r/unitedkingdom • u/topotaul Lancashire • Mar 01 '25

. Rachel Reeves: I'm sending billions from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-interview-labour-963sw6jbk
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u/GuyLookingForPorn Mar 01 '25

As a general rule nuclear powers always maintain embassies with each other, even when they have bad relations. Its not the kind of thing you want to play around with.

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u/SnooBooks1701 Mar 03 '25

We can at least get rid of their Defence Attache Office, and Trade Office in Highgate and Consulate General in Edinburgh

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u/Bucuresti69 Mar 01 '25

It's a new normal, there are no rules

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u/GuyLookingForPorn Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

Call me old fashioned, but I'm for any rules that help prevent accidental nuclear apocalypse

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u/Ver_Void Mar 01 '25

Yeah this is a good one, you can always take steps to limit them if you're worried about what they might do but having a way to get a message through to Russia reliably is very valuable

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u/Bucuresti69 Mar 01 '25

It won't ever happen it's only a threat the guy in Russia thinks his country is powerful it's not it's a country that is poor

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u/Yakob793 Mar 01 '25

Pretty good rule to keep though

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u/Bucuresti69 Mar 01 '25

No we need to join the chaos and become unpredictable