elijah
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7 hours ago, LSD said:
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he is an idiot.
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9 hours ago, Kim said:
Nah, that would just highlight even more the need for Scotland to permanently get away from an England/Wales that's eating itself. Better for them that we all face the same shit.
The Irish situation is different because, well...they have a history of blowing people up and so the peace agreement between north and south needs to stay in place, which it won't if a hard border (for goods and services) is erected again.
Yes, the Good Friday agreementā¦ but I never thought that Scotland was de facto the only part of UK that didnāt get what they voted for. NI at least is within the common market. And you are right, it would probably have led to a quicker split of Scotland with the other parts of UK
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7 hours ago, sotos8 said:
It's not coincidence that only a week after the new alliance is formed France sold to Greece battleships costing 10 billion euros with of course the agreement of the US .
That's why i don't believe for a second that France didn't know about the AUCUSĀ
Well Greece-France deal is far from surprising having in mind the Turkey-Greek tension around the gas/border in the Eastern Mediterranean. I still remember France and Italy and maybe Spain were the ones who firmly backed Greece and Germany tried to mediate between Turkey and Greece. I d say this is kind of expected. And itās high time for EU defence, on that subject. But of course u are probably right the French were in the know. Maybe the french ārageā has a lot to do with the upcoming elections in France
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7 hours ago, Kim said:
No British party has rejoining the EU as part of their manifesto. Only the SNP in Scotland.
The Northern Ireland protocol keeps them in the single market remember, so the only part of the UK that didn't get what it voted for is Scotland.
All quite galling when you consider that we are a net exporter of energy yet are caught up in all this shit because of the political choices of another country.
The Scotland situation is really absurd. The least Boris could have done if he wanted to keep UK united is negotiate the same deal for Scotland that he did for Northern Ireland...
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How much till Britain rejoins EU or at least Scotland and united Ireland?Ā
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On 9/26/2021 at 12:17 PM, karbatal said:
This mess with Australia and UK has left the EU thinking he's just as random as Trump.Ā
Hmm. No-one could beat Trump, but Biden has done like so little to make amends with EU, hasn't he? I mean do USA not care at all about EU at this point? Would EU even be in the alley club or what? As far as I know the Afganistan withdrawal was never even coordinated with EU and now this deal wit AUS, for which the French had to learn from the press? He still is better than Trump, but it seems like the focus of USA is firmly on Asia (and China) and Europe is just there... Weird.
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11 hours ago, karbatal said:
Somehow even though they are trying, homophobia will not grow much in Spain in my opinion. Spain has lots of flaws but it's curious that the country is very open regarding LGTB.Ā
But it is true that they are trying A LOT recently.Ā
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This is one of the reasons I so love Spain. Its really socially liberal regarding LGBTQ, its like the Netherlands of the south! And its a fucking beautiful country with great ppl!
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5 minutes ago, ULIZOS said:
Do we have anti-vaxxers on Mnation?Ā
Hope not. Next, we will search for flat earths hereĀ
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On 8/27/2021 at 5:25 PM, sotos8 said:
I dont think US should be blamed for how Afganistan is functioning... Obviously the state is such that it could be easily occupied by the Talibans and I wouldn't be surprised if the majority are for the Taliban regime.
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17 hours ago, sotos8 said:
the big question imo wasĀ Biden the best choice to lead US at this point?Ā
Yes, everything but Trump. Having said that, Afghanistan was a major fuck up for Biden, but I guess from the info itās obvious all is a consequence of the Trump administration and their deals with the Talibans. However this is not a great look for Biden, especially from the point of view of EuropeĀ
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8 hours ago, promise to try said:
I donĀ“t see a problem with a priest using grindr.celibacy is shit if you donĀ“t want it, and itĀ“s obvious that a lot of them canĀ“t handle it. so they go to grindr to find a grown up dick: perfect
Agreed. Why he even resigns when most probably do the same?
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12 hours ago, ULIZOS said:
It's "funny" how the right always says if you vote for the lefty communists we're all going to become Cuba and Venezuela, ruin the economy, lose our right to vote and free elections.
Yet, they are the only ones doing exactly that
exactly
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7 hours ago, karbatal said:
Once a European Parliament member who was really veteran and had worked hand in hand with Giscard d'EsteinĀ told me that one of the main reasons to expand the EU further and further East was Germany's goal to put the frontiers as farther as possible from themselves.
I have no idea if that was true.Ā
In my opinion though, being Spaniard, I'm all for giving more countries the opportunity to join. For us it was such an incredible opportunity back in 1985 to become part of the EU.Ā
It's true though that certain policies should start being competence of Brussels. It's time for a new treaty where civil rights are included. Just the fact that I'm married in Spain but if I travel to my husband's country, EU member too, I'm not married, it's an absurdity that is only allowed because of plain homophobia from the EU leaders themselves.
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So true. But The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union does exist since Lisbon treaty:Ā https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/european_government/eu_law/charter_of_fundamental_rights.html
itās plainly obviously Hungary has infringed many of those with their new ālawā. And I agree with you: BG has to be forced to accept gay marriages or risk being thrown out like most of the Eastern EU membersā¦ itās too much Russian propaganda for family values here. Yet Sofia pride was attended by 10000 ppl while the protest for traditional family by 100.Ā
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18 hours ago, karbatal said:
Meanwhile the UEFA is forbidding Munich to show the pride lights in the stadium.Ā
I hate football moguls. Bunch of mediocre white privilege men.
Exactly. What a joke. And Hungary??? I m fuming!!! Orban must be stopped. He is deranged!
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He is hot which is a plus
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20 minutes ago, karbatal said:
I'm finally vaccinated!!!!Ā
Congrats!!! Are u Astrabitch Modernabitch or Phizerfucker???
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45 minutes ago, karbatal said:
You are always ready for travel
But I havenāt been anywhere for almost a year now
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Had my second Astra on 31st of May. Even have EU digital certificate now and can travel within EU.
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2 hours ago, LSD said:
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4 hours ago, Kim said:
Latest YouGov GE poll predicts -
uNiTeDĀ kInGdOm
bEtTeR tOgEtHeR
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Uou! Its clear where things are heading...
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On 5/18/2021 at 10:15 PM, karbatal said:
The propaganda of Israel is laughable. Today I watched how they were lamenting the death of an Arab girl in Israel killed by a Hamas rocket. Of course it's a tragedy but they've killed DOZENS of children!Ā
Killing from both sides is atrocious, but letās be real: Israel has always been much more equipped with modern weapons than Hamas so as the more equipped side is expected logically to inflict more damage, is it not? Its not right of course, but it has been expected as it has been the case since the 40ties.Ā Itās a hot topic and I understand why both sides are hating the other. I think at present both sides are ruled by parties/organisations who do not want peace and thatās the biggest problem. There must be two state solution, but I donāt know how that would happen with the situation in West Bank...
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9 hours ago, air1975 said:
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I think that is the crux of the problem, and one that there is now no good solution to.Ā
Of course, Israel cannot just 'leave' the land that is already settled by their people. Citizens of Israel deserve safety and a 'home'.Ā
At the same time, if any country's lands were partitioned, and given to otherĀ people (eg. if someone gave 40% of United StatesĀ lands to an ethnic/religious group to form a new country)Ā - the original inhabitants would be outraged.Ā
It is a bad situation.Ā
But weren't there alot of Jews in 1947 already living in what is Israel today? The movement of the Jews to return to the holy land and to reestablish Israel is at least a century and half old and there was aĀ big resettlement of Jews in the Middle East happening already. And honestly, the Palestinians probably descend from the Hannan Jews anyways and those two nations are basically brothers... And at the time of the establishment of Israel the territory was ruled by UK and there was no Palestine or am I wrong?
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7 hours ago, karbatal said:
To be honest, half the society in many countries tolerate every crazy or horrible thing from conservatives, for fear that the left parties bring more immigration or whatever they fear.
Nowadays the president of the Madrid autonomy in Spain is a female trump, absolutely crazy and half the people there vote her for fear of some imaginary communism that the left parties would bring.Ā
Only if the leftist people mobilise to vote en masse will those politicians go, as it happened in USA.Ā
I never understood conservatism really... if someone is stuck in the past, whatās the ideal? Absolutism? Wasnāt then when all but the sun king/ruler fucked? Why are they fearing progress?
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10 hours ago, ULIZOS said:
The UK needs to declare independence already, or whatever you call itĀ when you topple a monarch.Ā
Oh, and RIPĀ
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hold a referendum to become a republic?
Brexit / British politics thread š¤”
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France Threatens U.K. Power Supply as Brexit Tensions Escalate
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-05/france-threatens-u-k-power-supply-as-brexit-tensions-escalate
when will the English/Welsch face the fact that Brexit was a stupid idea??? Practically all countries in Europe that are not within EU, are strongly linked to it: Iceland, Norway etc. I d like to see how UK, even though big, makes an exception.