Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I think the whole idea of forcing tens of thousands of people to become will be a big hurdle to overcome when so many landlords are selling up and getting out of the Business all together,I said this would happen some minister jumps on the bandwagon and suggests we can easily take in 100,000 refugees from Ukraine in a few weeks ,

Yet we have a massive housing shortage and over 100,000 families waiting 11 + years for social housing ,but no thought has gone into this at all, which isn't fair on the Ukrainians or those already in desperate need for housing here ,we can fill all the hotels and Airbnbs but what will happen to our tourism industry when people can't book a room or Airbnb ,

It's probably a whole different thread

65K holiday homes could likely accommodate 385,000 refugeees. I get that you personally, and a whole bunch of people on the appropriate thread, actively don't want answers or solutions. You all are entitled to your opinions. I'ts a bit OT so I'll leave it for the other thread.

"Defense Minister: France will send additional military aid to Ukraine"

And at the same time they wanted their generals in senior nato command roles

Curious. My instinct is to believe Ukraine, given Germany's recent duplicitous inactions.

Yes you have a country literally fighting for their lives for a future in the European Union.

There could be absolutely no clearer validation of the benefits of EU membership that millions of Ukrainians are putting their lives on the line for such a future.

The cognitive dissonance for brexiteer types must be horrendous at the moment.

+1

The EU is one of the greatest political achievements in modern history. An era of relative prosperity, peace and security in europe. It is serving it's purpose

Acting as they always have? I don’t see any maginot line or breakthrough at sedan or fall of Paris or Vichy France. France and Germany historically acting as they always have was war at least every 30-40 years. The EU has confined all that to the dustbin of History.

You were in here 9 days ago calling the Germans and French "krauts and frogs", so no, I'm not going to try and debate with that standard of shite posting.

Unfortunately, human memory is terribly short, and we quickly forget just how terrible war is when peace and prosperity is all is known. It leads to an awful lot of complacency and nitpicky sh*te talk over things which completely pale into insignificance in comparison to the need to maintain peace. Russia and China would absolutely love the EU and NATO to break up because they are the very institutions checking their imperial ambitions and preventing Germany and France warring with each other. The west needs these institutions to maintain itself more than ever, because the grim authoritarian alternatives look absolutely horrible.