Noticed a large number of channels on YT yesterday spewing out the current spiel, including the usual tabloid & broadsheet suspects all singing from the same hymn page -
Alex Krainer extract -
"Zelensky is not a dictator, and so say all of us! Prime Minister Starmer weighed in, stating that Zelensky is not a dictator, opposition candidate Nigel Farage said so too as did a whole slew of media personalities like Piers Morgan. The narrative emerged that Ukraine is at war, so how could Zelensky possibly hold elections, and that Britain, the world's brightest-shining beacon of democracy and human rights didn't hold elections for ten years around World War II, and on and on. Nigel Farage suggested that Ukraine will hold elections and that an appropriate timeframe for that should be set, but for now, let's just all agree that Zelensky is not a dictator, allright?
The empire of true lies
The actual truth, however, is that Zelensky's term expired last May. Whatever happened in Britain between 1935 and 1945 is irrelevant as is Farage's appropriate timeframe for future elections. Ukraine has a constitution according to which the president serves a 5-year term which cannot be extended for any reason at all. In other words, Zelensky's presidency has been illegal and illegitimate since last May and spinning comforting narratives can't change this"
.https://trendcompass.substack.com/p/volodymyr-zelensky-is-or-isnt-a-dictator
