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fine gael, the party of and for attractive young women
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They're right but lol at the reason being not giving them a second referendum. What about all the other poo poo?
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Samovar posted:Could you put this into context for an absolute idiot? Sinn Fein are having an incredibly good election and a bunch of politicians from Fianna Fail and Fine Gael (the 2 major parties) are in danger of losing their seats Sinn Fein might get the most 1st preference votes but lose out on seats because they didn't expect to do so well and didn't run 2 people in every constituency (Ireland has multiple MPs per constituency)
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https://twitter.com/singharj/status/1226812191686430722 But what does the Scouter say about his power level?
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Avirosb posted:https://twitter.com/singharj/status/1226812191686430722 It's over 1488!
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Samovar posted:Could you put this into context for an absolute idiot? Ireland has basically been governed by 2 parties since winning independence from the Brits. It's alternated between Fianna Fáil (Eng: Warriors of Destiny) and Fine Gael (Eng: Tribe of the Irish). Despite the kickin' rad names they're basically both centrist succ parties that have held power while, in recent years, promoting Ireland as a superficially progressive country - pro-choice, LGBTQ rights etc. But fundamentally they were both committed to neo-liberalism. Ireland used to suffer a massive brain drain, where everyone with half an education would jump ship and go work elsewhere in Europe. But the small movements towards a progressive democracy have resulted in a lot more young people staying within the country. The 2 main parties hoped to capitalize on this and win the younger generation over to the joys of centrism. But instead a huge chunk of the youth vote went to Sinn Féin (Eng: Ourselves Alone) because, despite their history of
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Agean90 posted:Basically there's two ways for Scotland to leave, by election or by violence. BORIS already said they aren't authorizing another Independence referendum so that only leaves one option If Scotland declares that they’re going then its up to the Tories to stop them by arresting the Scottish leaders or sending in the military. And neither option is going to make the Scots want to stay. So the Tories are screwed either way and Scotland leaves without having to initiate violence.
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Hillary 2020 posted:If Scotland declares that they’re going then its up to the Tories to stop them by arresting the Scottish leaders or sending in the military. And neither option is going to make the Scots want to stay. So the Tories are screwed either way and Scotland leaves without having to initiate violence. Don't the UK keep some of their nukes in Scotland?
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Avirosb posted:Don't the UK keep some of their nukes in Scotland? all of them I think edit: at least, that’s where the subs that carry them are based
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Avirosb posted:Don't the UK keep some of their nukes in Scotland? The nuclear submarine base is at Faslane. They’d have to move to Portsmouth or Devonport while they built a new nuke base in the north somewhere
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Hillary 2020 posted:The nuclear submarine base is at Faslane. They’d have to move to Portsmouth or Devonport while they built a new nuke base in the north somewhere I heard there is nowhere suitable in England so they would have to beg the Americans to let them dock in Virginia.
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Feb 11, 2020 22:52
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marktheando posted:I heard there is nowhere suitable in England so they would have to beg the Americans to let them dock in Virginia. good thing the tories have brexited themselves so much leverage
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Feb 11, 2020 22:59
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marktheando posted:I heard there is nowhere suitable in England so they would have to beg the Americans to let them dock in Virginia. The missiles themselves are serviced in the US, the USN could just unload them and put them into storage.
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Feb 11, 2020 23:09
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BMX Ninja posted:Ireland has basically been governed by 2 parties since winning independence from the Brits. I feel bad that I didn't know until now that the Irish political parties all have the coolest loving names.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:tell me again why the north is so hell bent to stay with the UK when all of ireland will love to see them re-united? I know its some sort of collective brain spiderism but its still boggles the (non addled) mind For the same reason Scottish Tories exist.
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Shameful the state of elderly care in the UK, can't believe the demented are allowed to wander freely in the streets.
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Hillary 2020 posted:Shameful the state of elderly care in the UK, can't believe the demented are allowed to wander freely in the streets. Could be worse, they could be president!
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marktheando posted:I heard there is nowhere suitable in England so they would have to beg the Americans to let them dock in Virginia. Devonport in Plymouth, on the south coast of England, is the major military port for the Royal Navy and could allow them to dock. It's not considered a good option as it places nukes in the middle of a fairly big urban centre, and the port's history of decommissioning nuclear-powered subs is already pretty spotty. It's also not a good launching point for deploying Trident to the North Atlantic, which is the theatre it was designed for. The comedy option would be Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland, which offers a deepwater dock with even better deployment to the North Atlantic than the current Faslane base. But half the lough is in Irish territorial waters, and Irish reunification has a non-zero chance of happening before the facilities could be completed. Clyde Radcliffe has issued a correction as of 23:45 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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BMX Ninja posted:Devonport in Plymouth, on the south coast of England, is the major military port for the Royal Navy and could allow them to dock. It's not considered a good option as it places nukes in the middle of a fairly big urban centre, and the port's history of decommissioning nuclear-powered subs is already pretty spotty. It's also not a good launching point for deploying Trident to the North Atlantic, which is the theatre it was designed for. It was mentioned in the last thread but if the RN loses the use of Faslane then a move to Northern Ireland would be high up on the cards. The English do not love the Northern Irish as much as NI wants to be part of England. And if there is a nuclear accident any fallout would likely pollute Scotland rather than England. And it would be hilarious if they finished a new base in time for a united Ireland to take ownership.
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AnoHito posted:I feel bad that I didn't know until now that the Irish political parties all have the coolest loving names. The three I mentioned all came about from the revolutionary period of Irish independence in the early 20th century, when romantic ideals of Ireland as an ancient warrior nation of proud Gaels was a big sell. They're absolutely the most exciting thing about Irish politics, as the rest is just coalitions, compromises, and slowly becoming more progressive and detaching the Catholic church from political institutions. None of which is bad per se. Boring politics based on cooperation and compromise is no bad thing, but recently it's been a bit more centre-right than the mood of the public. Sinn Féin scoring a huge win in this election is the biggest shake-up in Irish politics since independence, but it's still going to result in a fairly moderate coalition government. Irish politics is boring enough to only warrant off-topic shitposts in the UK thread.
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People take Twitter too seriously. It's an opinion not a majority opinion. But I think James O'Brien is right, the thought of losing a piece of English territory is going to trigger some primal responses in the average chud.
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Hillary 2020 posted:People take Twitter too seriously. It's an opinion not a majority opinion. But I think James O'Brien is right, the thought of losing a piece of English territory is going to trigger some primal responses in the average chud. Gibraltar - acceptable loss in keeping the Northern Ireland - acceptable loss in keeping the Scotland - acceptable loss in keeping Counter-point: Freedom to import deformed bananas Clyde Radcliffe has issued a correction as of 01:15 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Freedom to import deformed bananas without having to label them as deformed, you mean. A great blow against the crushing bureaucracy.
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Cthulu Carl posted:Every day I wake up and think the Us is filled with dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. Dumb people are a sort of universal solvent for democracy
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She stepped back, alarmed. Had she committed a Brexit? It was so easy, these days, to accidentally commit a Brexit. She stepped forward again and awkwardly patted his arm.
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holy christ the labour leadership contest is so boring. just hurry up and elect keir starmer so i can stop giving a poo poo about labour again
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The Chancellor has resigned 4 weeks out from the budget because he refused to do what Cummings wanted Clown shoes country
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forkboy84 posted:The Chancellor has resigned 4 weeks out from the budget because he refused to do what Cummings wanted wait they forced javid out? is there anyone johnson *doesn't* backstab
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V. Illych L. posted:wait they forced javid out? Nah, Boris cares for Boris and naebudy else. Give it time and I'm sure Dominic Cummings will learn this too. He's Trump without the fake tan.
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Same way it works in America under Trump. For as many egos as there are who refuse to kowtow there will be an opportunistic amoral worm willing to say yes until they finally find a redline and get printed themselves
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forkboy84 posted:Same way it works in America under Trump. For as many egos as there are who refuse to kowtow there will be an opportunistic amoral worm willing to say yes until they finally find a redline and get printed themselves Also other massive egoists who think they will continue to outwit their foes until suddenly they get marched out.
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I think Cummings is safer than a Trump advisor because Johnson is a lazy poo poo who wants to soak up adulation and do gently caress-all else. It's Cummings himself who's the psychotic backstabbing flavour of narcissist.
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https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1227960869100720131?s=20 Lmao
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Darth Walrus posted:I think Cummings is safer than a Trump advisor because Johnson is a lazy poo poo who wants to soak up adulation and do gently caress-all else. It's Cummings himself who's the psychotic backstabbing flavour of narcissist. Ehhhhhhh, we'd have said the same about Steve Bannon. Turns out lazy shits eventually turf out psycho backstabbing advisors when they cause more problems than they solve. Eventually Dom is going to have hosed off enough Tory MPs that it'll cause Bozza Legend a headache.
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forkboy84 posted:Ehhhhhhh, we'd have said the same about Steve Bannon. Turns out lazy shits eventually turf out psycho backstabbing advisors when they cause more problems than they solve. Eventually Dom is going to have hosed off enough Tory MPs that it'll cause Bozza Legend a headache. You're missing the point. Trump needs to be in control on a far more pathological level than Johnson, who mostly just shows up for fancy dinners. He didn't get rid of Bannon for the good of the Republican Party, he got rid of him because he pushed his buttons the wrong way, and it's not clear that Johnson has quite the same buttons.
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