so much