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Dr Crippen
22 May 14 09:34
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Suddenly this national joke has become a serious liability. What's he trying to do start WW3?

The British government should issue an apology to the Russians immediately.

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By:
Aunty Post
When: 22 May 14 10:04
Sorry Dr....this passed me by.

What has the chump done now?
By:
The Leopard
When: 22 May 14 10:13
I would advise mandatory tests for Radio-active Polonium in his tea from now on.
By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 22 May 14 10:16
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By:
lfc1971
When: 22 May 14 10:20
Try being Russian and calling Putin a national joke, see how that goes.
Charles was merely stating the obvious.
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 10:34
For Aunty Post:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-27513331
By:
Back High Lay Low
When: 22 May 14 10:39
Virgin at 51 despite two marriages.

Fancy that
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 10:40
lfc1971,

What has that got to do with international relations?
I can't see how any good can come out of infuriating the Russians.

''Andreas Whittam Smith, in his Independent column, warns of grave consequences, saying President Putin will be "less willing to reach agreements with the UK about the many matters of common interest that the two countries share".''

That's what can come of merely stating what you call ''the obvious'' at this level
By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 22 May 14 10:45
Chas should issue a statement saying " ok not Hitler - Stalin then."
By:
lfc1971
When: 22 May 14 10:57
Charles is the rightful heir to the Russian throne, the Russian
people would love the return of the British monarch as their
leader. Putin should remember this!
By:
pumphol.
When: 22 May 14 10:58
Sounds like you would be quite happy for the Russians to take over most of Europe as long as we stay out of it & do not upset Putin Crazy
By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 22 May 14 11:02
Chit Chatters looking to emigrate could do worse than consider Russia.
Its Christian
quares are locked up
Muslims are shot or have their towns levelled
Charles & Camilla dont live there
Russian women are dirty looking b1tches
taxes are low
Left wing journalists are assassinated
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 11:26
pumphol,

That's ridiculous do you seriously suggest that the Russians going to make inroads into the EU?

Talk sense man.

Would you be prepared to see another fifty million die in a world war trying to stop them from taking over a minor state, that most of residents are in favour of anyway?
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 11:41
Of course there's always the possibility that  the Foreign Secretary put him up to it.
The Prince is daft enough to fall for than one.
By:
pantsonfire
When: 22 May 14 12:20
I've lived in Russia for almost twenty years now and I'm very happy here. It's not perfect by any means but where is? I can assure you that there is a sizable homosexual community here in my city and they are not locked up. Many muslims also live here and are valuable members of society admittedly most are doing low paid manual work but that's the same everywhere for newly arrived immigrants. To describe Russian women as dirty looking bitches is more than a little offensive. Taxes are indeed low but encourage new businesses to thrive and employ more people. A journalist was indeed assassinated. Putin is still very popular here despite what the western press may tell you. It's my view that if Russians invented a cure for aids and cancer tomorrow the west would condemn it such is there hatred for Russia.
Charles should know better, maybe behavior like this is one of the reasons that the Queen hasn't abdicated.
By:
The Leopard
When: 22 May 14 12:25
^^^ FSB Communication Dept. 35 ?
By:
Foinavon
When: 22 May 14 13:25
Charles should know better, maybe behavior like this is one of the reasons that the Queen hasn't abdicated.

Agreed. Hope she outlives him. H.M. probably hopes so too.
By:
Burton-Brewers
When: 22 May 14 13:57
St Petersburg is supposed to be a great place to live
By:
akabula
When: 22 May 14 14:24
Good on Prince Charles. Who gives a feck about the Russians. The bully boys might run all mover the likes of Ukraine but they wouldn't dare to try and bully the UK.
@pantsonfire the fact that Putin is popular tells you what a cesspit of a country Russia is.
By:
Ampleforth
When: 22 May 14 14:40
I dont really get what is going on in Ukraine..

Am I right in saying that~

1) the pro-Russian, internationally recognized, democratically elected government of Ukraine were overthrown by the pro-Eu minority and the Western governments decided that was all fair and ok (and possibly instigated it)

2)  the pro-Russian people of Crimea decided they didn't want to ruled by the Pro-Eu minority and Putin rolled into to the rescue and the Western Governments cried fowl and then threaten to start World War 3.

I am not fan of Putin, I think he could possibly be a complete fruitcake, but I am not sure why the rest of the world is so outraged at the Russians actions of Ukraine.

can someone enlighten me please...
By:
akabula
When: 22 May 14 15:06
Rolled in to the rescue. LaughLaughLaugh
Yes putting neds in in civvies and arming them and giving them impunity to do what they want. Lots to admire in Putin for those actions. Blush
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 15:11
Who gives a feck about the Russians.

Everybody if they turn the gas off and cause a shortage.
By:
akabula
When: 22 May 14 15:16
Are you saying wee should lie down and rollover DrC
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 15:28
Of course we should keep our noses out.
What's in it for us if we rock the boat over Russia's domestic affairs?
It's none of our business.
By:
Wesdag
When: 22 May 14 15:48
Does anyone take any notice of what this parasite says?

A slow news day yesterday but still.
By:
Ampleforth
When: 22 May 14 16:08
akabula

are you saying that the vast majority of the Crimean do not want to be ruled by Russia? and that they should in fact be ruled by unelected people who have taken over the country, in effect by force? I thought the west was all about promoting Democracy around the world, or does it only apply when it is to our advantage?

I am not looking for to an argument, I genuinely don't get it.
By:
horusisis
When: 22 May 14 16:29
Charles is a pillock, he seems to have forgot that it was members of his family that supported the nazis not Putins.
and the last time i looked, Putin was a democratically elected leader of his country unlike his mother who is a self imposed leader without the consent of the people, much like how the nazis do business
By:
Ampleforth
When: 22 May 14 16:38
its not where your from, its where your at that matters.

either way, Charlie is a pillock...
By:
Wesdag
When: 22 May 14 17:18
Well said horusisis Cool
By:
deadbrain59
When: 22 May 14 19:26
queen victoria s,son was a hun,the royal family's name was changed to prevent embarrassment
By:
morpteh mackem
When: 22 May 14 19:38
got to resign over this his position is untenable.
By:
Foinavon
When: 22 May 14 19:43
You are right Ampleforth. Putin must have been getting nervous about the long term security of his naval bases in the Black sea as a result of the coup and acted in the best interests of Russia. Had he not done so, his own position may have come under scrutiny.
By:
screaming from beneaththewaves
When: 22 May 14 19:58
Posted this on another thread:

The German government is comparing Putin to Hitler, while Farage admires him.

How very revealing. When asked which world politician he most admires, Nigel Farage chooses, of all people, Vladimir Putin. While others might have sought a successor to Winston Churchill or Nelson Mandela, Farage fawns over an autocrat who has made Russia the least free country in Europe – a man who locks up his political opponents and has just invaded his neighbour, annexing part of its territory.
Compare Farage’s remarks to those of Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, on the same subject. On Monday, Schäuble said that Putin’s annexation of Crimea, which the Russian president said was to “protect his Russian ethnic cousins”, was disturbingly similar to Hitler’s annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10737184/Nigel-Farage-is-a-buffoon-for-admiring-Vladimir-Putin.html

Putin is doing to Russia what Hitler did to Germany: stupidly and pointlessly annexing bits of territory that drain his nation's finances, while getting embroiled in wars he can't win.

Crimea has no electricity or water of its own. It relies entirely on the rest of Ukraine for supplies of both. Russia had use of it for its fleet, guaranteed by the international community. Thanks to Putin's stupidity that fleet is left stranded whenever Kiev chooses to turn off the taps. He's left his nation committed to war against a country supported by the rest of the world.

Putin, like Hitler, is an idiot and Farage admires him.
By:
Wesdag
When: 22 May 14 20:10
^ Admires him for sticking up to EU expansionism.
By:
dave1357
When: 22 May 14 20:15
I can just see Crippen in 1938 saying that we should leave Europe to Germany and concentrate on our Empire.
By:
Barry Conway
When: 22 May 14 20:25
Put in will have a problem when ethnic minorities within Russian begin demanding their own referendums just like the ethnic Russians in Ukraine. As for Prince Charles, he's Britain's best dressed man, heating Nigel Farage by a short head.
By:
screaming from beneaththewaves
When: 22 May 14 20:25
Germany relies entirely on Russia for gas. The German government has publicly compared Putin to Hitler. Yet the gas is still flowing, because Putin can't afford to turn it off.

The UK has no reliance whatsoever on Russian gas. But the Tories and UKIP are desperate not to offend Putin, as their backers in the City make so much from organizing the syphoning of money out of Russia by the dwarf and his cronies.
By:
Barry Conway
When: 22 May 14 20:27
Damnned predictive text! Diluting the paramountcy of my massage.
By:
akabula
When: 22 May 14 20:30
@Ampleforth
I'm not disputing the merits of your argument as to why Putin reacted but to the methods employed.
By:
Dr Crippen
When: 22 May 14 23:42
The German government is comparing Putin to Hitler, while Farage admires him.

Farage said that he admires Putin as an operator but not as a man.
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