It’s very rare that international sanctions conferences are held in a city that is likely to be a major target of those sanctions, but that’s how tomorrow’s planned London conference on Russia is expected to go.
British Premier David Cameron says he is more than willing to do serious damage to the London economy as well as Britain’s domestic defense industry so long as it means punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A leaked British document from last week showed the government opposed to sanctions on Russia because of fear that it would unduly harm London, an investment haven for many Russians.
Cameron angrily condemned the upcoming Crimean referendum as “illegal and illegitimate,” and says it is vital to show Britain’s opposition to it, no matter how much damage sanctions and asset seizures do to the London economy.
This man already hurting the already poor English, elderly whom cannot afford to pay for their heating costs, children’s whom their school lunch and other services are cut, poor working man and women whom are getting poorer then yesterday and now he wants to punish Putin. If this is not a stupid policy then it must be Margaret Tatcher, a conservative warmongering women with double standard and no moral whatsoever.
Wooooo!! I bet Putin is shaking in his boots right now.
Once and for all: Russia HAS NOT invaded Crimea. Crimea was Russian for 200 years till it was given to Ukraine by the drunken Ukranian President of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khruchove in 1954. Russia has the right, according to a treaty signed with Ukraine in 1997 that allows it to station 25,000 Russian troops there, including a specified number of tanks, troop carriers and artillery pieces. Russia has NOT sent over any troops to Crimea. ALL those troops now there have been there for years.
International law allows any people the right to have a referendum on their choice of a government they wish to live under. What the citizens of Crimea are doing is TOTALLY legal. Does this mass murdering British ass kisser Cameron stand against the right of people for self determination, and supports the illegal fascists and Neo Nazis who brought down the ligitimate Ukranian government with thugs and mass murderers? Is that what this British poodle stands for and against the legitimate right to self determination?
to be fair the British government has been damaging the British economy for years. bit more can hurt can it?
given that his net worth is over 100 million he can afford to do whatever he wishes.
a perfect example of the spoiled,corrupt public school upper class who despise everyone other than themselves.
Le plus ca change le plus ca reste le meme.
So who is this putz working for? It can't be the British people.
And if he does what he plans, he won't be working for them much longer.
Cameron could do worse than read up on the UWC strike in Northern Ireland in May 1974. It clearly demonstrated that the dictates of the governments of the UK and the Republic of Ireland came a poor second to the power of an armed activist movement supported by the majority of inhabitants of the N.I. statelet. All the UK army's forces could do in that case was dampen down the violence; they were powerless to prevent the decisions of the two governments from being ignored on the streets.
Top down sanctions will do little to deter Putin but will surely further radicalize the factions in Ukraine and increase the probability of all-out civil war.
But maybe that's what the US and UK want. A chance to trot out NATO in another "humanitarian intervention". All the others have gone so swimmingly so why not try again? Right?
Cameron seem to be following in the footsteps of Tony Blair by being Obama’s poodle.
I noticed FOX was running the 'corrupt Oligarchs' line on Russia and as far as I know that's 10-15 years late(?). Possibly just a case of stealing their opponents' rhetoric: 'We' used to refer to the Oligarchs Putin cleaned up, and recently 'we've' referred to Ukraine's Oligarchs. For the current Russia, it's just a soft cover (or psychological, for-the-goyim, justification) for 'punishing' Russian business –surely only 'oligarchs' are harmed just like the 'suspects' before them.
Following in the great traditions of Thatcher and Blair, Cameron is prepared to continue wrecking the UK to further his own ambitions and prejudices.
How can he possibly do worse?
Any Russian money in London that was liable to be seized under any sanctions is almost certainly long gone. Instead this is David posing as a hard man. Perhaps he should leave that to the real hard man, Putin.
BTW, I surprised not to have read any claims that Putin was responsible for the loss of the Malaysian aircraft a few days ago. He gets the blame for so many things, I was sure he would be blamed for that.
Maybe we could blame the Iranians I am surprised Netanyahu hasn't done so.
What a silly looking foof !
Cameron is a typical imperial thug. Do as we say not as we do. How dare another power rise up against the anglo-saxon empire. Hey Cameron, does Iraq mean anything to you? How about Libya? How about your illegal gang bang on Kosovo stealing this territory from Serbia and handing it to the KLA? Crimea has every right to secede from Ukraine. Get over it, loser.
I never knew Clevon Little was a Brit…
Scotland votes to secede this year. He should worry about his own state and leave places alone.
This man is not working for the british people, who is he working for? Someone should ask him. He is a lunatic. Isnt self mutilation considered a disorder in the UK? He liked Kosovo and the dismemberment of Serbia but God forbid somebody taking back what he thought he stole fair and square.
This man is one of those Neo liberal fascist in Europe, to compleat the Neo formed liberal fascism in Europe he should take a group photo with NATO chief Rasmussen, the entire Swedish government and the king if Sweden the German chancellor Angela Markell, the Greece and right wing conservatism in Spain, Portugal and the Brussels EU governing body, then people all over the world would understand whom they are dealing with.