georgehamburger

Cyclist, humanist, lovertarian & attempted renaissance man. EUROPEAN.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock left the government meeting, refusing to be photographed with Chancellor Olaf Scholz after his decision to block the allocation of a new aid package for Ukraine, - Bild.

Instead of a thousand words.

[Johanna Nyman @JohannaNyman5]

Former 🇫🇮 Prime Minister tells it like it is.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

This image is driving MAGA and Donald Trump CRAZY. It would be such a shame if you spread it everywhere… 🤣

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never respected:

1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine”. Breached by Russia invading Crimea in 2014.

2. The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997. Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and “reaffirmed the inviolability of the borders” between the two countries. Russia breached it in 2014.

3. The OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999. Russia committed to withdrawing its troops from Moldova’s Transdniestrian region and Georgia until the end of 2002. That never happened.

4. The 2008 Georgia ceasefire agreement following Russian aggression against the country. Russia agreed that “Russian military forces must withdraw to the lines prior to the start of hostilities”. That never happened.

5. The Ilovaysk “Green Corridor” in August 2014 and other “humanitarian” death corridors. Russia pledged to let Ukrainian forces leave the encircled town of Ilovaysk in the east of Ukraine, but instead opened fire and killed 366 Ukrainian troops. In the following years, Russia attacked numerous humanitarian corridors in Syria.

6. The “Minsk” agreements of 2014 and 2015. Russia agreed to cease the fire in the east of Ukraine. There had been 200 rounds of talks and 20 attempts to enforce a ceasefire, all of which the Russian side promptly violated. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

7. The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia pledged to “provide maximum assurances regarding a safe and secure environment for all vessels engaged in this initiative." It then hindered the initiative's operation for months before withdrawing unilaterally a year later.

NB: I am only focused on deals made with Russia to address specific issues and conflicts. I am not mentioning almost 400 international treaties that Russia has breached since 2014.

There are no conclusions to be drawn here, except that no one can seriously use the words "Russia" and "negotiations" in the same phrase.

Putin is a habitual liar who promised international leaders that he would not attack Ukraine days before his invasion in February 2022.

Russia's tactic has remained consistent in its many wars over the last three decades: kill, grab, lie, and deny.

Why would anyone genuinely believe that Russia in 2023 is any different from Russia in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2022?

[Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu @SholaMos1]

@SuellaBraverman This letter is self centred rubbish from someone devoid of any humanity & unfit for public office

Absolutely no remorse or contrition for inciting hatred against immigrants, asylum seekers, homeless ppl, police & more

Suella & Rishi can take each other out
along with all Tories

[georgehamburger @hamburgergeorge]

@copperbox #tennis #billiejeancup if you are going to stop #food coming in, please provide something nutrious for children. There is only overpriced nachos with fake cheese and hotdogs. Not the best example for #elitesport

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

Marching and calling for a ceasefire and peace so that more innocent children don’t get killed is not really the definition of a hate march.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

This is just one day of Russian aggression. This is just one Russian act of terrorism. This is just one Russian war crime. Now Russia is guilty of brutal ecocide. Any comments are superfluous.

The world must react. Russia is at war against life, against nature, against civilization. Russia must leave the Ukrainian land and must be held fully accountable for its terror.

@United24media

[David Anderson @bricksilk]

Biting irony from the former Lord Chief Justice, Igor Judge: https://t.co/OOAb6uTnzZ. The automatic sunset has gone since he spoke, but the untrammelled executive power to replace laws that were democratically debated (by the European Parliament and others) remains. /2

[Connor Axiotes @connoraxiotes]

@CharlotteCGill I will not sacrifice my pro-immigration views for my YIMBYism, though. My moral responsibility matters more than my hope for more homes.

But this is a false dichotomy - we do not have to cut immigration to fix the housing crisis. We just need to build more houses. A win-win.

[David Wood @DavidEmrysWood]

My trial was stood out today because Prosecutor couldn't attend. CPS couldn't find another one so it's gone till April 2024. I then covered a case for a colleague where 8 people on bail had their trial listed in April 2025. This can't go on.

[Britain People @Britain_People]

🚨LATEST

🔴INFOSYS still OPERATING from Russia eight months AFTER saying it was pulling out

👉RETWEET to remind Rishi Sunak.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

It's a good time to remember that the Chairman of the BBC is Richard Sharp, someone who's donated £400,000+ to the Conservatives and helped Boris Johnson with an £800,000 loan.

Let's remember that when they talk about BBC "impartiality".

[Kaveh Solhekol @SkyKaveh]

Gary Lineker suspended by the BBC for upsetting the Conservatives because he stood up for some of the most vulnerable people in the world. The same BBC whose chairman gave the Conservatives £400,000 before helping to arrange an £800,000 loan for Boris Johnson

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

Good heavens, this is beyond awful.

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

Last night, 292 Conservative MPs voted to allow sewage dumping by water companies in our rivers and coasts for at least 15 more years.

Can you spot your MP on the list?

[Edgars Rinkēvičs @edgarsrinkevics]

Soon wheels up for #Brussels for EU Foreign Affairs Council, we need to put more sanctions against #Russia, push for Russian state assets confiscation. I will use the opportunity to reiterate the need to provide #Ukraine with #Leopard 2 battle tanks and air defense weapons 🐆 🇺🇦

[georgehamburger @hamburgergeorge]

@ABaerbock @DmytroKuleba Then #Send #German #Tanks to #Ukraine

[georgehamburger @hamburgergeorge]

@OlafScholz just give #Ukraine️ the #Tanks already. #Evil happens the good do nothing.

[🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 @PaulaChertok]

🔥@Billbrowder on #Germany blocking #tanks to #Ukraine: Germans have a long history of playing both sides. It's shameful & inexplicable as civilians are being massacred. The cynic in me would say the Germans are hoping the war ends so they can go back to doing business w/ #Russia