🇧🇪🏴‍☠️Out of fear of the Russians: The Belgian Ministry of Defense sent 149,000 letters to 17-year-old Belgians calling them to join the army, – Minister of Defense
▪️According to European experts, the idea of a “voluntary draft” is the first step towards Belgium returning to universal conscription.
▪️The idea of a “voluntary draft” was voiced by Defense Minister Theo Francken in the spring, aiming to compensate for a serious shortage in the army.
▪️At the end of October, he also expressed his fears about Russia and the Russians:
➖”People who claim that we should not fear the Russians are gravely mistaken. This is a geopolitical superpower with a strong army and enormous fighting spirit. They won in Chechnya, they dominated the war in Syria for ten years, and they are active in Africa on many fronts. In Europe, there is not even a central command. Except for a few Eurocorps units in Strasbourg, we have nothing that can be immediately thrown into battle,” he emphasized.

thats right eurotards, start living in fear by the consequences of your own actions.

Posted by: J | Nov 9 2025 14:16 utc | 4

@1 putin critique 
 
You know it’s hilarious,  I was pondering a post even started typing it to get post 1, about how the Ukrainian counter offensive to pokrosvk is enabling Ukrainian troops to escape encirclement, at least partially.  Many troops are dying when walking out. But I was like meh B doesn’t need more shit, and it’s still an ongoing operation so why not wait a while.
 
But then you do a full propaganda post.  In hindsight a more prosaic military analysis would have been more appropriate. 

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Nov 9 2025 14:28 utc | 6

@1 putin critique 
 
What’s even funnier is that you were like OMG I’m post one I should type even faster to male sure I’m number one. You got 3 propoganda points in a stream of consciousness.  I love it, it’s so whats the word I’m looking for?  Crazy thats it.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Nov 9 2025 14:35 utc | 8

Accurate analysis.

Posted by: canuk | Nov 9 2025 14:44 utc | 10

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Nov 9 2025 14:28 utc | 7
 
Agreed 100%.

Posted by: canuk | Nov 9 2025 14:46 utc | 12

Pokrovsk will soon be gone for Ukraine (and soon Myrnograd, with potentially thousands captured, many joining RUAF), the fall of Gulyapole will soon follow as it is being cut off, AFU is unable to defend Lyman, and the flood gates to eastern Kharkov region opening up with fall of Vovchansk and Kupyansk. 
The implications of these events:

-Flood gate toward Pavlograd are open from the south (Gulyapole) and from the east (Pokrovsk)
-Zaporozhye will be bypassed and its single Dniepr bridge destroyed, it ends up isolated against the river during move toward Pavlograd
-Slavyansk is left with a single life line from Kharkov, which will soon be reliably cut off at single points or even wider fronts
-As Slavyansk is cut off from Kharkov, Konstantinovka automatically ends up cut off from Kharkov, and it could even be cut off more tactically from Slavyansk/Kramatorsk
-Fall of Kupyansk, and Vovchansk, and losing NE corner of Kharkov region, will create a front facing Kharkov-Slavyansk road
-Simultaneous advances toward Pavlograd mean Dnepropetrovsk will soon be cut off from every part of Ukraine east of it, i.e. Dnepropetrovsk becomes a near-front line city
-Potential simultaneous destruction of Dnieper bridges seals the deal and entire eastern Ukraine to the Dnieper collapses
-Kharkov left in three-pronged encirclement

At that point what happens politically is anyone’s guess. Most likely there won’t be any sort of announced treaty, the front action will simply wither away adjudicated by extreme imbalances of forces.
So Russian Gulyapole (Zaporozhye) and Pokrovsk front will converge toward Pavlograd, which will become the focal point of majority of available firepower. It will soon succumb, after Dnepropetrovsk becomes the front line city. The front will shorten considerably, albeit possibly river will crossed from Kherson, where preparatory work for liberation is already ongoing (albeit it is a tertiary objective for now), and Nikolaev could be final one to be taken.
So this is where events are heading, Nato will panic at some point not too far in the future.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 9 2025 14:52 utc | 14

Posted by: Recently updated | Nov 9 2025 14:51 utc | 14

Well, yes, the front lines are in the east. Power off in eastern and central Ukraine mean most, what happens in the west is (currently) relatively irrelevant for front activities. Currently most if not all logistics and infrastructural support for Nato/AFU are off in areas where it matters.
 
Western Ukraine can be dealt heavy blows later when ground objectives are secure. It’s very likely western Ukraine is connected to Polish electricity, which is hard to cut off. That is, it is it’s own electricity ‘island’ from rest of Ukraine.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 9 2025 15:03 utc | 16

The pro-NATO/”ukrainian” troll posts are so sad and pathetic. Not really worth responding to, any longer. The world knows who is winning and who is losing. The world also knows who is right and who is wrong. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Nov 9 2025 15:11 utc | 18

A process over time that includes action-reaction will include changes in the valuations of strategies. A strategy that had previously considered out of bounds becomes more rational. Even if is just as unlikely to succeed.
Not to minimize the great tragedy going on but this is something like whan a coach in a football match whose team is losing near the end tells the players to start pressing up the field more. At first this strategy looks really smart and some of the fans cry out ‘You should have done this from the beginning!‘ During such phase changes many partisans watching in the stands get surges of confidence.  They post on webboards they did before. Typically instead of doing actual analysis, they talk trash.

Posted by: JustSomeOldGuy | Nov 9 2025 15:15 utc | 20

File this under:  A little too ironic…And yeah, I really do think
 

Kyiv is unable to receive weapons purchased from the US due to the ongoing shutdown.
 
Washington is forced to suspend arms exports due to the ongoing shutdown. The US simply has no one to handle the shipment of weapons to NATO countries for subsequent transfer to Kyiv….According to Axios, the US government shutdown has forced it to halt $5 billion in arms shipments. The shutdown has halted arms transfers to US allies, including Denmark, Croatia, and Poland, among others. It’s possible that some of these weapons were intended for Ukraine, as the final recipient isn’t always specified. Among the weapons not shipped are missiles, MLRS installations and much more.
https://en.topwar.ru/273430-kiev-ne-mozhet-poluchit-zakuplennoe-v-ssha-oruzhie-iz-za-prodolzhajuschegosja-shatdauna.html

Posted by: S Brennan | Nov 9 2025 15:30 utc | 22

re: the Telegraph article on the open thread, imagine being in Ukraine, much less a soldier or amputee, reading that prior to 2022, Europe’s largest army had ZERO field manuals or other material instructing personnel in basic battlefield medical care. 
 
it wasn’t because prior to the Nazi takeover of Ukraine, the military was using Russian, more or less universally? nope. the savages don’t know they need wound care when they’ve lost a limb until instructed by some “ngo/civil society” piece of shit who confesses that “ngo/civil society” has been unaffected by the war. (except for the money being made off of it. from Britain, in this person’s case.)
 
when the firing squads from the war crimes trials rightfully start up, put Bono and these ngo motherfuckers 2nd in line. in the case of Capt Rom Stevens, he’s also “ex”-military and should be shot on basic principle. (no, i don’t believe in the death penalty, not arising from a court of law. Send Stevens to Gaza to clean up the DU and for the purgation of his soul let him die a miserable horrible painful lingering death. Let the punishment fit the crime as some Limey said once.)

Posted by: duck n cover | Nov 9 2025 15:45 utc | 24

Saw a clip of recruiters hunting and busifying young men in Lviv. So now they have to tap into the reservoirs of the more extremist West Ukrainian populations. Are they running out of the bilinguals and the ethnic Russians from the centre and the east, the populations they wanted to send into the meat grinder first? 

Posted by: Teraspol | Nov 9 2025 15:49 utc | 26

Ben Hodges said ‘if Russia wins they will integrate Ukrainians into their army and attack Europe’.
So that’s why Nato wants to kill off all Ukrainians.
https://x.com/SlavFreeSpirit/status/1987453353190654063

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 9 2025 16:03 utc | 28

Posted by: Teraspol | Nov 9 2025 15:49 utc | 26
 
Good point-now that they are ‘press ganging’ the Ukrainian Western Nazis the probability of a ‘revolt’ against The Green T-Shirt and co. becomes much higher.

Posted by: canuk | Nov 9 2025 16:08 utc | 30

Posted by: S Brennan | Nov 9 2025 15:30 utc | 23
 
Thanks for the info.

Posted by: canuk | Nov 9 2025 16:10 utc | 32

Both Simplicius and John Helmer have interesting analyses of the latest phase of the electric war:
 
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/largest-ever-russian-ballistic-attack
 
https://johnhelmer.net/the-electric-war-gathers-momentum-explainer/
 

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Nov 9 2025 17:07 utc | 34

reading simplicius just now, it looks grim for ukraine… this quote stood out – 
 
“imo the purpose of the energy grid strikes isn’t to take out the grid, but to 1) create problems, tension and lots of busywork for the ukrainian rear, 2) bring the grid to the edge, to a point where a single strike package targeting 750 kVs and NPPs could take it out for real, 3) as a consequence of 2), be ready to escalate at a moment’s notice once a “third party” comes into play. i think people severely underestimate how much russian planning goes into preparing for the eventual open NATO/EU entry into the war. it’s also a demonstration for the latter to disincentivize that. “look at how much stuff in europe we could be blowing up every single night and there’s nothing you could do against it, so stay the fuck out”

Posted by: james | Nov 9 2025 17:12 utc | 36

James 36,
 
I read that earlier today.  Sounds to me like Russia is still negotiating…with itself.  The other thing that bugged me in that report, if true, is that Russia still cares what the media mockingbirds of the western world reports vis-à-vis Russia’s conduct in this war.  I mean WTF.  I’m not a big fan of whataboutism but, it’s hard to not bring up Gaza in that context.

Posted by: S Brennan | Nov 9 2025 17:23 utc | 38

Looks like the Western Press has not found a favorable angle to spin the devastating attacks their Ukrainian proteges are suffering.
 
Taken together with the higher than usual presence of strangers in the bar, quite interesting. Ukraine just not in prime media eyeball locations today. 

Posted by: frithguild | Nov 9 2025 17:35 utc | 40

Taken together with the higher than usual presence of strangers in the bar, quite interesting. Ukraine just not in prime media eyeball locations today. 
Posted by: frithguild | Nov 9 2025 17:35 utc | 40
 
Exactly, news on Ukraine disappeared from the merdias this last week. I wonder why…?!
 
Strangers?! I guess you mean nazi supporters and trolls.
 

Posted by: Naive | Nov 9 2025 18:18 utc | 42

From Colonel Cassad on Telegram:
 
Almost surrounded. In the direction of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, the enemy’s situation has become even worse: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are practically physically surrounded.
 
– In Pokrovsk, after several attempts at counterattacks and a PR sign of a “yellow-black” rag on the city hall building, because of which a group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was defeated, the RF Armed Forces went on the attack.
 
Now the fighting is already noted on the northernmost outskirts of the city, and the suburb of Dinas is already under the control of the Russian army. The fighting has already approached Rivne.
 
– Such a rapid advance cut off the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the supply corridor through the Rodinsky area, as the isthmus has practically come to naught.
 
Moreover, our attack aircraft were able to break through in the area of Krasny Liman and enter the northern outskirts of Myrnohrad, and now the garrison in Myrnohrad is blocked.
 
– The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to attack with drones, but some Ukrainian units have already begun to surrender after seeing where the situation in the agglomeration is heading.
 
To the north, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to put pressure on Rodinskoye and in the Sukhetsky area, but their advance stopped in the same place as before. “But our fighters intensified the onslaught and were able to gain a foothold in the strongholds east of Belitsky. The enemy today attempted a counteroffensive on the settlement of Dorlzhne as part of an infantry group supported by a tank.
 
The counterattack was successfully repulsed, the enemy retreated and suffered losses in manpower. There is also an active offensive on Shakhovo, bypassing the main defensive positions and cutting off supply and evacuation routes.@rusich_army

12:04

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Nov 9 2025 18:22 utc | 44

US weapons supplies to nato allies for Ukraine have been stopped due to the yankee shutdown…
 
LOL!

Posted by: Naive | Nov 9 2025 18:28 utc | 46

@Putin critique 1
You are so right and this character flaw in Putin has been since 2014.
What I wrote years ago –
“Putin is expert in turning almost won war into a quagmire in the last minute.He is prone to fall to flattery.See his declaring “mission accomplished ” in Feb 2016 at the point Assad army had almost won .See his backing off in Feb 2015 when pro russian fighters had surrounded the British mercenaries in yauansk.Putin will betray Russia again especially through his traitor FM lavrov and his spokesman B.Pesko.”
And 
” As long as Putin will act cowardly and never attack English inside or outside England as a main priority, the Russians will be killed and never will get rest from British plots .”
And  ”
4th June, 2007.President putin is wrong when he says that russia should or will target the missile on europe if america goes with anti missile defence plan in Europe.Russia must target (rather than should) the nuclear missiles with multiple war heads against all the cities, towns and big villages( including military instalations) of england because this cold war -like the one before- is being started by england for the benefit of english race only-.it is race war between the english parasite race versus the rest of the world-the sooner the rest of the world realizes that better it is for the world.look how germany was vilified soon after fall of soviet union-look how russia is being vilified immediately after Putin made russia strong.look how american has been instigated ted for perpetual war by the british bastards. British spy naill faergussan and huntingtosn go to usa and preach hatred and racial inflammatory speech telling americans that the time for religious and civilizational war has come-why do these english bastards not fight their war by thier own means rather than on shoulders of american arms?these same biriths bastrds talking of religious(Christian and muslim ) war propagandised hispanics, Irish , Germans , french as not in american Christian groups. they also do not think those white europeans to be their kind wich deserves to be in america-such is the evil propaganda of British spies inside america. .poland is nothing but a proxy for the british bastards.It is no use targeting poland -target the main villain which is england and the english race which must be annihilated from the face of the world.

Posted by: sam | Nov 9 2025 18:32 utc | 48

Russia must target (rather than should) the nuclear missiles with multiple war heads against all ( including military instalations) of england because this cold war -like the  one before- is being started by england for the benefit of english race only-.it is race war between the english parasite race versus the rest of the world-the sooner the rest of the world realizes that better it is for the world.
 
look how germany wes villified soon after fall of soviet union-look how russia is being vilified immediately  after Putin made russia strong.
 
  
 
-such is the evil propaganda of british  spies inside america.  .
 
poland is nothing but a proxy for the british bastards.
 
It is no use targeting  Poland -target the main villain which
is England. 

Posted by: sam | Nov 9 2025 18:38 utc | 50

@ anti Putin 1
only England needs to be taken out/sorted out because it is England only which plots all major war like recently Ukraine war. Iraq war. gulf war, Syrian war , Libyan war etc

Posted by: sam | Nov 9 2025 18:42 utc | 52

james@36……interesting, Russia still hasn’t subdued little old Ukraine, yet some think Russia and some magic fire crackers are going to scare the Brexit countries, NATO and the US into submission………perhaps, they still have a little over 97 years to do it………
 
Cheers M 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Nov 9 2025 18:49 utc | 54

Russia still cares what the media mockingbirds of the western world reports vis-à-vis Russia’s conduct in this war.  I mean WTF.  
Posted by: S Brennan | Nov 9 2025 17:23 utc | 38

It appears that way, but that is an illusion.  The decision makers of the RF are well aware that the western state media will publish all sorts of outrageous lies to misinform their domestic populations and accept that.  The caution on the RF escalation ladder relates not to concern about BS headlines for the proles, but to concerns about how cocaine addicted degenerate western leaders might respond to sudden changes in facts on the ground.
To quote Lord Robert Baden-Powell (who was himself quoting a west African proverb) “Softly, softly, catchee monkey” 

Posted by: Drifter | Nov 9 2025 18:54 utc | 56

Alexander Mercouris: ‘Cities Go Dark’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMercouris/videos
 
“Russian strike shuts down Ukraine; Zelensky/Army chiefs publicly row: Pokrovsk.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Nov 9 2025 19:08 utc | 58

It is no use targeting poland -target the main villain which is england and the english race which must be annihilated from the face of the world.
 
Posted by: sam | Nov 9 2025 18:32 utc | 48

———–
LOL… As the offspring of parents born in the UK, I wasn’t aware that the English were a race. After all, the English population of the former empire, one that lasted for 2 centuries or so, were the result of numerous invasions from the continent. Dad claimed a good chunk of our genes are Norwegian.
 
Most observers know that the “common folk” in any country have little to no influence on the political and business class that runs foreign policy. That is true for Perfidious Albion more than most.
 
In any case, have at your fantasy. I’ll provide my address if it will help.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Nov 9 2025 19:18 utc | 60

GD: Ian Proud: ‘Legalising the Theft of Russian Assets’
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trejWgtTJco
 
“Ian Proud discusses the EU’s efforts to legalise the theft of Russia’s sovereign assets.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Nov 9 2025 19:26 utc | 62

GD: Ian Proud: ‘Legalising the Theft of Russian Assets’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trejWgtTJco“Ian Proud discusses the EU’s efforts to legalise the theft of Russia’s sovereign assets.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Nov 9 2025 19:26 utc | 62
 
That’s pretty much off the table, too much resistance and legal problems. But instead, the idea is to pay for everything with debt. Future generations in the EU will then have to pay.

Posted by: smartfox | Nov 9 2025 19:35 utc | 64

@ Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Nov 9 2025 19:24 utc | 61
 
thanks for saying that.. i certainly appreciate all your posts! 

Posted by: james | Nov 9 2025 19:49 utc | 66

james@59…….I share your optimism, not like we have much choice…….it’s cold here….never bothered me before but age has me looking over the fence, after three trips to Courtney, if it weren’t for the kids and the new Gbaby me and the missus would be living up island. 
…….the abundance of food there to forage was mind blowing, in the old country black berries are a fav, imagine my delighted surprise to find hundreds of miles of black berry hedge rows growing all over Vancouver Island, and lots of food being offered for free or cheaper than big city…….looking forward to next year and fishing for salmon around Campbell River. 
 
Cheers M 
 
Side note: I really am old. Driving around the Island, Comox, Cumberland Campbell River, Nanaimo…….I said to my wife, “have you noticed some shops have Open signs in the shape of little mushrooms, wonder what that’s about,” duh! Little mushroom shops everywhere………..yes, those mushrooms.  Micro dosing for those with PTSD and a host of anxiety disorders is a very interesting field……… thankfully you islanders are ahead of the curve.
 
 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Nov 9 2025 20:03 utc | 68

Fool Me Twice@67……..how many proxy armies and in how many countries, does Portugal control? You do see a difference? How many international sabotage teams and agent Provocateurs does Portugal have on the payroll? You do see the difference? How many …….okay I’ll stop, apples and oranges. Portugal has no hereditary claim to Russia…….England does, it’s a Royal Family thing, inbreeding is ugly. There is a huge difference when it comes to settling Royal  family squabbles all the while armed with nuclear weapons……and really, broke, poor, in the shit house, it does not matter, that is the difference.
 
Cheers M 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Nov 9 2025 20:11 utc | 70

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Nov 9 2025 19:24 utc | 61
 
Well done post.
 
Do you think that illegal immigration is a factor in UK’s demise-if so how substantial?

Posted by: canuk | Nov 9 2025 20:20 utc | 72

@ Saint Jimmy | Nov 9 2025 20:18 utc | 71
@ canuk | Nov 9 2025 20:20 utc | 72
 
I’ve re-posted in the Week In Review thread as it really is getting too far away from this thread; see you there?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Nov 9 2025 20:26 utc | 74

Goebbels’ legacy lives on.
Posted by: S | Nov 9 2025 19:36 utc | 65

 
Yep, numerous examples here today. The situation of the ukronazis must be really, really bad. Those Goebbels’ pupils are coming in mass every time the situation is worsening for them.

Posted by: Naive | Nov 9 2025 20:34 utc | 76

Those Goebbels’ pupils are coming in mass every time the situation is worsening for them.
Posted by: Naive | Nov 9 2025 20:34 utc | 76
 
This shows that they weren’t really gone before, just quieter, less propaganda, more cautious in their behavior, and therefore easier to overlook.

Posted by: smartfox | Nov 9 2025 20:38 utc | 78

Illegal immigration?! Like the one by the Europeans in America or in Africa or in Asia or in Australia and New Zeland?!
Naive | Nov 9 2025 20:37 utc | 77
 
It depends on what you mean: settlement in relation to the indigenous population, or immigration into a unified state structure already established there. The term “immigration” isn’t usually used for colonies, only for “finished” societies, like Europe, America, etc., and I think that’s what we’re talking about here.

Posted by: smartfox | Nov 9 2025 20:48 utc | 80

Ah, Göbbels, the Godfather of Modern Marketing…He is everywhere…✌🙄

Posted by: Nobody | Nov 9 2025 20:51 utc | 82

“We (UK) are a declining nation, no threat to anyone, let alone Russia or China. Don’t be fooled by the bloviating gasbags masquerading as political leaders, we’ve got nothing left to threaten anyone with, our army isn’t even big enough to fill Wembley stadium. ”Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Nov 9 2025 19:24 utc | 61
 
—–I agree.  That said, I have a question.  How much power do the London Banker’s wield…worldwide?
I’ve often wondered if London Bankers are the puppet masters of EU and the leaders of Germany and France. 

Posted by: Fredrick | Nov 9 2025 21:01 utc | 84

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Nov 9 2025 18:22 utc | 44

The events around Rodynske, Belitsky and Shakhove are probably even more important than the events inside Pokrovsk and Myrnograd (where more and more troops are surrendering now).
 
It seems AFU offensive in Rodynske and Belitsky have hit a wall, so the hope of ‘opening’ the blockade (which wasn’t that high to begin with) is lower now than before.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 9 2025 21:02 utc | 86

Russia hit the 750kV transformer west of Kiev. It is one of the few 750kV transformers connecting Kiev to the energy grid connected to the rest of the three nuclear power plants in Ukraine.
 
If Ukroenergo is unable to restore full power to Kiev within a few days, it is a key signal that the transformer station was completely destroyed.
https://www.amerikanets.com/p/the-russians-strike-a-750kv-substation
 

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 9 2025 21:07 utc | 88

Illegal immigration is causing problems in any country, not only GB. The more, the more problems.
 
Posted by: smartfox | Nov 9 2025 20:31 utc | 75

 
Problems for some … opportunity for others.
 
Depends very much on where you stand … and by that I mean how much you stand to gain or lose. Western culture has largely come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as culture … only personal preferences. Therefore quantity matters, not quality.
 
My personal preference is less violence (presuming that option is on the table, which it often isn’t) and I like working with people who are honest, don’t cheat, don’t steal … that’s my foible. Trouble is, kind of hard to find such people, wherever you go.

Posted by: Tel | Nov 9 2025 21:15 utc | 90

: Fredrick | Nov 9 2025 21:01 utc | 84
The zionist banksters are everywhere, completely controlling every country that has a central bank. Even Russia is controlled by them with the ever-present Chabad that has headquarters all over the world except possibly China. Powerful and influential Trillionaires that laugh when Musk gets mentioned for his wealth, buy ALL the world leaders and have every army and police state under their thumb.
When you truly understand this horrid fact, everything falls into place in your mind.
Putin is walking very fine line between Chabad handlers and the General Staff. He HAS to follow his script that’s been given for now until Wasrael and Europe are completely wasted  economically and financially.
 

Posted by: bisfab | Nov 9 2025 21:21 utc | 92

Naive | Nov 9 2025 21:07 utc | 87
Then we understand different things when we hear the same words, and the card raises questions about what exactly is meant. It’s nonsense, really.

Posted by: smartfox | Nov 9 2025 21:24 utc | 94

Carefully reading the statements from both sides, it appears that Russia is successfully snatching (again) defeat from the arms of victory at Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, Rodinskoye, and Sukhetsky.Perhaps the Ukrainian statement from a few days ago, which spoke about the siege being broken and Russian forces being encircled, wasn’t so far from reality after all…

Posted by: Louis | Nov 9 2025 21:36 utc | 96

“We (UK) are a declining nation, no threat to anyone, let alone Russia or China. Don’t be fooled by the bloviating gasbags masquerading as political leaders, we’ve got nothing left to threaten anyone with, our army isn’t even big enough to fill Wembley stadium. ”Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Nov 9 2025 19:24 utc | 61 

————”Exactly, England is on the same path as Portugal just a century or so later. Its former foreign conquests are on their own now and the capital survives on the recycling of stale wealth from old plunder.” Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Nov 9 2025 19:58 utc | 67 England is toast yet the City of London and it’s slithering tentacles are still a force.
Posted by: canuk | Nov 9 2025 20:11 utc | 69
 
<= Americans have been trying to get the UK out of their government and the too big to fail institutions since 1776.  The UK and its institutions are a threat to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. 
 
 
 

Posted by: snake | Nov 9 2025 21:46 utc | 98

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Nov 9 2025 21:43 utc | 97
 
Is it worth replying to a psychopathic liar supporting the ukronazis?

Posted by: Naive | Nov 9 2025 22:05 utc | 100