[arista]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

She could do something, the question is whether she's up to it.
I mean freezing assets etc

I think it was a mistake not to do more after Litvinienko. Putin felt he could get away with it so he carried on.

That was a New Labour feck Up.

Putin will be Elected again on Sunday
no one can stop him.
Blair got on well with Putin (as shown in the recent BBC2HD Docu on Putin)

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by arista

That was a New Labour feck Up.

Putin will be Elected again on Sunday
no one can stop him.
Blair got on well with Putin (as shown in the recent BBC2HD Docu on Putin)

Well, of course he will be elected.
UK's (Con and Lab, and the West in general) attitude to Russia is not consistent and Putin takes advantage.

[jet]

Corbyn has proved he is not fit to be a PM, his forte is always going to be that of a mud slinging backbencher. Thank goodness other Labour members realised the significance of what had happened and showed their disgust at his pathetic opportunistic point scoring speech.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...t-opportunism/

The Prime Minister had just solemnly updated the Commons about attempted murder on British soil by, in all likelihood, a foreign enemy. But, far from setting aside party differences in the name of unity, the Leader of the Opposition was seizing the opportunity to score points against his political opponents. Indeed, to judge from his manner, he sounded more worked up about his political opponents than he did about the attempted murder.
The disbelieving silence was soon replaced by disbelieving anger……..

......“It would put our national security at risk,” said John Woodcock (Lab, Barrow & Furness), through gritted teeth, “if [Britain] were led by anyone who did not understand the gravity of the threat which Russia poses to the nation.” This earned him a roar of indignant approval.

“There are circumstances in which we take party-political differences of opinion,” sniffed Chris Leslie (Lab, Nottingham East). “But when our country is under attack, that is just not appropriate.” Another angry cheer.

“Does the PM agree,” asked Phil Wilson (Lab, Sedgefield), “that there is no place for honourable members to appear on Russia Today? It is a propaganda mouthpiece for the Russian state.” This prompted a full-throated “hear, hear”. Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn sat with his chin on his hand, silently smouldering.