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....and some forward planning for the real possibility that populous nations like Ukraine and Turkey ( combined 120 million) are likely to enter the EU in the next 20 years.......... that will make the 600k Polish migrant numbers look like chicken feed by comparison.

If your voting choices swing one way or another depending on whether one or two party members breaks a party rule or two (hardly unique in the world of politics), then you are simply demonstrating how little credibility should be given to your political viewpoints. Try looking at policies and...

For sure.....fire away

There you have it, western culture has moved on a tad since those times of intolerance....... A lot has changed in 500 years don't you think?...... sadly these barbaric cultures that regularly keep producing these heinous atrocities for our delight and delectation, are exactly that, still 500...

Good luck with that.

Yes, where is our resident apologist?...... stand by though, he will dream up some flimsy excuse for this slaughter, some political explanation..... he might also say that's its the fault of the west.

Of course it can, but why increase the odds of something terminal occurring, by heading for an Islamic country, especially one that has been feeding droves of militants into the slaughter in Iraq and Syria.

A-fookin-men to that

Stop bleating, perhaps you shouldn't have fooked around at school, and instead got yourself an education and a career......it is a choice we all have.........if you are on minimum wage, you probably didn't make the right choice.

I'm out

Look, unlike most of us, tbisclown operates without constraints, he has absolutely no internal checks and balances, his position is based and supported almost by the varying waves of public opinion, he stirs up the national fever of patriotism, uses that to give him an unchallenged office. He is...

A number of times,......(this answer can be applied to most of your questions)........

Why are you quoting these wholly disconnected ex-pats.......Lithuania is just reintroducing national service because of Russian aggression, try not to fall into your bosom buddy's trait of unfounded, 3 rd hand scuttlebuck.

Rumbled mate,.......I have always thought your views were largely emotional, rarely founded on a solid base of good knowledge of the subject matter.........I suggest you try again.......France 24....... neutral!!!...... hilarious........ its owned by the French government, it was created by the...

He will attempt to annex any region he sees as useful, particularly if largely populated by Russian heritage communities. He doesn't have to use military means either, in the Baltic's for instance, he will use political shenanigans instead, even he isn't stupid enough to send his volunteers into...

Former soviet republics, soon to rejoin no doubt, Putin's grand plans aren't going to stop at Ukraine are they? My problem is absolutely with Putin, he has held federal office since the mid/late 90's,.....that makes my timeline a direct correlation, broadly,.... so my point does stand. Are you...

How could I forget.........

Funny?...…really, you are so selective about your history cherry picking. You know, I actually see the lack of Russia's help in the various crisis of the last couple of decades as a good example of how not to behave, when has Russia ever sent troops or logistics to help anyone, flood, tsunami...

Not forgetting that most of Ukraine's gas fields are in the disputed provinces in the north east border regions being taken over by Russia.

He has the support that he has, simply because he plucks the traditional strings of the nationalist balalaika,......he stirs up their emotions, he knows the Russians are fervently nationalistic, he knows that there is an historic wariness of the west ( and the east )...... so he masks his...