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He's not making a proposal. He's saying what he thinks is likely. Nobody wants a climb down from Ukraine/NATO.

True, inevitable is strong, but felt very likely.

You're ignoring the inevitable US withdrawal of support. NATO without them, in reality, is Europe. Do you really think Nato Europe will want to (or can - they can't btw) increase its arms support to Ukraine, or get it's hands dirty? It's that which will lead to European war, not a settlement.

I think it should, but I'm not sure it will anytime soon. Ceres Power are a company big on this, and their performance (and the news around them) is a decent barometer imo on this. The slide in their share price, probably reflects the direction of travel for the foreseeable. Cheap at the moment btw.

Play the tspe forward. If NATO europe continue to support Ukraine after a US pull out, and Russia make gains, what next? We either lose or pull out and look weak either way making a push further into Europe a stronger possibility, or we get our hands dirty on the ground and have a European war, then god knows what. Russia will keep land, and this will end. Forget idealism - that's reality.

This will have a negotiated settlement. The US won't sponsor a fight to the bitter end, or at all, and the rest of NATO won't fancy it without US backing. With western backing Ukraine are still losing ground, without it there'll lose the whole lot. I don't agree with Hypo re "basically Russian", but he's correct that this will resolve itself.

Yes. You're allowed to disagree, and not pay your money, but to me it's a fair price.

A finding of fact in a civil court that something happened is exactly that. A jury concluding that there is insufficient evidence to find guilt is exactly that. I make no comment about Trump as I haven't followed the cases, and make the general point that people are often acquitted in a criminal court of crimes they have probably committed, only to have been found by a civil court to have done the alleged wrong.

The article was decent, and her campaign wasn't particularly policy focused. Towards the end it ceased to be either Trump or policy focused, and just become noise. In the cold light of day it's easier to understand now why Trump got the nod, although it still beggars belief that he is the man in charge.

Fair point, although I suspect we'll ignore that if by some miracle we make it to the final!

Far from it. A finding in a civil court is a finding that something, on the balance of probabilities, has happened. In a criminal court a bit a doubt can be enough to see someone get off, but they won't get the benefit of that doubt in a civil court.

Indeed. Desperate stuff relying on that as a source.

It's a cup 1/4 final. £30, and £10 for kids, seems reasonable to me.

An unverified report of an apparent medical report is not a medical report. As I've said, I'll wait for something official and credible.

Not interested in the focus on SoG, but thanks for the link. The fella speaks well.

Yep, I don't agree with the "awful candidate" line that duck has thrown out. She struggled due to her ties to Biden which the hard if thinking couldn't look past, and that chunks of the US just couldn't bring themselves to vote for a non white woman. The issue is Americans, not her.

Now there's a sentence!

I agree that there's something in that, although I'm struggling to get my head around people being so irked by that they'd be willing to look beyond Trump's wrongdoings. Different and incomparable admittedly, but I just can't understand the willingness to forgive Trump's misgivings to the extent that the American's have.

If they can't see the reasons why, and the reasons why many prices for them will now go up, then people calling them thick may have a point.

She wouldn't have lost Pennsylvania. J Lo as her running mate, and a bit of singing and dancing at all the events, and America will be great again.

Good post. I'm not going to disrespect his voters by joining the 'thicko' line of attack, but there's a real selfishness in looking at the money in your own pocket, and a lack of understanding in failing to grasp that inflation in the states will increase if everything imported is tariff'd to the max.

Yep. On the choice of leader point, I think anyone credible who had been through the usual selection process and been at the helm of the campaign since day 1 would have won this. Harris, for me was a decent candidate, but the delay and the connection to Biden damaged her chances. That's over and above the reasons why some Republican's would never have given her their vote. Ukraine will be tucked up, I think that's a given sadly.

Ha! Nowt we can do though, but an interesting next 4 years for world trade, women in America, any country in Russia's line of sight, and all NATO members.

For Russia and lunatics, yep. Not sure who else is a winner.

Gathering