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I live next to what was a major train export line for Russian grain, 60 wagon ones would rumble through 2 or 3 times a day, now one a week from "Kazakhstan" instead, so even 27% drop seems optimisitic
January 16, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Wouldn't it be better to fix the internal issues of member states not living up to the accession requirements and ideals which in turn would mean a more flexible union?
January 16, 2026 at 6:33 AM
So just imagine how much damage a fully armed and supplied Ukrainian army could do in pushing back the Russian Army rather than being one that is being drip fed support from its western allies.

Taurus missiles might get there this decade if Germany handwrings enough...
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Everything is now National Security, I prefered it when there were some halfwits in charge rather than this bunch of no-wits
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Those 50k democratically governed Greenlanders who have quite happily not been on anyone's radar (even from those Russian and Chinese ships all over it) are in the same league as a socialist dictator and 30m Venezuelans... what a fucking numpty
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Something is off, even with the foreshortening and forced perspective...

And they couldn't sort out his tie sticking out the bottom of the jacket
January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Exactly...
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
What gives him the thought or inclination that he can tell another country how to run their health system?
January 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In this age, you have to be very exact otherwise credibility gets shot and people will discount anything said by that individual
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
7.5% of the population, 1 in 17 people? I think that would be difficult to hide.

Comparison, it took Germany 10+ years to achieve that at an industrial scale
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The more important question is why do our politicians and officials have shame any more?

Oligarchs who have been recorded during bribery who are not charged

Political machinations that are a shrug of our shoulders and forgotten

Leaders of industry who just float between positions
January 11, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Which time would he have reached in?

The passports
The loan via Maxwells
The Maxwell pension review
The Deripaska yacht
The links to Sistema
The Epstein files via the Maxwells
The Trump fluffing
January 11, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Phinp
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Not sure why these guys just don't just surrender when they get eyeballed by drones..
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The clue is in the first city name...
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Or people overseas...
Or those who want to get it done...
Or those not sure where they will be...
Or ...
Or ...

All for getting rid of electronic voting until it is a single unified system like Estonia has (not without issues) but mail in should be a default
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
You can hear him become more and more angry, imagine the spittle flying and the ketchup bottles smashing as he pounds out those last part thinking that he is oh so clever..

And yes, every country I have lived in (quite few now) has had some form of mail in ballot. Some more difficult that others.
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
They did also tax everything so you can't avoid it even if you tried.

I pay taxes on my Greek taxes now.
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Watching the video and you just wonder how violent America is and it is because of the police cosplaying as soldiers?

How many European police will walk into a dangerous situation without pulling a gun... and how many are suspended for drawing their weapons inappropriately?
January 8, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Why does America let their officials cosplay as military?

Why do Americans accept that police have qualified immunity from the law?

Why the fuck does no-one teach these cockwombles de-escalation rather than hours on a firing range?
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM