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Ian Fraser's avatar

Thanks, Mike, reasons for cautious hope. Putin and a rogue Russia have been a significant factor in changing European geopolitics with regard to NATO and EU. Trump, and an isolationist America, are factors too. Trump brags about settling the Ukraine-Russia war, achieving a peace deal, quickly. I am wondering what the effects will be if, as I suspect, he fails, and this time next year we’re wondering how it’s going to end. What will the effects be on the UK, in particular. The UK needs to be tightly integrated into European security architecture, and the economics and supply chains, that are fundamental to that architecture. Will this be the deciding factor when it comes to our, the UK’s, European future? I keep thinking about Johnson’s defence review, and how colossally mistaken he was on that. And much else. Utter moron.

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Stephen Townsley's avatar

Obviously this means a Daily Express headline about the EU collapsing shortly.

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