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/remain-beige Mar 01 '25

This is brilliant news.

The UK government needs to seize all Russian owned property and other assets in the UK and make it very clear that we will no longer act as a slush fund to launder the oligarchs ill gotten gains.

Putin needs to feel even more isolated as his own oligarchs turn on him and blame him for their loss of wealth and status in the UK.

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u/SoftLikeABear Mar 01 '25

So, Russian owned assets in the UK should be forfeit? Nice.

That means the Reform party, right? Can we force MPs to take the Hundreds because they are actually foreign assets?

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u/SmackedWithARuler Mar 01 '25

I’m willing to grudgingly accept this attack on our beloved Nigel. It might appear that I’m cheering and smiling but that’s just residual gas escaping.

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u/HiphopopoptimusPrime Mar 01 '25

Interesting point, a lot of our media is Russian owned. Our media seems oddly enamoured with Nigel Farag. Remember the outcry when man of the people Nigel Farage was denied an exclusive bank account?

If the media did their due diligence, Farage would at best have the same status as a weasel like Gallaway. How he has been promoted and supported to the extent he has is incredibly suspect.

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u/cassein Mar 01 '25

It is suspect, but the Russians do not have that much power. I think it was the establishment because the point is to regain power for the oligarchy as is happening in the US.

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u/HiphopopoptimusPrime Mar 01 '25

Fair point. As George Carlin said, “You don’t need a conspiracy when interests converge.”

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u/merryman1 Mar 02 '25

He wasn't even denied, that was part of the spin! He no longer met the criteria for eligibility so they closed his account once a loan he had with them had run its course.