Of what has the undeniably unlovely Roman Abramovich been convicted? As the war in Ukraine heads towards its only ever possible conclusion, with no role for preening European dowagers, Keir Starmer is lashing out. Would he be doing this if Abramovich owned Arsenal? I wish that that question were a joke. But not with Starmer, it isn't. Oh, well, I do not agree with Unexplained Wealth Orders without a conviction, but they are the law, so where are they against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman? When are those two going to be arrested?
Employers' National Insurance contributions have been hiked to pay for the Ukraine War, leading to 5.1 per cent unemployment, with a rate of 16 per cent among the youth who would be expected to fight. Hear the talk of conscription. "They have no jobs, anyway"? Could it be that cynical? What do you think? When Rishi Sunak suggested conscription during last year's General Election campaign, then it was laughed out so forcefully that he ended up claiming only ever to have meant weekend litter-picking or some such. He still lost. Yet here we are.
Here we are. NATO's land border with Russia has been more than doubled by the accession of Finland, which did not drop the swastika from the insignia of its Air Force until 2020, nor from a number of its Air Force flags until this August, meaning that NATO forces had been flying flags with the swastika on them. Sweden has sacrificed its worldwide reputation in aid work and in conflict resolution, which depended on its neutrality. And the other great light of armed neutrality, in Switzerland, is also going to be extinguished while the EU sanctioned the great Colonel Jacques Baud. The war in Ukraine is about to end, but they are not going to let the war end in Ukraine.
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