Ukraine must negotiate with Russia as the war threatens the Western alliance, says James Lawson 

Chamberlain didn't live in vain I see... You Brits need to teach your own history...

"This speaker is a competitive debater and the views expressed may not represent their beliefs." - People in the comments might want to read that. And also look up competitive debating. A very challenging job proposing that motion.

This guy just keeps coming out with absolute bangers! "We should stop helping Ukraine now so that we can deter ruzzia and China in the future"....But by giving up we just show that we have no willpower or desire to see it out, which will do absolutely nothing to deter future conflicts 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

excellent. maybe there is hope for our futures after all, please help this man become our next pm asap,

Negotiate or death? That is the question....

Wow NAFO cope is really strong here.

Can I get his appartment? He can negotiate to get a picture or something.

This young man's viewpoint is the most persuasive, unemotional, and logical.

What it doesn't get is that the "terrorist" terms would be something like "I keep your family to use as I please and you can visit and watch"

To bad intellectuals debating in a hall while dressed fancy doesn’t accomplish anything.

Oh, we mustn't have 'populist, right-wing movements' gaining support now, must we? This young man is going to be a pillar of the Liberal Establishment, that same establishment which is betraying the indigenous peoples of Europe.

Let's just say his argument are contradictionary. You can't have the cake and eat it at the same time. A deterrent that is not actually used in response to an aggression it failed to in fact deter is worthless. It's like keeping the cake to not starve later while actually starving.

I find it appaling that people like him always call on Ukraine to negotiate, but never on Russia to stop their aggression. Ukraine doesn't have any option but to defend itself. Russia can end the war today, no negotiation needed.

At last one european is talking of peace after devastating Such a beautiful place like Ukraine.

Why not signed the Treaty (draft no.7), before the war stated...? Instead wasting, resources, lives, money, time, infrastructures, etc.etc..?

Silly boy.

Diplomatic solutions now are good start but the terms on which Proposition should test- Ukraine alliance with NATO is wrong b/c NATO expansion is the cause of this war. NATO war fought with Ukrainian men is lost. Time to reevaluate NATO expansion.

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only a few smart kids like this one left in the UK...well done mate the only one calling for peace first

Do we remember how a peace treaty with Russia turned out in Chechnya? It resulted in the destruction of Grozny.

Very funny peace of unrelevant former empire.

Is this debater speaking from having specialised training, experience, and understanding of the complexities of warfare based on books? Is he more experienced than our military Generals?

He makes a good case suggesting the West should conserve its resources. By retort though: what is the West (esp NATO) for if not detering Russian genocidal aggression? James also massively overstates his case in his peroration that we should call for a ceasefire... even if Ukraine were winning. 🤨

Ignore the Russian bots

Kids argument

Imagine you are beaten by English nationalist in Scotland if you utter scottish/galeic words or put/pin/hold scottish flag. That is what happened with Hungarians living in west ukraine (who were cut from their mother country in 1920 by Treaty of Trianon). I live 50 miles form Ukraine border and we know. there is even a law, you can check, which forbids in school to use your own language in school. If you use/pin/waive Hungarian flag there you are beaten until you bleed. Same applies for Russians there. But you in the west media bubble do not hear these. The Minsk agreement was to assure these rights but Ukraine ignored it with the support of the west. Zelensky has a multi million euro palace in Tuscana, Italy, he has had it even before he became president. Where do you think that money came from? His wealth is estimated 1,5 billion USD. Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and is far from being a democracy Russia cannot be beaten only talks give peace but USA does not want it. Even if Ukraine wins back all territories, what is guarantee Russia will not go back some months later? Nothing. So far 300+ billion USD was spent by the west for this war, third of it was stolen by corruption, and 2/3 went back to US weapon manufacturers. Ukraine is in ruins, the economy is bankrupted, the people fled, those who stayed are in life lasting war shock. The war does not seem to end soon. There is no winner in this. The solution is to respect the concern of Russia and for Ukraine to respect minority rights. The beneficiaries of the war are USA and China. USA gas 4x more expensive than Russian, makes EU/Germany uncompetitive, end of EU economy. EU/UK will crush due to incompetent leaders who think a long term stable peace and prosperity in Europe is possible without or by "beating" Russia (whatever it means) and a strong European/German economy based on cheap Russian gas scares the hell out of the USA. Prospect of Ukraine joining NATO, NATO expansion and the oppression of minorities in ukraine led to this. This is the west paying the cost of freedom. the west decided to pay the »cost of freedom«, so pin the ukrainian flag onto your shirt and enjoy the western style of living while it lasts.

“Just negotiate” people who say this use the word “negotiate” like a magic spell without ever delving into what that actually means.

Long live Vladimir Putin ❤❤❤❤❤

What a fool

Ukraine can not win this war.

We stand with Russia