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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5010 on: May 26, 2019, 04:40:55 pm »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48411735

Ah yes I'm sure it's the far right behind these attacks

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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5011 on: May 26, 2019, 10:42:00 pm »
RE: EU "parliamentary" elections...

I predict the EU Council will ignore the Spitzenkandidat process and Manfred Weber will not become President of the EU Commission despite the EPP being the largest party. Why? Because he's a terrible candidate (they actually managed to find someone worse than Juncker), and the fact that France & Germany aren't keen on him means they'll probably block it (and we all know France and Germany decide everything). Plus there's the danger that the nationalists could be the biggest party next time round...

 

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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5012 on: May 27, 2019, 02:10:29 am »

Nobody could have seen this coming!

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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5013 on: May 27, 2019, 01:57:27 pm »
Muh leave



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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5014 on: May 28, 2019, 08:19:50 am »
Brexit means nothing.
BREXIT... MEANS... BREXIT

oh btw, brexit is dumb and isn't going to happen. They're going to sit on their hands until people forget.

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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5015 on: May 28, 2019, 10:06:00 am »
Brexit means nothing.
BREXIT... MEANS... BREXIT

oh btw, brexit is dumb and isn't going to happen. They're going to sit on their hands until people forget.
Nigel will eventually die bois we'll just wait him out..

RE: EU "parliamentary" elections...

I predict the EU Council will ignore the Spitzenkandidat process and Manfred Weber will not become President of the EU Commission despite the EPP being the largest party. Why? Because he's a terrible candidate (they actually managed to find someone worse than Juncker), and the fact that France & Germany aren't keen on him means they'll probably block it (and we all know France and Germany decide everything). Plus there's the danger that the nationalists could be the biggest party next time round...

I wish they'd make the President of the EU commission directly elected by the people of the EU.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2019, 10:07:42 am by Furrnox »

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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5016 on: May 28, 2019, 06:51:12 pm »
YOU CAN'T BARRAGE THE FARRAGE! the man we all needed, has become the man we have.


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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5018 on: June 13, 2019, 12:43:23 am »
Wow another data selling website cool.
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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5019 on: June 14, 2019, 06:04:06 am »
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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5020 on: June 15, 2019, 04:16:16 pm »
https://twitter.com/guyparker2

With people like this leading our national regulatory bodies I think the EU is falling down our list our priorities...
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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5021 on: June 15, 2019, 10:32:49 pm »
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2019-06-12/blunt-utensils-replace-kitchen-knives-to-help-save-lives/

LMAO. If criminals want to commit murder, this silly ban won't hinder them.

First they banned civilian guns, then knives, and now kitchen utensils. Has it helped? Criminals will always find a way to commit crimes they are willing to do. If they want a gun, they will get their hands on one.


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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5022 on: June 17, 2019, 08:34:14 am »
Wait Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are the current frontrunners for the conservative leadership election? Big oofs.
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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5023 on: June 17, 2019, 09:41:49 pm »
Of course. Johnson's ridicious hardline position is the only thing that will bring back voters to the Conservatives and MP's would like to keep their seats.

But hey someone please tell me how first-past-the-post single-member districts are such a good system for electing legislative bodies.

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Re: The General Political Thread
« Reply #5024 on: June 20, 2019, 10:26:32 pm »
Of course. Johnson's ridicious hardline position is the only thing that will bring back voters to the Conservatives and MP's would like to keep their seats.

Johnson doesn't have a hardline position, in fact he's managed to avoid saying publicly what his Brexit policy actually is other than that he's determined to leave by Oct 31st. He probably wants May's deal minus the NI backstop, which isn't that extreme.


But hey someone please tell me how first-past-the-post single-member districts are such a good system for electing legislative bodies.

FPTP is great so long as you have primary elections that ensures there's a two-party system. For instance there's no need to vote Liberal Democrat if you can instead vote for a centrist to be the official Tory or Labour candidate come the general election.