Gaspode Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 15 hours ago, Ram-Alf said: There's some very brave people in Russia's elections 👏 Saw this on the BBC news last night - this woman and another who tried to set fire to the ballot box. Russian authorities apparently described them as 'scum'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 23 minutes ago, Gaspode said: Saw this on the BBC news last night - this woman and another who tried to set fire to the ballot box. Russian authorities apparently described them as 'scum'.... To be fair, if it happened in Britain they would probably be called the same. I would hope however that the ones in Britain would only receive a fine or short jail sentence. I don't think that the Russians will be appearing in public very soon. Unless they're peering over a balcony of course when they somehow slip and fall 13 floors. Ramarena, Tamworthram, Ram-Alf and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 41 minutes ago, Gaspode said: Saw this on the BBC news last night - this woman and another who tried to set fire to the ballot box. Russian authorities apparently described them as 'scum'.... A simple way of protesting will have caused her and most likely her family some big problems 😡 David Graham Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 16 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said: A simple way of protesting will have caused her and most likely her family some big problems 😡 An ineffective way of protesting will have caused her and most likely her family some big problems. ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Well Putin “wins” with 87% of the vote, as expected, up from the 77% he “won” in 2018 Lovely stuff! https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC David Graham Brown and Crewton 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 2 minutes ago, Ramarena said: Well Putin “wins” with 87% of the vote, as expected, up from the 77% he “won” in 2018 Lovely stuff! https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC Seems legit.... Ramarena and David Graham Brown 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 8 hours ago, Ramarena said: Well Putin “wins” with 87% of the vote, as expected, up from the 77% he “won” in 2018 Lovely stuff! https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC Who said war isn't popular! 🙄 David Graham Brown and Ramarena 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 23 minutes ago, Crewton said: Who said war isn't popular! 🙄 Certainly wasn’t thatcher when she sent people to die in the falklands to get the country tub thumping and raise her popularity MaltRam and Ram-Alf 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 11 minutes ago, Archied said: Certainly wasn’t thatcher when she sent people to die in the falklands to get the country tub thumping and raise her popularity That's true Archie, but if that expedition had failed, she'd have been drummed out of office within days. That's the difference. David Graham Brown and Ram-Alf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 9 hours ago, Ramarena said: Well Putin “wins” with 87% of the vote, as expected, up from the 77% he “won” in 2018 Lovely stuff! https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC Rishi Sunak has sent a delegation to Moscow to find out how he can win the General Election this year 👎 Eddie, Alph and Ramarena 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 22 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said: Rishi Sunak has sent a delegation to Moscow to find out how he can win the General Election this year 👎 Apparently they've told him thay can't help as they're too busy helping Starmer to get in..... Eddie, David Graham Brown, Archied and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Gaspode said: Apparently they've told him thay can't help as they're too busy helping Starmer to get in..... Which tactic is best 1. only allow one real option / party 2, have two party set up but infiltrate and fill both with the same views and policies resulting in the same total lack of choice 🤷🏻♂️ Edited March 18 by Archied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 And yet it was still important for Putin to go through with this pretend election, with carefully selected opposition candidates trying their best not to do well or annoy Putin in any way. It's interesting to consider why he even bothers with it, clearly he feels that it serves some purpose. David Graham Brown and Ramarena 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 39 minutes ago, Highgate said: And yet it was still important for Putin to go through with this pretend election, with carefully selected opposition candidates trying their best not to do well or annoy Putin in any way. It's interesting to consider why he even bothers with it, clearly he feels that it serves some purpose. I hope those "carefully selected opposition candidates" refuse all expense paid holidays to any high rise resort hotels 😬 David Graham Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, Ram-Alf said: I hope those "carefully selected opposition candidates" refuse all expense paid holidays to any high rise resort hotels 😬 They’ll be OK. They did exactly what they were told to do - not put any sort of a fight, don’t do any serious campaigning and don’t criticise or challenge Putin in any way. They’ll just be rolled out again next time and in the meantime confirm what a great guy Putin is and how the best man won. David Graham Brown, Ramarena and Highgate 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, Ram-Alf said: I hope those "carefully selected opposition candidates" refuse all expense paid holidays to any high rise resort hotels 😬 Yeah like @Tamworthram says I think the ones that were actually allowed to stand in the election had Putin's permission so they'll be fine. He wants them there, so he can claim it was an actual election, even though we all know it's obviously a nonsense. Any brave soul who actually wanted to be a genuine opposition candidate was simply denied the right to stand in the election (for various spurious reasons), or murdered in a Siberian prison. The sad part is, what does all this mean for Ukraine, is there any real hope of removing the invading Russian army from their land, while Putin remains in power in Russia? And what will happen to them if the orange entity gets re-elected in November? Are they going to have to come to terms with losing part of their country to Russia? David Graham Brown and Ramarena 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Have you got blood on your hands Prime Minister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, Highgate said: Yeah like @Tamworthram says I think the ones that were actually allowed to stand in the election had Putin's permission so they'll be fine. He wants them there, so he can claim it was an actual election, even though we all know it's obviously a nonsense. Any brave soul who actually wanted to be a genuine opposition candidate was simply denied the right to stand in the election (for various spurious reasons), or murdered in a Siberian prison. The sad part is, what does all this mean for Ukraine, is there any real hope of removing the invading Russian army from their land, while Putin remains in power in Russia? And what will happen to them if the orange entity gets re-elected in November? Are they going to have to come to terms with losing part of their country to Russia? See my response to Tamworth 👌 Highgate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 42 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: They’ll be OK. They did exactly what they were told to do - not put any sort of a fight, don’t do any serious campaigning and don’t criticise or challenge Putin in any way. They’ll just be rolled out again next time and in the meantime confirm what a great guy Putin is and how the best man won. It was tongue in cheek 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Seems to me Those ballot boxes are heavy duty shredders! David Graham Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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