Richard Bridge

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 8, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The malign right can't be allowed to destroy the BBC Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest

Panorama made mistakes but this ‘scandal’ is the work of populists trying to control the airwaves. They won’t rest

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Trump: "For 1,000 years, communism has not worked"

Yes: but the best way to achieve our climate goals is not to stop a method of hydrcarbon production, but to slow consumption. Otherwise it is simply blaming someone else for our own faults. The Minister knows that (I hope).

She gets it right all the time, Princess Anne...

This queue reminds me of Moscow, 1989...

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I think this is a very good question Stephen. I ascribe it in part to the lower intellectual and managerial abilities of MPs. (Or perhaps, born 1959, I just wrongly remember politicians in the late 1960s and 1970s as being of higher calibre). The rise of PR as a technique is also connected.

How do you pronounce Biemlfdlkk? The brands lost in translation As they race to go global, many Chinese companies are choosing new names

Some Chinese brands choose foreign-sounding names to give themselves some international flair at home. But this can be less helpful when they eventually enter markets overseas

Yes. Look at France.

He is an idiot but many gullible people are taken in because they have heard of him.

Musk calling to the “reasonable centre”.

Bleakly funny that Elon Musk‘s brain worms mean he is still invoking the idea of a “reasonable centre”. The reasonable centre who believe that inter-ethnic violence in the UK is inevitable, aye right.

The Met know how to do this. They are largely invisible unless demonstrators choose to use violence against, er, whatever. Also: by all means besmirch yourselves, but not our flags.

I tend to think that the invasion will stop only when Putin is not in power any more. For whatever reason...

How about "working class"sociopaths? What do they do? And what did art student Lennon know about the "working class"?

So it was for THIS that the UK Finance Minister was corrupted!

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Well-meaning, but futile. Putin does not need or want peace talks: he is the invader. He can create peace today by withdrawing.

I will sign the petition. Leave the Embroidery (Broderie) - not a tapestry - where it is. It is already damaged. There is a copy at Reading. This is not like moving a single Old Master oil painting. France and UK get on quite well without this. Look at the French paintings in the National Gallery.

Just to say that nothing will come of the meeting. Trump is not a serious politician - he is a showman and cheat - and let us hear about any agreement once it is made, not before. The US is not at war with Russia and therefore cannot reach an agreement with it.

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I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

on verra... I suspect so...

Est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un la qui deteste ces deux freres? Just asking...

If the President drops his balls then perhaps the Prime Minister can rush to bend down to pick them up for him

There is an even better way to move on. We can not Rejoin now (the EU could not accept a bid from the UK in its current state); but the PM could properly take a lead by saying that Rejoin is a strategic goal.

Thank you Anton: clear sighted, as ever. But I do fear that however strong the system might be then someone at the top can break it - Trump, Erdogan, Putin, Johnson, Orban &c &c. I conclude that all we can do is wait until Trump has gone. That in turn means being resilient (and no kow-towing)...

Agreed. We are all living beyond our means, as we slow, and it is impossible for polticians to say so. That opens the door to populists, who have an easy answer; and it encourages people to say "tax the rich: they can pay!". Several failures of policy and behaviour coincide.

Wythenshawe was rocking in 1968...

Just to keep us up to date on the damage that the President of Russia is doing to the population of Russia and their economy.

The main impact of Trump’s four long phone calls with Putin appears to have been to encourage Putin to bomb Ukraine more and maintain maximum demands.