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Monro
1 year ago

https://global.espreso.tv/world-about-ukraine-china-welcomes-trumps-intentions-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-believes-it-can-be-achieved-through-negotiations Peace en marche. “We are pleased to see that all parties are playing a constructive role and creating conditions for de-escalation and political resolution of the Ukrainian crisis”  Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Russia is ready for negotiations regarding Ukraine,” said Putin. I wonder why? ‘To illustrate the severity of the situation, one only needs to look at Trump’s first term, where his energy policies contributed to a historic drop in global oil prices. In April 2020, the price of Russian Urals crude fell to below $14 a barrel for the first time since the 1990s, a level that was critically below production costs. This resulted in Russia being forced to shut down many of its oil wells, leaving only those that were too old and worn out to be closed.’ a 2019 survey by Rosnedra found that 33% of Russia’s oil fields were already unprofitable. With current conditions worsening, the situation could be even graver today. In addition to these challenges, Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure have already caused an 18% reduction in Russia’s oil export capacity. If these attacks continue with the same intensity, Russia’s oil refining sector could experience… Read more »

Monro
1 year ago
Reply to  Monro

Meanwhile, on Putin’s home front, parsnips remain unbuttered…….

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1883206235287077096?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

and not just due to the shortage of butter……..

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1883137023592038604?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Any fule kno what can happen next……..in Russia……….

For a fist full of roubles
Reply to  Monro

“I wonder why?”
You have clearly missed the fact that the Russians have always been willing to negotiate, however the other party has legislated to prevent his side from negotiating with Putin. It has always taken two to tango.
As far as I am aware that legislation still stands

Monro
1 year ago
Reply to  Monro

‘We are not demanding that Ukraine surrender. We are demanding that Zelenskyy gives the order . . . to stop resisting.”

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, May 1, 2022.

CGW
CGW
1 year ago
Reply to  Monro

Firstly, Trump has frozen all foreign aid for 90 days. Secondly, he has reportedly fired all the US Military officers and their staff, as well as the civilian contractors that were at the Pentagon managing the flow of Ukraine aid and weaponry.

Assuming all this is true, it will be interesting to see how long Ukraine can continue fighting.

As far as Russia’s economy is concerned, Russia’s “Total revenue in December reached more than 4 trillion rubles ($40 billion), up by 28% compared with the same month of the previous year, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Finance Ministry data published late Tuesday. That’s the highest level recorded in ministry data that starts from January 2011”, as reported by Bloomberg/Simplicius.

Furthermore, “The volume of non-oil and gas revenues in 2024 significantly exceeded estimates in the 2025-2027 budget law, including from the largest tax sources” and Russia is enjoying “robust economic growth”.

Under such conditions, one can assume any shortage of butter will soon be overcome.

soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago

What to expect from ‘once in a generation’ Storm Éowyn warns the BBC

but then: Éowyn strongest storm in 10 years, says Met Office

I’m pretty sure that a generation that short is not legal.

For a fist full of roubles
Reply to  soundofreason

Interesting that they had to go to Ireland not UK to get their figures.
My guess is that it was even stronger out in the Atlantic; they have missed a trick with that,

huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  soundofreason

😀😀😀

godknowsimgood
godknowsimgood
1 year ago

‘US President Donald Trump has said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has done a “very good job thus far” and that the pair have a “very good relationship”.’

‘”I get along with him well. I like him a lot,” Trump said of Sir Keir.

“He’s liberal, which is a bit different from me, but I think he’s a very good person and I think he’s done a very good job thus far. 

“He’s represented his country in terms of philosophy.
“I may not agree with his philosophy, but I have a very good relationship with him.”‘

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjvyyn7k99o

godknowsimgood
godknowsimgood
1 year ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

A lot of people on Twitter/X are claiming the BBC are lying about this. A lot of people are stupid. They think the BBC would blatantly lie. It’s like Trump Derangement Syndrome, they suffer from BBC Derangement Syndrome. The BBC lie, but their lying is much more subtle. Often they lie by omission. They don’t make up fake quotes. In many ways, up to a point, BBC reporting is trustworthy and can be relied upon to be accurate more often than most other news sources. Anthony Zurcher is a very fair BBC reporter.

Freddy Boy
1 year ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

Trump could be being ironic in a diplomatic way !

For a fist full of roubles
Reply to  godknowsimgood

Where are all those people who say that Trump always talks rubbish?

transmissionofflame
1 year ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

I strongly doubt that Trump has much time for Starmer, but as Trump is not the buffoon that he is often regarded as, he is being diplomatic.

He’s using “liberal” in the US sense of the word, which equates more or less to “illiberal” in practice.

godknowsimgood
godknowsimgood
1 year ago

From 2015 onwards when I watched CNN, I was convinced that Trump was stupid, but the reality is quite the opposite. Another lie was that Trump has no sense of humour. I find him hilarious and very entertaining now.

transmissionofflame
1 year ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

I find it astonishing that supposedly intelligent people can’t get past his somewhat eccentric facade.

Tylney
Tylney
1 year ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

From Nigel’s viewpoint, I’m sure that he agrees with President Trump’s (ironic) endorsement! A really great job, indeed,

soundofreason
soundofreason
1 year ago

‘Ed Miliband sees himself as Greta Thunberg!’

It’s 2025. You can be anything you want to be Edina.

Dinger64
1 year ago

“Boomers are 33 times as wealthy as Gen Z – and they’re getting richer”

That’s because we worked bloody hard for everything we have and invested more wisely than current generations and we didn’t blame everyone and everything else for the bad times, we just got on with work and life, maybe Gen z should give it a try?

klf
klf
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

Spot on.

stewart
1 year ago
Reply to  klf

Not spot on. It’s patronising and stupid. There is nothing spot on about suggesting that people who are starting out in life are not as wealthy as people who have done a lifetime of work because they’re lazy.

stewart
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

This is just thoughtless provocative news.

ONVIOUSLY, on the whole people who are at the end of their long working life are going to have much more wealth than those who are just starting out.

Let’s see your average GenZer has worked for two or three years at most. The average boomer has worked for 40 years maybe? And you get to accumulate most of your wealth in the second half of your life, when you’ve become more senior and earn more.

Saying people entering retirement are far more wealthy than people starting their working lives is basically an observation of a logical, natural thing.

Tonka Rigger
1 year ago
Reply to  Dinger64

It’s also a product of the fact that we have very little domestic industry – gone are the days when a graduate or an apprentice could work their way up through a company and eventually end up as a department head or senior engineer, for example, and benefit from a final-salary pension. It’s a result of greed, outsourcing, lunatic industrial policy, etc.

blunt instrument
blunt instrument
1 year ago
Reply to  Tonka Rigger

It was always a pyramid. Not many could ever do that.

Dinger64
1 year ago

“Households face £3 billion bill to switch off turbines during high winds”

Which just goes to prove investors don’t give a rats ass wether they save the planet or not… Cha-Ching! 💷 💷💷💷

Tonka Rigger
1 year ago

On minorities being given exam concessions to boost their results: How could minorities accept this with any self-awareness or good conscience and hold their heads up at graduation? The elephant in the room will be that everyone knows they were given a leg up, thus diminishing their achievements.

Will this have the opposite effect to that desired, in that employers will know this too, and be more reluctant to hire people who may not have the depth of knowledge and competency demonstrated by those who passed “fair and square”?

This could easily work against their prospects, and all so that certain universities can trumpet their “inclusiveness and diversity” – at the cost of their reputations.

blunt instrument
blunt instrument
1 year ago
Reply to  Tonka Rigger

Except that they will be forced to hire these people who haven’t had to work for their gains, so that the calibre of their workforce will go down. And everything circles closer to the plug-hole.

ElaineH
ElaineH
1 year ago

The Sceptic is an oasis in a sea of madness. Thanks Lord Toby Young.
Most people I speak to are still brainwashed or just in their own private bubble and out of touch with the real world decline. Can’t wait for Farage to be PM to make a dream team with Trump.