ml1dch Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: It could also hurt us and other countries because if you have investments or any money in Russia you can basically say goodbye to that. I mean, given *waves arms around madly* all this, if you decided that Russia is where you still wanted your investments to be this evening, I'd be struggling to sympathise with your* potential losses. *your in the impersonal sense, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 minute ago, ml1dch said: I mean, given *waves arms around madly* all this, if you decided that Russia is where you still wanted your investments to be this evening, I'd be struggling to sympathise with your* potential losses. *your in the impersonal sense, obviously. Totally. If you invested there you knew the risks and you’re probably part of the problem anyway… I’d bet there’s more than a few MPs and high net wealth uk individuals involved though. I bet they also donate heavily to our political parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 minute ago, desensitized43 said: I’d bet there’s more than a few MPs and high net wealth uk individuals involved though. I bet they also donate heavily to our political parties. Nah it's ok Jacob Rees-Mogg pulled all his investments out of Russia a while back after reading the security bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 12 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: It’s what the banks use to transfer money between themselves. It effectively cuts them off from international capital markets. It could in theory collapse their banking system, currency. Basically wreck them as an economy very quickly. It could also hurt us and other countries because if you have investments or any money in Russia you can basically say goodbye to that. This. It would cripple Russian economy and require their state to bail out everything. Problem is it would do lots of damage to us. It would make buying any Russian oil or gas next to impossible and would damage our economies. It won't happen as it'll disproportionately hit different economies. Germany would be most impacted for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Damn, i'm heavily leveraged in vodka, caviar and Lada equities! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 We need to just accept, we lost this round and the West needs to stop all the internal strife and focus the mind on crippling Russian economy and isolating them as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, bickster said: Nah it's ok Jacob Rees-Mogg pulled all his investments out of Russia a while back after reading the security bulletins I just assume that most Tory MPs are on the Kremlin payroll anyway, got the necessary intel weeks ago and moved their assets. Any non-Tory MP gets to learn a valuable life-lesson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2022 Is it just me but Biden seems super happy is his live press right now for what must be a really shit day for most people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidcow Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, CVByrne said: This. It would cripple Russian economy and require their state to bail out everything. Problem is it would do lots of damage to us. It would make buying any Russian oil or gas next to impossible and would damage our economies. It won't happen as it'll disproportionately hit different economies. Germany would be most impacted for example Yes, I read it as they won't ban them from SWIFT until we stop buying their oil and gas as it would be almost impossible to buy oil and gas. They can't afford to stop buying their oil and gas. I had an email from eon today telling me that their price rises in April will see my gas and electricity bill go up by £1,000 per annum. That's £1k I need to find next year with non war problems hitting. How expensive will it get after that if we turn off the Russian tap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: It's at times like this I wonder if all the he/him, them/they pronoun stuff is what we should have been focussing on as a society. Surely, surely I am missing some clever satirical point? I am aren’t I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Is it just me but Biden seems super happy is his live press right now for what must be a really shit day for most people? He sounds like an old man struggling to read an autocue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Is it just me but Biden seems super happy is his live press right now for what must be a really shit day for most people? I think he was laughing at the pathetic attempts by some of the journalists trying to stoke the flames and put words in his mouth tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said: Is it just me but Biden seems super happy is his live press right now for what must be a really shit day for most people? If you're going to go into politics with an aim to go to the top this is the kind of thing you're going to relish. It's the big events that punctuate your career. A history book moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2022 I assume Putin will now be considered a War Criminal? Will there be a trial (in his absence) at The Hague? He's started an illegal war resulting in probably thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Watching Biden struggle to read autocue was a hard watch , interesting when he’s in free form answering questions he looks much more assured …. Until it descended into journalists shouting over the top of each other pretty much confirmed that most world leaders have been acting in sync in their responses , but Ukraine aren’t getting article 4 treatment anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Never really appreciated how big Ukraine actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, hippo said: But wouldn't that upset a whole different applecart. ? - Move away from oil a lot of countries loose a revenue supply. Fair enough, let’s stay beholden to murderous Arab regimes and Russia. Oh, hang on, what would be the plan for global warming? What would be the plan for when the oil does finally run out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Better dust off our air defense systems.......................Just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, MCU said: Weak 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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