Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

[SYB_DC]

Edward VIII
He wasn’t the only Nazi sympathiser either.

He abdicated...to marry an American divorcee.

I'm an American, and even I am that conversant in British history, his Nazi sympathies aside.

 

[Roker Mackem]

Sounds like China abstaining in the vote. Good news

 

[Monty Pigeon]

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[SYB_DC]

It’s not as black and white as you try to make out.

It's very black and white. He abdicated. He wasn't in charge during WWII. He didn't fight with the Nazis.

This isn't difficult.

It also has zero to do with Vladimir Putin.

 

[Deleted member 50746]

Sounds like China abstaining in the vote. Good news

Why is that -forgive my naive response marra

 

[The King of Um]

Would cripple the Tory party though.

win win

 

[West_Winger]

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[dom]

It's very black and white. He abdicated. He wasn't in charge during WWII. He didn't fight with the Nazis.

This isn't difficult.

He agreed with their point of view.

 

[Peterlee James]

hopefully coming to an end with peace talks?

 

[West_Winger]

Why is that -forgive my naive response marra

If they had voted against the motion it would have put them on Putin’s side. By abstaining that’s about as harsh as it gets really (from a Chinese perspective).

 

[dom]

If that is what he thinks he really needs to spend sometime on British History.

In 1936 a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing the divorce of her second.

nothing to do with the Nazis.

Ok ignore his fascist politics!

 

[Mr Redknapp]

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Tbf, You'd be annoyed if you were barred from seeing nubile Russian women

 

[Deleted member 48353]

That's what I'm clinging onto amongst all this mess. We've created bombs that are simply too big for the planet and any remotely sensible set of people with access to them should think about the impact on humanity and not just a short war.

Nuclear weapons have been the best deterrent to major conflict for decades because since ww2 everyone is shit scared to use them. Unless someone is stupid enough to effectively murder their whole country then they’re a moot point, if you fire at us you’ll get blown up a minute later so what’s the point

 

[billybobmackem2312]

If they had voted against the motion it would have put them on Putin’s side. By abstaining that’s about as harsh as it gets really (from a Chinese perspective).

This, they were never going to side with the west, so abstaining is about as best as ya gonna get.

 

[SYB_DC]

He agreed with their point of view.

Forgive me for failing to see what an English king who quit eight decades ago does to excuse Vladimir Putin's lack of morality.

 

[Dadsarmy73]

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Shouldn’t have done this, I’d rather Putin have his fingers wrapped around his cock instead of over the red button

 

[billybobmackem2312]

Shouldn’t have done this, I’d rather Putin have his fingers wrapped around his cock instead of over the red button

Bah i've had to put me trifle down. What a fuckin thought man

 

[0verlord44]

He agreed with their point of view.

as did Joseph Kennedy.

However I will remind what you said only a few posts ago

'there's always 2 sides to every story'

So, Is the irony completely lost here?

 

[Bulwell]

Stirring stuff from Sumy… Haway the Ukraine!

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Brings a tear to the eye

 

[billybobmackem2312]

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