Can’t wait for Sunak to come and say to Ukrainians that they should hold their nerve.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Moscow threatened to close Infosys Russia. Joys of having a compromised PM.
If they’re basically illegal and highly discouraged… why do you still have them to give away?
Can elected officials stop flying to another country just to hold a talk that could be done over the phone. I get that press photos are gold dust for these people but do we need the pointless journey by jet?
I hope he maintains vocal opposition to this, although I don’t have much faith in him.
Cluster bombs happen to be banned in over 120 countries, including our own, due to the risk they pose, not to soldiers, but to civilians – particularly children, who account for about 1/3 of all cluster bomb casualties. They’re indiscriminate, incredibly dangerous, and utterly indefensible. Hence why 99% of the world’s stockpile has been destroyed since 2008.
The fact that the US is encouraging their use reflects even poorer on them, but is pretty typical of their reckless foreign policy.
None of these changes the fact that we should continue to support the legitimate defence of Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression, which is something we can very much continue to do without such unpredictable weaponry.
I’m willing to bet no UK politician gives a shit whether cluster bombs are used or not and are merely paying lip service to it. Biden is going to arrive and Sunak will be like “ahhhhhhh son, dropped you right in the shit there fam, soz but you gave me a rare chance to not look a cunt”
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Can’t wait for Sunak to come and say to Ukrainians that they should hold their nerve.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Moscow threatened to close Infosys Russia. Joys of having a compromised PM.
If they’re basically illegal and highly discouraged… why do you still have them to give away?
Can elected officials stop flying to another country just to hold a talk that could be done over the phone. I get that press photos are gold dust for these people but do we need the pointless journey by jet?
I hope he maintains vocal opposition to this, although I don’t have much faith in him.
Cluster bombs happen to be banned in over 120 countries, including our own, due to the risk they pose, not to soldiers, but to civilians – particularly children, who account for about 1/3 of all cluster bomb casualties. They’re indiscriminate, incredibly dangerous, and utterly indefensible. Hence why 99% of the world’s stockpile has been destroyed since 2008.
The fact that the US is encouraging their use reflects even poorer on them, but is pretty typical of their reckless foreign policy.
None of these changes the fact that we should continue to support the legitimate defence of Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression, which is something we can very much continue to do without such unpredictable weaponry.
I’m willing to bet no UK politician gives a shit whether cluster bombs are used or not and are merely paying lip service to it. Biden is going to arrive and Sunak will be like “ahhhhhhh son, dropped you right in the shit there fam, soz but you gave me a rare chance to not look a cunt”