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- Mar 2008
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As with the ‘how did the gilets jaunes vote last time?’ material on the France thread the attempt to measure how racist the Dutch are by Wilders’ graphs seems a remarkable psephological shortsightedness.
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Confidence vote latest.
A Labour MP has been suspended and urged to resign from parliament by her party after being found guilty of repeatedly lying to avoid a speeding ticket.
Fiona Onasanya, the MP for Peterborough, was accused of colluding with her brother to avoid three points on her licence by claiming that a former lodger had been driving her Nissan Micra when it was found travelling at 41mph in a 30mph zone.
Police established the former lodger was in Russia at the time of the offence.
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Originally posted by anton pulisov View PostNah, the Netherlands belongs on that list. Wilders has pushed the entire political spectrum in the country to the right. The rubbish that Mark Rutte regularly spouts would have been considered beyond the pale twenty years ago.
Plus, in the latest polls you have Wilders' Party for Freedom on 18 seats and the new Forum for Democracy (Thierry Baudet's party, which is essentially Wildersism) on 16 seats. Their combined total of 34 would be equal to 23% of the 150 house seats. And, as mentioned, don't forget that the largest party (Mark Rutte's VVD) has itself solidified its grip on power by appealing to the populist-right.
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Meanwhile, I fear this is likely to be on the money.
http://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot....after-all.html
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Originally posted by SouthdownRebel View PostMeanwhile, I fear this is likely to be on the money.
http://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot....after-all.html
As I noted above, this may be the best option for both wings of the Conservative party as for both it meets the criteria of being the lesser of two evils. As for us, the nation, well it was never about us, so we can rest assured that they will not lose any sleep over it. For me the questions still remains, will it avert a hard-right turn? Not completely, as some headbangers will no doubt blame the EU for subsequent damage done to the economy, but hopefully the avoiding of a year-zero will contribute to maintaining some sanity.Last edited by Gert from the Well; 19-12-2018, 19:30.
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I can't disagree with Chris Grey, the Tories instinct for self-preservation trumps any other consideration. There will be endless, tedious battles to define the future relationship, Brexit will never go away...
The only long game Labour is playing is 2022 and any Brexit related hardship will be seen as a political advantage.
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The long game is a dangerous one. There’s no guarantee the young voters of 2017 will turn out in three years, let alone how/if the next generation vote. And if the decline is gradual enough maybe the slow collapse of the British economy will be greeted with apathy rather than anger. People might be even more scared of change than now.
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More on the hypothetical general election. Not a single seat changing hands in Wales per Roger Scully based on Sky Data. A tiny 0.5% swing from Tory to Labour ought to deliver 2 seats.
http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/elections...ng-intentions/
Labour did very well last time, but even so.
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- 2053
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Corbyn was far too polite of course and should never apologise. But I wonder if he shouldn't just quietly go now (I mean, within the next year) and hand over the baton to s.o else, s.o more popular and consensual (Starmer?), with fewer casseroles* (or casserolettes anyhow) to his name.
[*15. Avoir des casseroles au cul. “To have saucepans hung on the ass.” What you say about someone who’s haunted by a scandal.]
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Originally posted by Pérou Flaquettes View PostCorbyn was far too polite of course and should never apologise. But I wonder if he shouldn't just quietly go now (I mean, within the next year) and hand over the baton to s.o else, s.o more popular and consensual (Starmer?), with fewer casseroles* (or casserolettes anyhow) to his name.
[*15. Avoir des casseroles au cul. “To have saucepans hung on the ass.” What you say about someone who’s haunted by a scandal.]
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