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Re: Meanwhile in America – politicalbetting.com
Re food prices.Do you know the difference between a lentil and a chickpea?
A tin of chickpeas has increased from 49p to 55p at ASDA.
Am I allowed to blame Starmer and Reeves or do I have to blame Trump ?
Donald Trump’s never had a lentil on his face.
Re: Meanwhile in America – politicalbetting.com
Even Americans have had enough.Duck à l'orange.
Blue wave incoming after which Trump may be a lame duck President. We can only hope.
Nigelb
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Re: Meanwhile in America – politicalbetting.com
The rise of Reform, and the Greens, is concerning. Not that I'm thrilled about Labour. But they do actually seem to understand that Russia's not our friend.Farage's best friends, apart from the Russians of course.Even Americans have had enough.I would never have hoped for the obliteration of the Republicans, till recently.
Blue wave incoming after which Trump may be a lame duck President. We can only hope.
But, following the previous header, and that national security document, this is as close as we have to an anti-Western, neo-Nazi party, in charge of a democracy.
It couldn't happen here? It is about to.
Re: Meanwhile in America – politicalbetting.com
I hope the EU succeeds in the coming days in overruling objections from Hungary in permanently freezing the ~€200bn of Russian funds, allowing them to move to using them to fund Ukraine via a 'loan'.
The likes of Hungary should be forced to pick a side. The EU's or Russia's. If the latter, they should be permanently sidelined and any subsidies removed until they leave the EU or change sides.
That might help focus minds in Hungary's elections in April. EU or Russia? Their choice, but they can't have both.
The likes of Hungary should be forced to pick a side. The EU's or Russia's. If the latter, they should be permanently sidelined and any subsidies removed until they leave the EU or change sides.
That might help focus minds in Hungary's elections in April. EU or Russia? Their choice, but they can't have both.
Ratters
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Re: Meanwhile in America – politicalbetting.com
Even Americans have had enough.I would never have hoped for the obliteration of the Republicans, till recently.
Blue wave incoming after which Trump may be a lame duck President. We can only hope.
But, following the previous header, and that national security document, this is as close as we have to an anti-Western, neo-Nazi party, in charge of a democracy.
Sean_F
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Re: Meanwhile in America – politicalbetting.com
Great news for the US - there are millions of decent Americans who hate Trump and all he stands for - but if they can elect Trump they can elect someone similar or worse down the road. It doesn't mean the UK or the other western allies can rely on them to be a reliable partner in the future.
Re: Young Republicans drawn to Holocaust denial and racism – politicalbetting.com
The photographs are fakes. The people who were tried were tortured into making false confessions. The eyewitnesses were liars. David Irving and Norman Finklestein have proved it was all massively exaggerated. Stalin was worse. Churchill was worse. FDR was worse. Zionists exaggerated the whole thing to garner support for Israel.I have a horrible feeling that before I die, it will have become orthodoxy that the Holocaust never happened.What makes you say that ?
How can a historically documented event, with video and picture evidence it happened simply be debunked by anyone other than fringe cranks ?
What about Hiroshima and Nagasaki? What about the GULAG? What about the Bengal Famine? What about Jim Crow?
Those arguments will suffice for stupid people.
Sean_F
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Re: Young Republicans drawn to Holocaust denial and racism – politicalbetting.com
Quota:Closest culturally to the UK in my opinion:Culturally the UK is closer to New Zealand than Canada. Having a block with Canada, Australia and New Zealand in it along with the UK would cover Europe, North America and a gateway to AsiaFPT - I would favour imperial federation of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.As a NZer, I have no political opposition to this, although the word “imperial” kind of kills it at birth.
Strangely, I can see a world where South Africa draws closer too, if we get the geopolitics right.
I went there recently and was struck by how much more British it was than I was expecting, despite not really being British at all.
Perhaps Durban and the Cape aren't representative but it didn't feel foreign.
Rather, as I said last thread, adding Australia and NZ doesn’t follow geopolitical logic.
UK-C could be a very powerful player in the North Atlantic and Arctic fields, and ironically a more valuable partner for both the U.S. and EU thereby.
The trick is how to move practically toward a UK-C.
Monnet had his coal and steel community - we need an analagous projet.
Ireland
Australia
NZ
Norway
Denmark
Canada
Re: Young Republicans drawn to Holocaust denial and racism – politicalbetting.com
The data in the header suggests that it isn't just children who are susceptible to the banality of social media. Whether Australia's approach will work or not is open to question. But even if it does, personally I think adults' use of social media is just as much an issue as children's, and I've no idea what can be done about that. But unless something is done, truth and facts have had their day, and it will only get worse.
