Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Our government in waiting, SF, have been very quiet during all this. The only thing I remember from them was that they tidied up their servers to remove all the pro-Putin stuff under the pretense that it was slowing things down.

I think that it's time that the Irish people take mep elections a lot more seriously in the future, we are giving these clowns a platform to represent us in Europe and the world and yet they express the exact opposite views of the general consensus of the country they represent, it's an absolute failure of democracy that we have to change.

Sadly probably the view of all too many ordinary Russians:-

Ukraine isn't a country, it's just a piece of land, Poland next...

FFS, the ordinary citizens of Russian are rightly brainwashed.

I know, it's Daily Mail, yet...

Didn't they refuse to condemn the Crimea actions a few years ago? Alas, come the election, as long as they promise free everything, their many supporters, including the wonderful, idealistic and politicised youth of the country, will go out and vote for them

Orbán told a news conference that earlier on Wednesday he had invited Putin for peace talks in Hungary, to be held with the Ukrainian and French presidents as well as the German chancellor. He said that Putin’s response was “positive” but that the Russian president said this would have conditions. He's also all for blocking sanctions on Russian gas and oil and called it a red line for Hungary.

In short, I think it's less that Wallace and Daly are pro-Russia, and more that they're trapped in this myopic crusade against the machinations of the EU and western hypocrisy. And in peace time, I'd let that go more readily, but not being able to temporarily drop that when Russia are looking to stop an entire European country from existing shows how far they have their heads up their asses.

If they were knowingly taking Russian money to stump up for Russia, I'd be surprised. Not ruling it out, but would be surprised. I don't think they possess the sophistication and poise to not be easily outed.

Euros can be funny that way. It's not quite the celebrity pageant of the presidential but they don't get a lot of tough questions and recent iterations have been used as a protest against government. How they behave is not new, they've been doing it for a pretty long time. We just don't see it that often anymore!

Wallace is there for the money to sort out his tax issues. He's also 66 so it's a last hurrah and he has that really grumpy old man thing down pat and doesn't give two hoots what anyone thinks of him. She's a good bit younger but hard to see what political future she might have. So if she's done she'll go down fighting, good Trotskyist that she is (Labour's description of her!).

I didn't think the hysteria, hyperbole and paranoia in the COVID threads could be topped. But here we are!

She speaks as if she understands the geopolitics of this situation and her view is the ultimate analysis. I don't think anybody understands this situation, or what to do about it, with the omniclarity with which she has received from God knows where.

Borodyanka looking very grim. Witnesses say people were told at gunpoint they couldn't search rubble for survivors or bodies

And all the simpletons here will still vote for them so we can go economically backwards at the same pace as Russia. Hell we may as well join Putins New USSR once they come to power. No need for anyone to work, we'll just survive on permanent PUP. Utopia for the masses. Annual holidays to Norilsk.

The idea of Putin getting on a plane and meeting dozens of people when he won't even sit at a table with a few air hostesses is laughable. Hes a afraid of his own shadow. Won't be seen outside of Russia or in proximity to anyone for as long as he lives. He'll have to send virtual vlad.

I get the feeling there are a lot of seriously compromised politicians across the EU member states. Wexford's finest and Claire Daly included in that.

And evidently PBP members.

Journalists need to dig hard on this. There is something there.