I am surprised you think there is too much defence of our home grown talent, I have always felt the criticism of local lads is extra special savage....
We need it because Russia is going to march to Kiev, and then all the way through Poland. After a short breather they'll pick up where they left off...
In respect of your final paragraph, there have been quite significant decisions made by governments made on assumptions and modelling in very recent...
Without touching on French employment law, I do wonder how this expert estimation that we had > 50% chance of staying up will be received in a court...