Liz Truss has resigned. What's the chances of forcing a general election now?
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That's so weird. In Europe, you propose trickle down economics and gutting the social safety net and your government lasts a few weeks. Here, half the population is like "well, I'm ok with the creeping fascism so long as the people I dislike doesn't get a tax cut".
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Truss served under more monarchs than any PM in the last 70 years.
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I'm not sure there's a mechanism for it and with a guaranteed landslide for the current opposition there doesn't seem to be any chance for it to be agreed upon. |
Perfect time for Charles to make a grab for more power for the Crown!!
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There is, just you need a majority to vote for it. There's two options to get there: A) The upcoming Conservative Party leadership contest: It's plausible, if unlikely, that rebels who supported candidates that didn't win call for a General Election (basically, at that point, the Conservative Party will have no one who can command a majority of the House of Commons, and therefore be forced to ask the ruling Monarch for permission to schedule a new general election, to get things moving again) B) Several Tories have mooted the equivalence of "Look, we're only going to damage our standing and not be able to do anything for the next two years ANYWAY, let's try to gracefully move into Opposition and get started on rebuilding the party so we can return to power quicker." One of the arguments with B) is with the polls as bad as they are now, they may not even be the official Opposition, as they could potentially be the party with the third or even fourth most seats in Parliament. Of course, waiting could only make it worse, but there are enough folks who are praying that the metaphorical horse will learn to sing that they're willing to try anything as long as there's a chance of it stabilizing the party's power over the next two years of the scheduled terms.. |
"Should have said "automatism" (in other countries there are contingencies where a general election automatically happens and/or can be ordered). Isn't A) pretty much running into the same internal roadblock as B) ?
you'd need a decent chunk of members essentially either have no further ambitions ("who cares if i loose the job when i'm retiring anyway") or somehow are/feel assured of being among the few that would still get to be an MP even with labour dominating in general. |
FFS
Boris may be back in the leadership race for the Tories. |
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It's the Illuminati guys. Quote:
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Quite a f*** yo... i mean send off from the BBC:
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just saw this! Hellawow! Let's not have any more conservatives in power ever. |
Jeez how long has some editor been waiting to use that
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this post...it's so amazing best joke of 2022 |
Saw an article about some wanting UK to rejoin the EU.
I looked for some polling and saw the below that charts how public opinion has been moving towards rejoining. Have no freaking idea how long & complicated that process will be (e.g. considering how long it took to split). Opinion polling on the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union (2020–present - Wikipedia) |
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i doubt the EU wants them back :) |
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Thank same link had that question for France, Germany, Italy and Spain. There was alot of "Neither" & "Don't Know", but there was more "Support" than "Oppose". |
Well done Xi. Machiavelli would have been proud, especially that antic with your predecessor.
Now don't go about invading Taiwan, the Cost vs Benefit is not worth. And it could ruin your legacy if it fails or stumbles, do you really need that additional headache? |
There is no one in the UK more punchable than Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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The ending to Sunaks introductory statement is peak "why am i doing this? I believe none of the things i just said".
At least there's some good memes out there: — Rob (@robgrace2020) October 24, 2022 |
I dare anyone who has watched The Inbetweeners to tell me he doesn’t sound exactly the same as Will. You will never be able to unhear it once you have heard it.
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120 killed in South Korea in Halloween festivities. Cause unknown right now.
Crap. |
Crowd crush, in Itaewon. 146 dead so far
hxxps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/29/dozens-of-people-crushed-by-large-crowd-at-halloween-festivities-in-south-korea |
Live updates: At least 149 killed in Seoul Halloween incident | CNN
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I remember reading somewhere that if you are in a massive crowd and fall, to lie sideways vs front/back so you can breathe more/better. Not sure if that works standing up "in the middle got jammed". Can't imagine the chaotic madness happening |
So who does everyone think blew up the pipeline? Russia makes no sense. UK just been accused of it.
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Why does Russia make no sense? The pipeline was never going to be making them money anymore and the discussions about this, which was the one useful thing about the pipeline(s) had pretty much run it's course at least over here. And then you kind of just demonstrated why it does: Speculation about who else might have done it. (the UK is just the newest one, the destruction has been used to fuel anti-american resentment immediately and intensively by actors that have been pushing the russian narrative all along). |
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Brazil's Lula da Silva wins fiercely contested presidential run-off vote | CNN |
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Why does Russia make no sense? The UK? The same country that can't figure out basic customs clearances & passport controls? |
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Awaiting coup attempt |
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They do a pretty good job in YT Border Security series UK Border Force - YouTube |
Not a good couple days for civilians in India and South Korea.
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Good sign I guess.
Use Netanyahu as an example, there's a high probability you'll get another shot in 4 years. And hey, you'll be eligible for two consecutive 4 year terms then. ‘It’s over’: Jair Bolsonaro reportedly accepts defeat in Brazil election | Brazil | The Guardian Quote:
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Any Canadians with some inside politics about Doug Ford and his making it illegal for teachers to strike ?
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Indian police are said to be looking for this man in connection to the bridge destruction: |
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Russia would love to pick up where they left off when all this is said and done. Oil to Europe is a primary revenue stream. They may be a lot of things but not that stupid. Seems to me the media is winning the propaganda war and nationalism is clouding judgment. The good versus evil narrative seems to have swept a lot of inconvenient details under the carpet. I never understood how German people could support Hitler when I was younger, but the brainwashing spin of the media is a very powerful force. I guess it even applied back then. Good people can be manipulated in to believing whatever a country wants it to. I am open minded as to who destroyed the pipeline. I guess perhaps with the politics involved it is a conversation best avoided. |
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I can think of a benefit to the US doing it, or even maybe Ukraine. UK? Not so much. |
I've always viewed Indonesia as a moderate muslim country. There is some extremism (and also, goes without saying, a lot of corruption) but for the most part, different religions, culture and people play "okay" together.
Their laws (to be in effect in 3 years) is somewhat troubling, another tick towards extremism. My guess is it'll be in the books but won't be enforced except in some very conservative areas (e.g. Aceh). https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/i...hnk/index.html Quote:
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Malaysia is another moderate muslim country with large Chinese & Indian ethnicities. There's definitely discrimination from the bumiputras (son of the land) who owns the political power. They recently elected a (supposedly) reformist PM but voting shows deep racial division. Kinda interesting where some ME countries are opening up to westerners (out of necessity as their oil will run out sometime) but SEA muslim countries are becoming more extremist. |
Germany arrests 25 suspected far-right extremists for plotting to overthrow government | CNN
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German right wing ideologues have taken to american right wing ideology very easily. It's just more viable and "compatible" (not really captures what the german expression, "anschlussfähig" means though) with members of more mainstream society than oldschool (neo)nazi ideology. This particular stream is what in the US is known as the sovereign citizen movement, both having their own 'folklore' of why their respective country's government is illegitimate but essentially being very similarly styled movements. Reichsbürger movement - Wikipedia I mean, they are crazy and frankly idiotic but they are also mostly one step removed from people that are in positions to do real damage. I mean, heck, in this group itself you have former high ranking military and a judge and former member of parliament (not 20 years ago but 2 years ago and still filling an active role for her right wing party which is surfing the asshole resurgence to the tune of 15% in polls). |
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I read an article a couple of months ago that mentioned that what equates to the sovereign citizen movement is growing quickly in Germany. |
Congrats Peru, for upholding your democracy
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Congrats Argentina. Your VP situation isn't as clear to me as Peru but assuming she is guilty, congrats on upholding your democracy.
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I'm not going to fault SA & China from doing deals. Seems pretty smart to me and the right thing to do for your citizens.
And Biden already knows we need to reduce our dependency on ME oil and has been taking steps to achieve that goal. I'd work around & reduce our support for SA, and publicly support the other ME countries that are normalizing relationships with Israel. Quote:
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EU passed a 18B euro (where is my euro sign on my keyboard?) aid package to Ukraine but somehow bypassed Hungary's veto. Don't know the EU bylaws but this sounds off/funny. Article doesn't have much more info on how it was done, and didn't find more details in MSM.
Hungary & Turkiye have to okay Finland and Sweden's application into NATO. Hungary was going to vote next year. Wonder how this impacts that process. EU to circumvent Hungary’s veto of €18 billion aid to Ukraine in 2023 | Euronews Quote:
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EU Council decides on 18 billion package for Ukraine despite Hungary's veto |
Thanks. Nice way round Hungary's blackmail (?).
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Yeah, Hungary wants the EU to promise not to freeze EU aid because of.. inefficiencies (read: corruption) and to allow Russia to sell them oil at cheaper then going rates, and is using the NATO expansion and this kind of thing as a negotiating point
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Dola: Now that they know that they can't really hold it up, Hungary has dropped the veto.
Hungary agrees deal and lifts veto on €18bn EU aid package for Ukraine | Euronews |
There's probably more details but based on the article, I wonder why she was tried and convicted. It doesn't seem that being a stenographer/typist rises to that level. But I'm sure she knew bad things were happening though.
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From a strictly military point of view, a secretary in the Commander's Office is most definitely at that level. Outside of that I think it is pretty cut and dry.
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If she is typing up the order to execute people, she is definitely fits the definition and seems to have committed the crime. Her defense was she did not know what was going on. All of the killings and acts of torture were either documented and sent to the Commander's office or documented by the people in the Commander's office. My guess is she typed at least one or two of those documents. |
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