Lord Skidelsky explains the Ukrainian war very well

Please watch this short interview with one of our two or three best living historians. 

Key points:; Ukraine has not been defeated but done well; Russia expected to instal a subordinate government quickly; if Ukraine needs security guarantees so does Russia; if Russia is a threat to her neighbours why is she not a threat to her democratic neighbour Mongolia? (Because Mongolia is not going to join Nato?) 

We have a post-imperial reflex that uses the words 'we must' all the time - we must not allow the Chinese to mistreat the Uighurs for example - when we don't have the power to do anything about it! 

If we really think Russia is a threat to other countries it is immoral to let the Ukrainian fight Russia without our troops taking part. 

Britain says it wants a just and durable peace but if 'just' means a restoration of the status quo ante bellum this is impossible unless Russia is defeated. 

Beyond the West other nations are unconcerned at what they see as something akin to a civil war in Ukraine.

Europe has been an American protectorate but protectorates are not taxed properly. Now Trump sees European protectorates are not necessary since the Cold War. 

Since I read his amazingly good biography of Sir Oswald Mosley in my second year at university I've known Lord Skidelsky (as he then wasn't) is one of the best and most original minds we have. I try to find his utterances on any topic but for 3 years he has not been published by the media because of he is accused of being pro-Russian, which I suppose he is.

Here is the first article he recently got the papers to publish after three years.

Why are pro-Russian voices silenced throughout Europe west of Belarus? 

Why is it a crime in the UK to speak in favour of Hamas? 

It's unjust, authoritarian and means the electorates that are supposed to rule democratic countries are not fully informed. 

JD Vance was absolutely right in the speech he made in Munich but the Trump administration is trying hard to silence critics of Israel in US universities.