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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2325 on: January 21, 2018, 10:54:04 pm »
Isn't it nice to have a government that doesn't shut down?

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2326 on: January 21, 2018, 10:56:17 pm »
^ too real

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2327 on: January 21, 2018, 11:16:10 pm »
Does anybody else wish we could go back to the days of Cameron and Miliband just pure ragging each other in the commons? Simpler times.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2328 on: January 21, 2018, 11:38:12 pm »
Merkel's CDU is a Christian-Conservative centre-right party that does also pursue a market Liberal economic policy, which I believe is what is being refered to here.
Ah I see, thanks for clarifying.

Partly that, but it's also about plenty of other things. Merkel dislikes the idea of the nation state and its symbols, is not much of a cultural Christian, is very pro-mass migration, and is not a great believer in national sovereignty. That's totally at odds with much of Eastern and Central Europe, and is a very big problem given she's trying to impose her beliefs on the rest of the EU.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2329 on: January 21, 2018, 11:42:11 pm »
Merkel's CDU is a Christian-Conservative centre-right party that does also pursue a market Liberal economic policy, which I believe is what is being refered to here.
Ah I see, thanks for clarifying.

Partly that, but it's also about plenty of other things. Merkel dislikes the idea of the nation state and its symbols, is not much of a cultural Christian, is very pro-mass migration, and is not a great believer in national sovereignty. That's totally at odds with much of Eastern and Central Europe, and is a very big problem given she's trying to impose her beliefs on the rest of the EU.
Is she on more of the centralist part of her party then in terms of social beliefs?

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2330 on: January 22, 2018, 01:38:45 am »
Difficult to say as she contradicts herself constantly. I recall she made a major speech bashing multiculturalism a few years back saying it had totally failed, yet in 2014 pushed through a migration policy that saw over a million people enter Germany in the space of 12 months. She claims Islam is a 'part of Germany' yet also used to call for burqas to be banned claiming they 'weren't acceptable in our country'. She's also allegedly anti-gay marriage, though that might just be a stance she took to shore up her base at a time when some in her party were trying to oust her.

Personally I think she doesn't really believe in much but will say whatever is politically pragmatic at the time. I mean, she's very comfortable working in coalition with everyone from the FDP to the SPD to the German Greens. Her main political philosophy is that Angela Merkel should be Chancellor of Germany, and everything else comes second to that.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2331 on: January 22, 2018, 02:33:39 am »
Ah I know her type. Do and say whatever as long as it ends with the retention of power.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2332 on: January 22, 2018, 03:46:44 pm »
Just saw black mirror's "Waldo" episode made me think a whole lot about Trump.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2333 on: January 22, 2018, 04:10:35 pm »
Just saw black mirror's "Waldo" episode made me think a whole lot about Trump.
Never seen it, in what way does it remind you of him?

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2334 on: January 22, 2018, 04:34:10 pm »
Satire candidate that just take the piss on it's opponents and the system.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2335 on: January 22, 2018, 08:59:46 pm »
Satire candidate that just take the piss on it's opponents and the system.

You're thinking of bernie
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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2336 on: January 22, 2018, 09:06:16 pm »
Just saw black mirror's "Waldo" episode made me think a whole lot about Trump.
Great episode!

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2337 on: January 22, 2018, 09:41:58 pm »
Satire candidate that just take the piss on it's opponents and the system.

You're thinking of bernie

That's where you're wrong kiddo.

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2338 on: January 22, 2018, 10:16:25 pm »
But he’s not tho

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Re: The General Political Thread - Brexit poll (#FSEXIT)
« Reply #2339 on: January 23, 2018, 12:44:52 am »
This is a really insightful discussion