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May 1 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Re the Hannah Young 18 June 2020 leaving party

“It has now been claimed that an email exchange, details of which have been shared with this newspaper, showed that staff discussed the gathering in advance and were warned by officials that it might be a breach of the rules.”
Some officials forbad the use of some rooms, but it went ahead anyway…complete with karaoke machine organised by Helen MacNamara, the ethics lead.

Not her finest hour.
On the other hand Carrie is not a fan of MacNamara due to her stance on #wallpapergate so Carrie has a motive to distract attention from HER lockdown parties…including the raucous ABBA party when Cummings left
As for the BYO booze party on 20th May 2020 that both Carrie and Johnson attended, and - it was suggested Johnson was at least consulted, that too was subject to warnings about the wisdom of going ahead with it.

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May 2
Lessons From Russia's Occupation of a Ukrainian Village - The Atlantic

This is quite a tale starting with Ukrainians hiding in cellars and ending up sharing their space with 🇷🇺 occupying soldiers.

And their tales scratch below the surface.

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The Horbonoses’ home, a house they had been building for 30 years, was completely destroyed;
Their library burned for two days before collapsing into rubble.

When Irina couldn’t take it anymore, she would begin to cry and scream at the soldiers in the darkness of the cellar: “We had everything! What are you doing here?”

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May 2
Not much of a diplomat is he, Lavrov?

He’s succeeded in insulting and pissing off Israel who has been at best neutral towards Russia. At worst providing a helpful platform for Oligarchs to escape sanctions and to prevent arms getting to 🇺🇦
This is what he said when their denazification trope was challenged in the Italian media, referring to Zelenskyy’s Jewish background :

“The use of the Holocaust of the Jewish people for political purposes must stop immediately,"
He continued putting his second foot in the doo-do right after his first:
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May 2
Western leaders must prepare public for a war economy | Financial Times

I’ve been worried about Ukraine fatigue too.

“The expression is ugly and its content even uglier, but “Ukraine fatigue” is a real risk in western democracies.”
ft.com/content/d8e565…
“Their citizens are repulsed by Vladimir Putin’s war of unprovoked aggression and are full of sympathy for the Ukrainian people. Their leaders have surprised even themselves with the strength of their support for Kyiv.”
“But as things drag on, challenges closer to home could increasingly steal their attention.”

He suggests the sort of address leaders should be making to their citizens.

Now is the time for a deeply serious, utterly competent and trustworthy leader.

We have not got one. ImageImage
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May 2
I don’t know who chooses the music to accompany these battlefield shots, but they love their job.
And this one
This one is positively jaunty.
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May 2
Well worth the time.

I have been wondering a lot if Russia’s ignominious performance in this war might be doing Ukraine’s job of persuasion for them in areas like the Donbas and Crimea.

How many backed Russia because they thought they would be safer and now see it as weak?
How many, in 2013/2014, did not “change” their allegiance to Russia because they felt a profound sense of “Russianness” but because they believed they would be better protected and it would not make big waves?

That belief has surely gone.

People like this.
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Lay down your life for it?

I suspect A LOT of demotivated troops.
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May 2
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“Denazification”, my arse. The moral insult of that on top of the physical devastation is a f***ing disgrace. Unforgivable
As this shows

Sub human
It’s an utter abomination, making a mockery of the terrible losses and making a mockery of those who truly do resist “Nazi conduct”

I know who are behaving like Nazis.
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