tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post1165169268913790436..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Professor Sam Greene of King's College, LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-77553049629300456492022-09-12T16:59:52.309+03:002022-09-12T16:59:52.309+03:00Actually it is not self determination that matters...Actually it is not self determination that matters to a Metternichian conservative like me, but the right of sovereign states to be sovereign and not be invaded. That's a much more important thing.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-90405486134334373772022-09-12T14:11:25.170+03:002022-09-12T14:11:25.170+03:00"I voted for the principle of national sovere..."I voted for the principle of national sovereignty and I expect to suffer for this choice. You do know there have been actual *wars* of independence, don't you? It will not be easily won. A lot of Remainers seem to be saying that they are *not* prepared to suffer for the principle of national sovereignty and that if we suffer just one jot of inconvenience or anxiety, we should have remained." My clever friend, Bunny SheffieldPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-20498785033806528632022-09-12T13:48:31.048+03:002022-09-12T13:48:31.048+03:00Another of Boris’s fatuous and self-serving compar...Another of Boris’s fatuous and self-serving comparisons. Here’s hoping he never assumes a leadership position again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-20302993027401390252022-09-12T10:35:15.559+03:002022-09-12T10:35:15.559+03:00I hope he is doomed to fail. It was not clear in t...I hope he is doomed to fail. It was not clear in the first week to most people. We do not know yet if he will fail and we do not know what fail means. I have never doubted that this is a people fighting for self determination. Boris Johnson got into trouble for comparing their struggle with Brexit and how lucky we are that we gained independence at only an economic cost. It has also become a proxy war, obviously, between America and Russia, as some American politicians have said.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-51575133016831999672022-09-11T18:07:24.987+03:002022-09-11T18:07:24.987+03:00Paul you have been at the wrong end of history and...Paul you have been at the wrong end of history and feel from the beginning of this war, had you been out here and talking to the Ukrainians you would have realized long ago that Putin was doomed to fail . This is not a proxy West/Russia war, it is a people fighting for self determination against a belligerent neighbour to the East.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com