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Rory Stewart has capabilities, and a somewhat interesting “backstory” (as people now say), but both have been puffed to a great extent, both by Stewart himself (obliquely) and by the msm. I think it can now be seen that he has not the “right stuff” to be a Prime Minister, nor even a backbench MP. I examined him several years ago, in 2019, an assessment that required a number of updates.
That gives some idea of the proportional level of loss on either side. About 30 to 1. The Kiev-regime side is running out of soldiers (or people pressed into service as soldiers; they have to abduct suitable men off the streets, then brutally force them to undergo rudimentary training before being sent to the front-lines).
More accurately, no substantial, or impossible-to-mitigate-or-solve, problems.
Our animal friends.
Were I an inhabitant of Kiev, I should be packing my bags now, or soon. Russia must be losing its patience.
Idiotic. (both the statement and the look of that officer). https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabien_Mandon.
What is the real agenda here?
Give Nick Griffin, formerly of the BNP, credit for having been the first to expose the Pakistani/Muslim rape networks, well over 20 years ago.
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Ian Robert Millard 
That moron who happens to be the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, is clearly a desk or ballroom general and a puppet of EWG (Evil World Government)
BTW, I do not believe Sweden will sell 100 planes to Zelensky. What about the pilots? Thanks to the incompetence of the Russian Army and Putin, this bloody war has been going on for far too long!
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Claudius:
As I understand it, what matters on a fighter plane (admittedly, not anywhere near my area of knowledge) are the add-ons to the basic model. Weapons, radar systems etc. Pilots have to be instructed specifically; that is usually part of the sales package.
I agree about the incompetence of the Russian General Staff; Putin is not a military man. The competence problem goes beyond the General Staff, and extends to the GRU, as I have blogged previously, eg in 2022. The old Soviet chiefs still living must be shaking their heads.
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An excellent video about a beautiful city that miraculously survived WW2 almost intact. The woods surrounding the city enhance its beauty.
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Claudius:
Germany’s premier university city. Never been there. Maybe I should have (when younger); it must be packed with beautiful German girl students! More seriously, and having said that, the standard (as well as in academic terms) at this country’s supposedly premier university city, Oxford, is not terribly high, as I saw recently (there are exceptions, though).
Heidelberg seems visitor-friendly, too, which Oxford is not. Driving there is a nightmare, actually dystopian, all the more so now that half the city seems to be undergoing both major redevelopment, with many roads closed off. Also, since my last visit about 25 years ago, the local authority seems to have implemented “Green” pro-bus/bicycle lanes, which make driving frustrating to say the least.
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Regarding Oxford, I take your word for it. I visited it, but too briefly (24 hours); unfortunately, I was not in a position to decide what to do. We were kindly taken there by an old friend of my wife, who offered to drive us around.
As you are aware, I have been interested in art and architecture for a considerable time and have read extensively about them. When you look at the almost unbelievable ugliness of the alterations carried out across the UK over the last 50 years, it seems that there has been a kind of evil design to ruin the English urban and rural landscape.
It is harrowing and infuriating to see what happened to so many towns and cities across the UK. It seems as if an evil spirit has been at work there, destroying lots of beautiful buildings and estates with an almost sadistic dedication.
English country houses have been destroyed at a terrifying rate. I understand that not all of them could have been saved or preserved, but the degree of destruction reflects very badly on the English society as a whole. In a way, it was to be expected as the English society of the 19th century took a very unpleasant and materialistic character, where buildings were seen as commodities and not beautiful works of art that should be cared for and preserved.
This is a book that illustrates perfectly what I have just said, and it makes for sad reading. I was lucky to purchase it in Australia at a second-hand bookshop for a trifle (10 dollars)
The destruction of the country house, 1875-1975: Strong, Roy & Marcus Binney & John Harris.: 9780500270523: Amazon.com: Books
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Claudius:
I have heard of that book.
Another book of interest is Lost London, but I think you know of that one. The Luftwaffe destroyed many buildings in London during 1940-1941, mostly in and around the dockland areas and neighbouring parts of East London, and in the City of London, but far greater damage was done by postwar redevelopment. For all the noise about “the Blitz”, most of London was untouched by the war.
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