Shard

Dave has give a speech defending Britain at the G20...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/v...l-island-video

Was he defending the realm against the Ruskies or speaking tosh?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...greatness-guff

Novocastrian

What a prick. I see now why Steve Bell always draws him with a condom on his head.

danfolkestone

To me, it was the correct response to the question that was asked at a press conference. It would have been tempting to respond by listing some of Russia's many failings, but he sensibly stuck to listing positive attributes of Britain.

Steve_

"Cleared the continent of facism."

I'm not surprised the Russians were upset, heard of Stalingrad?

Shard

The speech was actually a response to (alleged) comments from Putin that Britain is a small island that no one listens to anymore.

not2old

Putin was right - Dave just lowered himself to Putins level - then again what would Cameron the wealthy private school boy know about small mindedness

Shard

Well, by most account he didn't lower himself to Putin's level, as refrained to take any cheap shots at Russia. Instead, he offered a fairly upbeat and positive depiction of British capability.

not2old

yes, it was that historical look back.

Cameron like most folks look at 'what we did' and cannot deal with or fix the current issues that effect the country

And it doesn't matter which government is in power - the problems will only get worse & with each revolving door ... guess what!

More British ex-pats have left than are returning.. go figure

Shard

Not sure which problems you are referring to? Some Brits emigrating (as always) but nowhere near the number of people immigrating in. Heading to 70 million population within a decade.

Novocastrian

But a totally deluded one.

Anyway, as of today, can one lower oneself to Putin's level? He's made Kerry and Obama look like amateurs.

danfolkestone

Any Russian attempt to claim credit for clearing the continent of facism is surely mitigated by the Non-Aggression Pact they signed with Hitler in 1939, which freed up Nazi Germany to spread facism to much of Europe. The subsequent Soviet involvement in the war was also nothing to do with ending facism; they were defending themselves from the German invasion.

Shard

According to Dave, Britain cleared Europe of fascism (amongst other things).

Novocastrian

So did the Munich Agreement. Oops.