Mick Murray writes: "The past is a different country" ? Not in the case of Ukraine. This is a story from the Guardian, from only 4 years' ago, which reported: “EU auditors warned last month that “grand corruption and state capture” remained widespread in Ukraine.” And went on to describe the scope of the corruption … Continue reading Corruption in Ukraine in 2021
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EU Interference in Ukraine War
Eamon Dyas If Zelensky does go through the pretence of talks with Russia it won’t be in good faith. There will be proposals - as there always have been from Kiev - that everyone knows will not be acceptable to Russia. As far as I see it nobody, including Trump, Russia and the European war … Continue reading EU Interference in Ukraine War
Piers Morgan interviews Jeffrey Sachs 20 March 2024—Transcript
“Can you not find anything negative to say about Putin?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c586OPde_NA Piers Morgan: First of all, your reaction to the election of Vladimir Putin? Jeffrey Sachs. It’s a Russian tradition. He’s a strong leader, the Russians expect a strong leader and we have to deal with a strong leader in Russia. PM The Wall Street Journal recently … Continue reading Piers Morgan interviews Jeffrey Sachs 20 March 2024—Transcript
BBC Newsnight on Ukraine
Mark Urban, interviewed by Kirsty Wark, on Ukraine BBC Newsnight, 27 June 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0018t1f/newsnight-27062022 (29 mins in) Below is a transcript of Mark Urban's remarks on Ukraine on Newsnight (27 June 2022). Urban's message is that the Ukraine is likely to have to sue for peace in the late summer or early autumn unless by then … Continue reading BBC Newsnight on Ukraine
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams France’s Overlooked Left Vote Ukraine: Making Local Democracy Illegal Russia: A Fate Worse Than Putin? NATO: Elites Who Reluctantly Tolerate a Democratic Electorate Britons Vote Themselves Into Poverty Bears and Libertarians – Both Unbearable Covid Failures France’s Overlooked Left Vote Macron picked up another nine million votes: a bare majority of … Continue reading Notes on the News
Letter about Ukraine
Letter on Ukraine to Labour Affairs From Eamon Dyas I don’t think Zelenskiy believes that he is going to be defeated. Of course, given his predicament such defiance of reality is irrational and can only be sustained by a confidence that at some point he can convince US/NATO to get involved. US/NATO could never have … Continue reading Letter about Ukraine
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