UK prepared to 'make sacrifices' to help Ukraine

[GastonJ]

The UK is ready to make economic "sacrifices" in its efforts to prevent Russia "destabilising" Ukraine, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.
He told the BBC further sanctions were being planned, but there was no "fixed red line" to decide how far Moscow needs to go before they are imposed.
But Mr Hague said he thought Russia was encouraging separatist groups in eastern Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the accusation.
Tension has been steadily rising since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, formerly part of Ukraine, last month.


Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme if he was ready to see the City of London, which has a large amount of trade with Russian firms, "taking its hit", Mr Hague replied: "Yes. We are ready to play our part in that. The issues at stake here are of enormous importance, of a rules-based international system and respect for the independence and sovereignty of a nation.


BBC News - UK prepared to 'make sacrifices' to help Ukraine - Hague

"So, yes, we absolutely are ready to do it, in co-operation with other nations also making their own sacrifices."

That means Joe Public will be paying more for oil and gas, but Hague doesn't mind, after all his will probably be paid by his expenses, again paid for by Joe Public. So when he says "The UK is ready to make sacrifices" he means that the government is prepared for Joe to pay as usual.

[super jumbe]

Help who?? Who is going to suffer, I am already suffering paying my gas bills.

[ifred]

Funny I don't remember Hague ringing me up to ask me!
Has he rang any DK members?
If he's spoke to you can you tell him Ifred says he doesn't speak for me

[gopher7]

Are the economic sacrifices we are making now not good enough for this government.?? Maybe there are not enough people using food banks and they're not happy.

[Meat-Head]

Bunch if tastes. (IShit)

off topic:-

had a right ding ding dong with meat city water the other night.

sky high bill, wont budge on the price.

like somebody else saud happy to pay fir other people's wars

[ifred]

Bunch if tastes. (IShit)

off topic:-

had a right ding ding dong with meat city water the other night.

sky high bill, wont budge on the price.

like somebody else saud happy to pay fir other people's wars

Send them some Irish water its better value for money...Its twice the quality of ordinary water .....just dilute 50 % with water to taste

[GastonJ]

Well think of it like this, we drop sanctions on Russia, oil price shoots through the roof , gas price goes through the roof. Who gains? Companies making more profits on sales, oil and gas traders, oil and gas companies, government makes more in tax - will more than make up for the ?54 the government and energy companies 'gave' back at teh start of this year. What an excellent way to offset that cost.

And yes it bugs me when the government makes sweeping statements like "the country is behind us, we are doing what they wanted".... if I were behind them I'd be pushing them off a cliff and they'd be falling a long way to hit the rocks, just like i wanted.

[smirnoff_rules]

f==k Hague , his a jumped up pratt ,, just turn your meters around 7 weeks a quarter

[GastonJ]

Hey if they really want us to make a sacrifice, and I'm sure we'd all miss them, they can have our cking politicians, whole kin lot of them free, no returns.

[super jumbe]

Come to thing about what has happened to our North Sea gas, we were told at the time gas prices will be cut by half but has not happened, I am behind our govt if we will get our gas bill cut in half!!!!

[ifred]

Not forgetting there is so we are now told, trillions of tons of coal also under the north sea!
Probably possible with modern coal drilling technique to use now.
After all we manage to built a chunnel to France

[Meat-Head]

Err heard on news givment giving derby mining company money to close.

but

1) cinder blocks made out of coal ash

2) we got 300 years of coal

3) Adolf in Germany making 25 coal powered stations

4) we happy enough importing it from Poland thanks

[GastonJ]

They who leave their resources in the ground, and buy cheap from abroad, will have the resources left when everyone else's has run out. Tho at that point you will have to fight the rest of the world off.

[Meat-Head]

BRILLIANT post gaston mate.

you are smart or you have maggie thatchers biogorohy and read her excuse list.


rumor states once coal gets wet, nil poi.

but then it could have been buried it b&q cement !

[GastonJ]

The only thing I'd do with Maggies biography is use it in the toilet to wipe my ar$e on, even then it'd be rougher than a roll of Izal.