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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Hugh did make some robust suggestions in the post you quoted. 
I think it's hard to hold these rogue states to account easily. I guess now Belavia will fly to the UK and then passengers can catch a connecting flight to an EU state.
I can't think of a country in the last 30 years that's changed positively as a result of sanctions but that's not to say it's not happened. However, that doesn't mean they shouldn't be tried. Certainly, it could be seen as motivating to opposition leaders in the country itself. |
The UK responded quite a bit faster than the EU and had already banned Belavia from coming to the UK by teatime yesterday. In several posts in this thread you have implied that the UK needs to catch up with EU decisions sanctioning Belarus while in reality it's the EU that is in the UK's shadow. This is unsurprising, seeing as we don't have to convene a meeting of 27 heads of government before doing anything. You might try removing your blue-and-gold tinted glasses before commenting further.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-b1852919.html