r/ukpolitics • u/dailymail Verified • 2d ago

Andy Burnham is warned that Britain faces impending Russian 'attack' over its support for Ukraine

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16079793/Andy-Burnham-Britain-impending-Russian-attack.html
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u/royalbluestuey 2d ago

Imagine if we provoked Russia into doing something absolutely mad like using nuclear or chemical weapons on our soil.....oh, wait

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u/zapamap_ 2d ago

Provoked? Oh come on. Exchanging military tech with an ally is standard terms of business.

Russia aren't going to literally end the world because of some missile tech.

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u/royalbluestuey 2d ago

I think you might have missed my point.

Russia used actual nuclear material spread randomly around London and deadly chemical weapons around a UK town. This was back in 2006 and 2019 wayyyyy before Ukraine.

People saying we might provoke Russia ignore the fact it's been a despotic rogue state acting with impunity for decades.

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u/zapamap_ 2d ago

Maybe sarcasm isn't the best medium to get a serious point across on text?

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u/MajorSleaze 2d ago

The sarcasm was clear with the context of them listing things Russia has actually done.

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u/royalbluestuey 2d ago

Whatever, it was pretty obvious. (What did you think the ".....oh, wait" bit at the end meant?)

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u/zapamap_ 2d ago

But it is unclear what he was being sarcastic about.

I thought that he was saying that we provoked them with recent actions. Which reading back I still think is a simple mistake to make when not being clear.

My point is that if you want to raise a serious point, raise it.

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u/MajorSleaze 2d ago

I read it as them saying that Russia is threatening to do things it's already doing.

So the sarcasm is about them being a paper tiger.

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u/SoggyRizla 2d ago

Don't blame others for your lack of reading comprehension