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Considering a few people have said the West are hypocrites on this suggests there is an equivalency being drawn. Two questions on this: Are we right to impose sanctions on Russia? Are we right to send weapons to Ukraine? If the answer is yes to both questions, it probably tells you what you...

Very wooly thinking. There will always conflict. It’s very disheartening to see people draw false comparisons between this invasion against Ukraine and the invasions against the Taliban, Saddam Hussein and intervention against Gaddafi. That’s without even accounting for Putin’s nuclear war bluff…

Gross hypocrisy? Say what you like about the more recent, post-Cold War interventions of the West, but we weren’t invading and occupying democratic states. The global economy deals with unsavoury characters and regimes. After all, this post was made from a phone produced in China. If that’s...

So they are to be judged equally? The West has been far from perfect, but to bring that up in the present context just lacks perspective.

I’m not a massive boxing fan, but the clear winner was clearly Catterall. He outclassed Taylor in the fight and in the boxing too. First fight watching Taylor and did not see what the hype was all about.

Of course they do, it’s no different from all major powers in global politics. That fact clearly does not justify the actions of Russia and China taking actions to antagonise their smaller neighbours. Its very obvious that China is watching developments closely given they are training for an...

What kind of response is that? The US isn’t invading democratic countries for territory…

Ultimately, the best way to deter Putin, China and other adversaries is by through strength. Which is why the NATO countries need to increase defence spending It’s not just Ukraine at stake here if Putin succeeds. The West is starting to see the risks associated with our complacency towards...

Ukraine cannot possibly make that promise. The Budapest Memorandum ’guaranteed’ Ukraine’s security and territorial integrity if it agreed to give up nuclear weapons following the collapse of the USSR. Before this, Ukraine had the 3rd largest nuclear stockpiles - think Russia would be invading if...

I’m not going into the finer points of the interventions the West has made… but there’s a few significant distinctions and general points to be made between our interventions then and the intervention Russia is making in the Ukraine. 1. Ukraine is a democratic country, Iraq and Afghanistan were...

The claim that the league has 12-15 teams that are competitive is a bit ridiculous. 12th placed Burton are 12 points adrift from the playoffs and 26 points off top. League 1 is about as strong as it was when we were there.

Personally, my instinct is that we were never good enough for the playoffs even when we were flying… That said, we’re three points off the playoffs with a lot of points to play for. Even if we don’t make it, we’ve made a lot of progress and overcome a lot of injuries, that in itself is an...

There isn’t a story here, I don’t think. I remember when Watford got relegated and Aidy Boothroyd responding to rumours about Marlon King said he was worth £60 million… That’s how silly manager’s valuations can be.

That’s the wrong way of looking at it because the point is that the players stunted their development by leaving to clubs way above their level. For the younger players on this list, they went from playing men’s football to development level. That was never realistically going to improve a...

Would he have been better financially had he stayed and carried on with us? He took the first good offer that came his way.

I don’t agree with anti-vaxxers at all but I respect their right to be idiots. Ok, at what number of vaccinations do we turnaround and commit to normality? The Government is relaxing testing requirements, reducing testing from travellers, reducing the self-isolation period. With that in mind...

This was a political deportation in response to the uproar of him seemingly circumventing the rules behind vaccination initially. Someone like Djokovic is literally at 0 risk of dying from COVID and has had it recently so has natural immunity to the disease. Does he need to be jabbed...

I’m certainly not against vaccination - I’ve had all 3 jabs. I’ve encouraged any friends and family to get their jabs when they were hesitant. COVID will be like the flu, a new variant every year and the Government will get to a point where it’ll offer annual boosters to targeted groups. In...

This episode also shows how ridiculous Australia’s COVID rules are. On one hand, I’m glad Djokovic didn’t get to beat the rules because he’s rich and famous. On the other, if he doesn’t want to get vaccinated, that’s surely his prerogative. 80-90% of people have been vaccinated now and...

Even without COVID, Rotherham would have got relegated. The worst team in the division I seen us play.