Russia - threadbanned users in OP

They certainly do and in some Countries, they're in power. So we should be thankful for small mercies.

Also I feel the biggest mistake of W and D was moving to Brussels. Not only are they less relevant now, but the contempt in which they are held by most Irish people means its much less likely that they can hold on to their seats in the big Euro constituencies in 2024.

Wallace be getting a good bollicking from the citizens of Wexford. Up to Dubliners to nail Daly.

On behalf of Ukraine, and bearing in mind that they are first in the queue, I would love to see every decent country taking the chance to kick Russia when it's down ("she" my arse).

*Not pleasant listening*

Thankfully, they are a resiliant nation and people.

Scaremongering. Many from UA are working here and paying their way, have you a % Rogber?

Great analogy he quoted.

If China invaded America and levelled New York and Seattle and killed 1000s of civilians would anyone be calling for America to negotiate with China?

Yes, it will be very difficult, but manageable. It will become a generator city, and People have lived in bombed out cities before, even in winter. Now can you imagine just what it will be like for the Russian soldiers in Ukraine? Even before they go into action, their own families have to equip them, with whatever they can find in the market, and it just so happens that following the immutable laws of supply and demand, military gear has hit unprecedented high pricing. Now, on the other hand, Ukrainian soldiers have access to state-of-the-art winter gear. Oh, and on the Russian side, back home in Moscow, I think that this coming winter will be exceptionally hard on Muscovites too. Lack of normal services, shortages, etc. You cannot rip the fabric of society apart as Putin has done and expect that it will be business as normal. Bills have to be paid, employed or not, and just like everywhere in the capitalist world, no mon ? no fun. Heating gets turned off....no rent money? Tough. Because the sanctions are working, but Putins wall of silence is covering up the real picture of what life is really like back home in Russia.

Filatov is some bollocks isn't he.

So we're helping people not get maimed by mines and we're contributing to the war effort?

Fuuuuuuck this chump.

Re: Cold Winter

Wood stoves can be made out of oil barrels or scrap metal.

Timber from ruined buildings can be used as fuel.

Gas bottles & Superser type heaters could be supplied.

In a life or death situation, a foil survival blanket will definitely keep a person alive overnight.

Time for use of every type of micro-generation and survival technique, if anyone can do it, it's the Ukrainians.

Is there a russian equivalent of the ESB powercheck website?

I'd March the fcuker out to Sandymount and tell him to start swimming. We've left him peddle is lies and veiled threats too long

I remember a few years ago we had a big storm, knocked out the power for 3 or four days, and there was utter pandemonium, then you had the shortages due to China shutting down from Covid, first and then when the cargo ship got stuck in the Suez Canal. All sudden cut off from normal life. And we were not prepared (well most of us anyway) i remember that toilet paper was one of the most sought-after items...talk about priorities!!! The Ukrainians will not be caught like that. this winter, they've always had backups, long before the war started.

Nice work. 8-)

There is a bit more to this mentality, though. The tradition of imperialism, the ideological remnants of which reach far and wide, and imbue the plebs with a bit of “My own life may be siht but at least I belong to this great nation with a proud and long tradition of subjugating, civilising and benevolently leading lesser peoples”. I actually used to get a subtle enough whiff of a version of that off some people when I lived in England (I’m from the continent, btw, and have no colonial history with the English; just something I noticed as if a slight subtext when chatting with some - and in fairness, not that many). I imagine the French have their own version of that going on. A big difference comes with the fact that lives in the west are generally less siht, less often. Less need for escapism into grandiosity. Russians seem to be imbued with it through and through, they’re reared on it and encouraged to see themselves in relation to the world in that particular light. That no good can come of it would be an understatement.