A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election
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On the one hand, their leader has left his wife for a model half his age who turns out to be a drooling racist hatemonger. On the other hand, him leaving his wife for a model half his age, and her turning out to be a drooling racist hatemonger are literally the only times anyone has heard of UKIP in the last six months. Oh, apart from the time Farage called for a new brexit referendum.
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Why would Farage want a new referendum? We're already getting Brexit, what more does he want?
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Brexeunt.
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The illusion of continued relevancy.KathTheDragon wrote:Why would Farage want a new referendum? We're already getting Brexit, what more does he want?
[officially? To crush the saboteurs, prove once and for all that virtually the entire population 100% supports the hardest possible Brexit, and make it impossible for the traitors to weasel out of it.]
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I thought farage and the brexiteers had gotten cold feet (?)
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So, Jeremy Corbyn, it turns out, hates women by not discriminating against transwomen. Mumsnet, British housewives' answer to 4chan, is now pissed off at him because if transmen aren't forced to use the women's restroom it will compromise women's-only spaces, which is a totally logical thing for a human being to believe, apparently. Every article I've seen also claims that “feminists” are angry at Corbyn, but doesn't say who these feminists are, besides the old fat men pretending to be Hyacinth Bucket over on Mumsnet, so I assume they're from the same alternate reality as the magic money tree. Between this and the recent revelation that Corbyn is literally a Soviet spy, I'm not sure what more it will take to finally replace him so Labour can go back to being the Tories like nature intended.
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I keep wondering why people keep inventing reasons to hate George Soros, Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump when there are legitimate ones.
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Wow, do you really think Jeremy Corbyn falls into the same category as the other three? I simply don't see it; you can argue about the efficacy in feasibility of his policies and criticise his weak leadership, but on a personal level there's nothing there to really hate, unlike the other three.mèþru wrote:I keep wondering why people keep inventing reasons to hate George Soros, Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump when there are legitimate ones.
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Donald Trump is in a different league form the other three. I am not sure about whether Soros is better or the same as the other two non-Trumps. I still put Corbyn and Clinton in the same basket, albiet for different reasons. I don't think I actually hate anyone in that list, not even Donald Trump. I dislike all of them though. I reserve hate for people like Ahmadinejad and Erdoğan. Here are my reasons for disliking Corbyn:Because of all this I support Theresa May as prime minister. It's the same reason why I don't identify with the worldwide green movement despite it being close to my own opinions.
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The quotes you put in your post indicate Corbyn has an overly positive view of the Iranian an Russian governments. If foreign policy is a area of politics significantly dearer to you than any other, then that may be reason to oppose him being prime minister.
On the other hand, for other things, it's basically a fairly consistent anti-war stance: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05 ... my-corbyn/
Also, the prime minister of the UK is decided on the basis of the party with the most seats in Westminster. Because of this, one chooses only indirectly who becomes prime minister. And in every constituency there are more than two choices.
On the other hand, for other things, it's basically a fairly consistent anti-war stance: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05 ... my-corbyn/
Also, the prime minister of the UK is decided on the basis of the party with the most seats in Westminster. Because of this, one chooses only indirectly who becomes prime minister. And in every constituency there are more than two choices.
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I certainly support Labour over the Conservatives. I just don't want Corbyn in charge of foreign policy. War is a bad thing, but that doesn't mean you make peace with terrorism and dictatorships. Also, Zionist is the only political label I use. If there were separate heads of government for all things foreign and all things domestic (sort of like France when there is a cohabitation), then I would certainly endorse Corbyn for domestic leadership. Similarly, I supported Jeb Bush for president until he said that he will only allow Christian refugees from Syria. I then switched to supporting Bernie Sanders until it was evident that he could not win. Then I switched to Hillary Clinton.
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What do you think there is to hate about Clinton!?Frislander wrote:Wow, do you really think Jeremy Corbyn falls into the same category as the other three? I simply don't see it; you can argue about the efficacy in feasibility of his policies and criticise his weak leadership, but on a personal level there's nothing there to really hate, unlike the other three.mèþru wrote:I keep wondering why people keep inventing reasons to hate George Soros, Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump when there are legitimate ones.
[I mean, I get not loving her, but hating? What's she done/said that's so objectionable?]
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I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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Welcome to Texas!Salmoneus wrote:What do you think there is to hate about Clinton!?
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OK, but by that logic you should equally dislike Theresa May for her continuing support of the Saudis (and if anything I would almost consider Iran to be the lesser of the two evils there). And half of the things you list Corbyn's stance on as being objectionable I actually would tend to agree with (basically from the Ukraine paragraph downwards).mèþru wrote:I certainly support Labour over the Conservatives. I just don't want Corbyn in charge of foreign policy. War is a bad thing, but that doesn't mean you make peace with terrorism and dictatorships.
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I dislike Theresa May for her support of the Saudis. Unlike Iran, Saudi Arabia doesn't have democratic opposition groups who prepare to take the reigns. Saudi Arabia isn't a big threat fot my homeland.
NATO is vital for the protection of Europe from Russia and the cooperation between member states has greatly enhanced security from terrorism and the ability of countries to engage in counter-terrorist activities. I disagree with Corbyn that the Falkland Islands should have just been handed over or put into a condominium despite the wishes of its people. I agree that more diplomatic channels should have been tried first, but the people of the islands have the right to self-determination and they have overwhelmingly self-determined to be British. Also, it is one thing to the end of the embargo and flow of goods, people and information from the US to Cuba and back and quite another to portray Fidel Castro as a great statesman and celebrate the current regime and the Revolution.
NATO is vital for the protection of Europe from Russia and the cooperation between member states has greatly enhanced security from terrorism and the ability of countries to engage in counter-terrorist activities. I disagree with Corbyn that the Falkland Islands should have just been handed over or put into a condominium despite the wishes of its people. I agree that more diplomatic channels should have been tried first, but the people of the islands have the right to self-determination and they have overwhelmingly self-determined to be British. Also, it is one thing to the end of the embargo and flow of goods, people and information from the US to Cuba and back and quite another to portray Fidel Castro as a great statesman and celebrate the current regime and the Revolution.
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Yes, indeed. As far as I can tell the main reason why this is the case is the way the Saudi government crushes dissent.mèþru wrote:Unlike Iran, Saudi Arabia doesn't have democratic opposition groups who prepare to take the reigns.
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No. Iran also crushes the dissent. The difference is that Iran had already had democracy before in living memory.
Also, Bolton's been voted out of his leadership of UKIP.
Also, Bolton's been voted out of his leadership of UKIP.
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And do we care? UKIP is the only problem which actually will go away if we ignore it, they'll just implode or fade into irrelevance.mèþru wrote:Also, Bolton's been voted out of his leadership of UKIP.
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WE DO NOT SOW!...the people of the islands...
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Bill Clinton wasn't very popular when he was president, you know. Hillary came out slightly better in 2008, but couldn't inspire the fanatical, pants-tingling, secular-messianic mass hysteria that Obama did. Two terms of the Great Unifier later, the Democrats had a completely different brand and a completely different target demographic for their advertising, and in accordance with that, Hillary's team of clueless campaign lackeys went and ran her on the image of YOU WILL SEE THE COCKROACHES' STRAW HUTS IN THE MARSH! CUT DOWN THE TALL TREES! KULAKS!! WRECKERS!!!Salmoneus wrote:What do you think there is to hate about Clinton!?Frislander wrote:Wow, do you really think Jeremy Corbyn falls into the same category as the other three? I simply don't see it; you can argue about the efficacy in feasibility of his policies and criticise his weak leadership, but on a personal level there's nothing there to really hate, unlike the other three.mèþru wrote:I keep wondering why people keep inventing reasons to hate George Soros, Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump when there are legitimate ones.
[I mean, I get not loving her, but hating? What's she done/said that's so objectionable?]
This did not go over very well, but only because she had the competence of a wet rag, and did not have the sense to do what Obama did and try to come off as the Great Unifier while leaving the dirty work of spinning yarns of cockroaches, tall trees, and grain-hoarding kulaks to, um, everyone else in his coalition.
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...Bill Clinton had a 73% approval rating. He was on average the most popular two-term president since Eisenhower - and unlike most presidents, that's dragged down by an anti-honeymoon period. He left office with the highest approval rating of any departing president (66%).Nortaneous wrote: Bill Clinton wasn't very popular when he was president, you know.
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I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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That was quite the Nortgasm there.
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Nort's political rants make me miss Eddy.
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I do have to say that I like it when Nort rants in a conlang of his, to only put an innocuous translation to go along with it which belies the gloss.
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