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    Posted: 20 Oct 2019 at 1:23pm
What, no love for King Viktor?
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Congratulations to Hungarian voters, they are beginning to get tired of the corrupt, racist Orban.

I wonder if he has repaid Soros the money used to sponsor him in England Confused


Budapest's new mayor: my win proves there's more to Hungary than Orbán

Gergely Karácsony was elected on Sunday, beating far-right prime minister’s candidate

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/17/gergely-karacsony-mayor-budapest-eu-hungary-liberal-viktor-orban




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Originally posted by Softy Softy wrote:

What about young Kimmy aa?


LOLLOL  Oh yeah !  Def in the weird basket , just needs to dye it ginger blonde Wacko
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So the leaders of 2 major powers have matching , as in weird, hair styles LOLThumbs Up
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Boris! 😁
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The first half was so so but the 2nd a ripper
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How far have those girls come AA? It was a great game of football regardless of gender with tremendous skill levels. Brutal defense. 
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Shoulda watched the girls play footy.  Much more exciting than this drivel.  Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by stayer stayer wrote:

Originally posted by Passing Through Passing Through wrote:

Britain could end up with PM Boris after the dust has settled from this total rejection of Neo-Liberalism today.

If Boris is the answer, it a sh*t question that has been asked

Just saw this after replying to drivel. The only smart move by a politician I've seen in my lifetime is Boris Johnson pulling out of the leadership race post Brexit. He'll be loving this.

Couldn't resist pulling this out. Currently watching an old youtube debate Greece vs Rome, Boris vs Mary Beard. Yes, exciting Friday night.
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It's complicated, but Europe and May have basically agreed on terms including 39 billion pound divorce settlement visa issues, most regulatory stuff. The sticking points are at home around Ireland mostly. It is a 3 point plan where the third is a concern because of the soft or hard border issue and the transition period that. May has made open ended with a date of 20XX instead of 2020. It raises concerns of the 2 Irelands becoming united over time and possibly leaving Britain as a single unit. More issues but Ireland is the main sticking point.
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All the arrangements they currently enjoy with European nations (many, varied and complex (especially with regards to financial markets)) would disappear overnight. The scary part is no one really knows what will happen, after all this time. Can’t happen now enyway, it’s May’s deal or remain.

Recklessly they put a vote for a concept, not a plan. They got chaos. Cameron needs to take his share of blame for all this.
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I really can't see what all the fuss is about. No-deal Brexit, the UK can trade with the EU the way every other non EU country does under WTO rules. Lot of scaremongering going on I suspect.
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May survives 200 -117.
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May says if she is replaced new leader would have to delay Brexit

Theresa May says she is going to contest the confidence vote “with everthing I’ve got”.

She says she has been a member of the party for 40 years, and has served it in various posts, including as PM.

She has done so because she wants a better future for the country.

And her priority now is delivering Brexit.

She says she has a passionate belief that a better future is available. And that is now within the country’s grasp.

She met EU leaders yesterday. She was due to go to Dub

She says having a new leader now would put “our country’s future at risk”.

She says a new leader would not have time time reopen the negotiations, and so parliament would be able to take over the process.

And she says that a new leader would have to delay or revoke article 50.

  • May says if she is replaced a new leader would have to delay Brexit.

She says the only people who would benefit would be Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.

She says the Conservatives are a modern, pragmatic party.

She refers to the agenda she set out in her “burning injustices” speech when she became PM. She intends to finish the job, she says.

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Timetable for the day

On the Today programme Sir Graham Brady said that Theresa Maywould address the backbench 1922 Committee at 5pm tonight.

The no confidence vote will then be held between 6pm and 8pm, with the result announced soon afterwards.

So here is the timetable for the day.

12pm: Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs.

2pm: May chairs cabinet

5pm: May addresses the 1922 Committee.

6pm: The no confidence ballot opens,

8pm: The ballot closes. The result is announced soon afterwards.

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The conservative ruling part in GB is so totally bereft of credibility that it's understood to be asking ScoMo for advice. Sick
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Originally posted by Passing Through Passing Through wrote:

Theresa May is to face a no confidence vote in Parliament tomorrow.

Who would want to replace her facing this Brexit mess?

she was always on a hiding to nothing - there is no good outcomes with such a spectacularly bad hand
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08:18

Theresa May is due to make a statement in Downing Street at 8.30am.

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Theresa May is to face a no confidence vote in Parliament tomorrow.

Who would want to replace her facing this Brexit mess?
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Originally posted by Shammy Davis Shammy Davis wrote:

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Good piece in today's New Yorker laying out the weekend's outcomes and future questions on the realignment of not only French but much broader politics

<h1 ="title" itemprop="line" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision; font-size: 38px; font-family: "Irvin ing", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-trans: uppercase; line-height: 1.1; letter-spacing: -0.05rem; font-variant-ligatures: none !imant;">THE HUGE CHALLENGES FACING EMMANUEL MACRON</h1>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px;"><div itemprop="article" ="article" id="article" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative;"><p ="Msonormal">As Emmanuel Macron and his supporters celebrated his big
victory in the French Presidential election outside the Louvre on Sunday night,
you could almost hear the sighs of relief from other parts of Europe, and also
from this country. After a long and fractious campaign, which saw the two
parties that have run France for decades humiliated, and the far-right National
Frontenjoying record levels of support, the center ultimately held. Which is
good news all around.<o:p></o:p>

<p ="Msonormal"><o:p> </o:p>

<p ="Msonormal">Last November, it looked as if Donald Trump’s election,
which followed the Brexit vote in Britain, might herald a wave of successes for
far-right nationalist parties across Europe. That hasn’t happened. First in
Austria, then in the Netherlands, and now in France, the spiritual home of
European democracy, the extremists have been defeated in national elections.
For now . . .


Macron has as much chance of forming a successful working coalition as his elderly wife has of getting pregnant. Overtaking FR, China is now GE largest trading partner and FR has dropped to 12th with the USA. Not to mention the societal problems facing FR with open borders, high unemployment, and liberal welfare programs. Countries like France, Italy, Belgium, Holland etc have historically been cowardly when faced with societal decision-making. Like the link says, the nationalist conservative movements have been stalled for now, but not stopped.

    You might be right Shammy...

          She is rather Old.
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Originally posted by JudgeHolden JudgeHolden wrote:

So May’s canned plan A. Apparently there is no plan B. Possibly hurtling towards two very different but wildly divisive scenarios here- no deal or even remain. Making the Yanks and the French look good atm. What a sh1tshow.

Bloody hopeless.

Just reread the first few posts of this thread in the context of recent french news. Pretty interesting before it turned to crap about racecourses or something.

The one good thing about Macron's address to the nation today was that it started with the French, not the EU, anthem.
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So May’s canned plan A. Apparently there is no plan B. Possibly hurtling towards two very different but wildly divisive scenarios here- no deal or even remain. Making the Yanks and the French look good atm. What a sh1tshow.
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Oh Carioca !   LOL  Whats wrong with a flagon of white lady ???Wink

Loved a white lady AA,..but not in a flagon.


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Oh Carioca !   LOL  Whats wrong with a flagon of white lady ???Wink

Loved a white lady AA,..but not in a flagon.
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