Prince Charles.

Sorry Dr....this passed me by.

What has the chump done now?

I would advise mandatory tests for Radio-active Polonium in his tea from now on.

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Try being Russian and calling Putin a national joke, see how that goes.
Charles was merely stating the obvious.

For Aunty Post:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-27513331

Virgin at 51 despite two marriages.

Fancy that

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

Chas should issue a statement saying " ok not Hitler - Stalin then."

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!

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

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

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?

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.

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.

^^^ FSB Communication Dept. 35 ?

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.

St Petersburg is supposed to be a great place to live

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.

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...

Rolled in to the rescue.
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.

Who gives a feck about the Russians.

Everybody if they turn the gas off and cause a shortage.

Are you saying wee should lie down and rollover DrC

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.

Does anyone take any notice of what this parasite says?

A slow news day yesterday but still.

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.

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

its not where your from, its where your at that matters.

either way, Charlie is a pillock...

Well said horusisis

queen victoria s,son was a hun,the royal family's name was changed to prevent embarrassment

got to resign over this his position is untenable.

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.

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.

^ Admires him for sticking up to EU expansionism.

I can just see Crippen in 1938 saying that we should leave Europe to Germany and concentrate on our Empire.

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.

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.

Damnned predictive text! Diluting the paramountcy of my massage.

@Ampleforth
I'm not disputing the merits of your argument as to why Putin reacted but to the methods employed.

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.

I can just see Crippen in 1938 saying that we should leave Europe to Germany and concentrate on our Empire.

Then you'd be wrong again wouldn't you dave?

If Putin ever catches up with Charles he will get his ass ripped big time

Dr Crippen 22 May 14 23:42 Joined: 16 Apr 02 | Topic/replies: 14,980 | Blogger: Dr Crippen's blog
[i]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.[/i]

Makes sense, considering what a hopeless operator Putin is.

So far his operations have annexed South Ossetia from Georgia, which costs Moscow $1 billion/year in subsidies ($28,000/resident), with a similar amount spent on Abkhazia and Transnistria. There's no improvements to the lives of these "pro-Russian separatists", as nearly all of it disappears into the accounts of local officials.

The population of Crimea is 40 times that of S Ossetia, and as part of Ukraine was already struggling with an annual budget deficit of $1 billion, and that was before Putin's promises on pensions etc. Never mind the fact that Crimea relies on Ukraine for its water and electricity.

Putin is a clown of an operator. Farage is too thick to know or understand this, but that doesn't concern the City men who fund UKIP. Their only concern is that Putin's circle is able to continue to use London's expertise in financial laundering without interference from Brussels.

Dr Crippen
22 May 14 15:11   
Who gives a feck about the Russians.
Everybody if they turn the gas off and cause a shortage.

Everybody minus 1.
No gas supply here.

Screamingfrombenesththewaves



'.......Putin is a clown of an operator. Farage is too thick to know or understand this, but that doesn't concern the City men who fund UKIP. Their only concern is that Putin's circle is able to continue to use London's expertise in financial laundering without interference from Brussels.......'


Well said. Absolutely summed up in a nutshell.

So the FCO doesn't apologise to the Russians, no world war 3, Crippen wrong aga

dave1357, what good can come from the future king of England insulting the Russians?

We've got a foreign office to do that for us.

I bet the Prince would keep his mouth shut if his comments had any adverse effect on trading for his precious Duchy of Cornwall.
He wouldn't be so keen to stir the sh!te then.