Crisis vs convention
Seen as climbdown
Losing Crimea would be an enormous blow to the Russians. One they might feel constituted an attack on their territory.
Much more support among the elderly.
“The West was reliant on Russian oil”
Crowd chanted “fascist.”
It’s for the electorate to choose who their MEPs are. Not Fine Gael Senators.
From an economic perspective some of the most interesting things to have happened since the onset of the Ukraine crisis are the least reported. On February 28 the NATO Alliance froze (stole) $300Bn of Dollar denominated assets of the Russian Federation. This was a bad move for the NATO partners. Russia now, and others in […]
A People Before Profit TD has called on the government to use emergency powers to forcibly seize private property to house Ukrainian refugees. The comments were made yesterday in the Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett TD during a discussion on the rapidly depleting housing options for Ireland’s Ukrainian arrivals. Richard Boyd Barrett calls on the […]
Meanwhile, in the real world …..
Going Nuclear?
“The government isn’t thinking this through.”