• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    All jokes aside, them being outside is beneficial at the moment when we are hamstrung by bad actors they can stand alone to support Ukraine etc.

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      2 days ago

      How so? There isn’t a common defense policy in the EU that I know of, so any country is free to support Ukraine as much as they want, as far as I know. Happy to be corrected though.

      I’m sure there are some brexit benefits somewhere, but I don’t think this is it. What Orban is doing is stopping the EU doing something together, but he can’t stop Denmark or Poland from supporting Ukraine if they wish to do so.

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        3 hours ago

        The UK is not governed by EU regulations and as such has more flexibility in how they approach the frozen russian funds in their control. They are also not hamstrung in their implementation of sanctiona by the likes of the cowardly hungarians.