In the recent prisoner exchange with Russia, I was really pleased to see that Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Russian-British journalist was one of the individuals freed. In my opinion, he is an extremely brave man, and someone the world should listen more to. I was expecting that he would go the same way as Alexei Navalny, which would have been another grievous loss to free speech and free thinking.
The media coverage suggested that Putin thought he had done better out of the exchange that the West, and I am not surprised. Here’s my take, Putin locks up innocent people on trumped up charges and following dubious legal processes … then swaps them for proven and justly tried criminals and, in this case, a known assassin. You can see why he thinks he did better out of the deal.
While referencing Putin, the power plays between Russia and Ukraine are fascinating. From being invaded to actually doing some invading. The Ukrainians have taken the fight back to the Russians and I can’t help but think that after two and a half years, it is about time the dynamic changed a little.
In other swap news, I was worried when Biden stepped down from the US election in favour of Kamala Harris, not because I thought Biden was capable of running the States for another five years, but because I thought he’d just end up gifting the election to Donald Trump.
The thought of Trump getting back into the White House bothers the heck out of me. The fact that he is the candidate most supported by Putin (and, according to the BBC, Kim Jong Un too) should bother everyone. And that’s before you consider whether (or not) Trump’s a criminal who, once back in power, would pardon himself.
Kamala Harris has stepped up to the campaign challenge and is gaining more and more traction with the US media. I wish her the best of luck.
In the UK, our election saw the Tories swap places with Labour. To my mind, that was inevitable because Sunak and his predecessors had repeatedly made such a hash of things that they couldn’t have expected to stay in power. But as to whether (or not) we have swapped austerity for prosperity, only time will tell.
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The media coverage suggested that Putin thought he had done better out of the exchange that the West, and I am not surprised. Here’s my take, Putin locks up innocent people on trumped up charges and following dubious legal processes … then swaps them for proven and justly tried criminals and, in this case, a known assassin. You can see why he thinks he did better out of the deal.
While referencing Putin, the power plays between Russia and Ukraine are fascinating. From being invaded to actually doing some invading. The Ukrainians have taken the fight back to the Russians and I can’t help but think that after two and a half years, it is about time the dynamic changed a little.
In other swap news, I was worried when Biden stepped down from the US election in favour of Kamala Harris, not because I thought Biden was capable of running the States for another five years, but because I thought he’d just end up gifting the election to Donald Trump.
The thought of Trump getting back into the White House bothers the heck out of me. The fact that he is the candidate most supported by Putin (and, according to the BBC, Kim Jong Un too) should bother everyone. And that’s before you consider whether (or not) Trump’s a criminal who, once back in power, would pardon himself.
Kamala Harris has stepped up to the campaign challenge and is gaining more and more traction with the US media. I wish her the best of luck.
In the UK, our election saw the Tories swap places with Labour. To my mind, that was inevitable because Sunak and his predecessors had repeatedly made such a hash of things that they couldn’t have expected to stay in power. But as to whether (or not) we have swapped austerity for prosperity, only time will tell.
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