Pay peanuts get monkeys

Undoubtedly the SNP are in trouble this election. Because MPs in Scotland really don’t matter. Whatever England decides, we get. Because of devolution the role of an MP is almost nothing too. Do ya think any MP can do anything about HMG foreign policy? Do you think Labour will grant Holyrood an independence referendum even if all MPs are SNP? It is an almost hopeless scenario for independence in Scotland at the moment, having been denied any democratic route. Turn out to be lowest in Scotland I’ll bet, which will appear then like a swing to Labour, but I bet it almost exactly corresponds with SNP voters not turning out this election instead

And this is a real shame, as the SNP have shown themselves to be the real opposition in the commons on many occasions. Labour and the Tories share almost all key policies.

A csv of kick off times (in UTC) and who is playing would be helpful to whomever takes this up

Interesting to hear flatter leadership leading to a culture of being heard and improved morale. I’d suspect with greater autonomy and success too. This will all be enabled by greater dissemination of intelligence I’d bet, and increased training. If this is a prelude to something bigger, there are some fantastic lessons to be learnt

They should have joined NATO

Anonymous complaints are a terrible idea. No wlnder this has been targetted

What is the most downvoted comment on lemmy? Would you like a sense of pride and accomplishment?

Fuck yes, networks of forums are fabulous, as we on lemmy have to all agree. Welcome to the threadiverse NodeBB!

If we are on the brink of ww3, which I doubt, then Ukraine is the first casualty it appears. The parallels are easy to draw, but hard to back up certainly as the specifics do differ. But those not aligned will increasingly find themselves subject to pulls in either sphere of influence, which is my main point. Ultimately you could argue this all is a failure of foreign policy for a few governments with Russia being emboldened to invade. Which you could also say of both previous world wars too. To dismiss the comparison is to dismiss history, and those who fail to learn from history…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace - here’s the hitlist if you’re Putin. I’m fully aware of Ukraine’s efforts with democracy, but you know who doesn’t care? Anyone on this list not making serious efforts to join NATO is writing their own invasion plan imo

Going to call nonsense on the headline: NATO is intact, and Putin wouldn’t dare invade a nato country.

Trump it’s the caveat, but even in that event France and the UK have a nuclear umbrella, and there is a shit load of troops. A war with NATO is unwinnable for Russia for certain.

Ukraine danced with the neutrality devil and lost, just as Belgium on WW1 did, and the NL of WW2. Any country now adjacent to Russia and not in NATO has a choice: risk the neutrality game or side with NATO. I know which I’d be picking.

2 small children need constant lies. How else do noses get stolen?

It’s opposite MAD theorem. If neither side knows that there are countermeasures then neither side will launch a first strike, as they then run the risk of being knocked out in essence.

Ever play defcon? First to launch rarely wins there

The addition of more troops would undoubtedly be a large escalation resulting in further mobilisation in Russia. If you were a french soldier, would you be willing to go to the front without some much more serious negotiations occuring? Have we learned nothing since 9/11 and fighting on foreign soil?

No troops without negotiations has to be the stance. Putin and Zelenski at a table

False, god can’t die

Missed a wojtek moment here

Mmm, this one still reeks nicely. Even after the war we can expect Germany to bitch about it. My money’s on a cross government intelligence agency mission. Germany should never have been so reliant on Russian gas

Not even 5% of what they should have announced

Just training I’m sure