May 2024
4:17pm, 15 May 2024
4,829 posts
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paulcook
larkim wrote: Wow, that is very explicit by JRM about where he would like to see things going. No surprise about the Johnson love-in, but I am a little surprised he's that effusive about Farage, Habib and Tice. Desperado. Only word I can find for it. |
May 2024
4:20pm, 15 May 2024
24,044 posts
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3M
That doesn't sound like a great team to me....
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May 2024
4:27pm, 15 May 2024
27,460 posts
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richmac
3M wrote: That doesn't sound like a great team to me.... If you're an inbred it might. JRM only wants Bozo because he thinks he's a vote winner, other than that I bet he despises him |
May 2024
6:53pm, 15 May 2024
67,948 posts
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LindsD
That's scary.
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May 2024
7:27pm, 15 May 2024
27,462 posts
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richmac
Political assassination in the Balkans, tends not to end well. FFS |
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May 2024
9:37pm, 15 May 2024
67,950 posts
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LindsD
Shit
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May 2024
10:38pm, 15 May 2024
21,480 posts
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Chrisull
Hmm semi-political from what I'm reading, it's alleged it was over changes to TV channels that are very controversial.
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May 2024
10:41pm, 15 May 2024
21,481 posts
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Chrisull
But - a while back I was poo-pooed very vociferously for saying fascists would be in charge of a major Western European country, well as of today it's definitely happening, a party dedicated to banning mosques and the Koran lead a four party coalition in the Netherlands and will govern. The only proviso is that Wilders himself will not be president. It's here. Sigh. All so fucking predictable. Next prediction, it will get worse before it gets better. And also Ukraine will be forced to come to terms with Russia. Dark times. Spare me the panglossian bullshit. |
May 2024
11:26pm, 15 May 2024
11,118 posts
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Fields
richmac wrote: Political assassination in the Balkans, tends not to end well. FFS Slovakia is not in the Balkans. Thinking of Slovenia? Fico is (was?) a nasty piece of work from what I understand. I have similarly posted about EU states moving to the far right and how this is a problem Chris. Ireland has had a lot of far right noise too (anti immigration stuff for example newcomers to Ireland being told to “speak English” which is certainly ironic if you think about Irish history. |
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May 2024
6:58am, 16 May 2024
27,466 posts
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richmac
Chrisull wrote: Hmm semi-political from what I'm reading, it's alleged it was over changes to TV channels that are very controversial. I understand that, I also get that it's more eastern Europe rather than the actual Balkans, in case anyone wants to indulge in geographic pendency. My point is that as the guy is another pro Putin puppet this may be a catalyst that your Luckashenkos, Orbans, Georgian Dream types can seize on to become more authoritarian or justify further aggression outside of their boarders. You see the historical parallel. |
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