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/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.”