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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6900 on: August 14, 2019, 12:38:37 PM »
Yeah, I'm sure these aren't curated to hell and back, or written by his own staff.

Actually scratch that, he probably makes them up as he goes along, that iPad just has a picture of Thatcher in kinky lingerie.


Also, while answering a question from Scotland:

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Nice :lol
I'm also thinking the mental health question was a troll they didn't catch  :doge
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6901 on: August 14, 2019, 12:55:15 PM »
These questions just so happen to all follow the main points he discussed during his first speech outside Downing St. How bizarre.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6902 on: August 14, 2019, 12:56:57 PM »


Maybe you can also ask Boris your questions Raist.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6903 on: August 14, 2019, 12:58:50 PM »
Was thinking the same thing, he looks like someone punched his nose.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6904 on: August 14, 2019, 01:08:27 PM »
Was thinking the same thing, he looks like someone punched his nose.
Get drunk and fight with your wife at the pub like everyone else does and suddenly the good people of Britain can relate to you Mr. Prime Minister!
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6905 on: August 15, 2019, 07:56:57 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49352250

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Jeremy Corbyn has urged the leaders of the other opposition parties and Tory rebels to install him as caretaker PM in order to stop a no-deal Brexit.

Green MP Caroline Lucas welcomed Mr Corbyn's call for a vote of no confidence but insisted a referendum must be held before any general election

Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville Roberts said she welcomed any attempt to stop no-deal but said it was "disappointing" that he would not commit to calling a referendum before an election

The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said his party would support the principle of a no-confidence vote, but "there is no mechanism for a caretaker government at the moment"

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said she would not support making Mr Corbyn prime minister.
She called him "divisive" and said he would not command MPs' support.

Change UK leader Anna Soubry, who was not sent the letter, said Mr Corbyn "doesn't even command respect and support from his own party never mind across the political divide".

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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6907 on: August 15, 2019, 12:49:16 PM »
Can't get kicked out as PM over trying to do a no-deal Brexit if you already did the no-deal Brexit.  :rollsafe
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6909 on: August 15, 2019, 05:51:58 PM »
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1162046321483747329

Jeremy vs Boris really is the special olympics of politics :lol
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6910 on: August 16, 2019, 05:57:11 AM »
Bojo's Jezza Adventure
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6911 on: August 16, 2019, 05:50:55 PM »
https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/1162395844777304068

Next up, a caretaker PM contest for a position that may never exist  :lol
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6912 on: August 17, 2019, 12:34:05 PM »
https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1162462598203367425

"Please do not waste this precious time"
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6913 on: August 17, 2019, 08:54:55 PM »
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Westminster parliament cannot stop Brexit and a new deal must be agreed if Britain is to avoid leaving the EU without one.
Tell them? Why would they care?
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Re: International Politics Thread - Tankers for Bankers
« Reply #6914 on: August 17, 2019, 08:59:19 PM »
They should just e-mail the EU embassy with "We quit." and do literally nothing else and see what happens at this point.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6915 on: August 18, 2019, 02:48:40 AM »
"We're going to leave!"

- OK

"For realsies!"

- Fine

"If you don't ask us to not leave like that we'll cut our own hands!"

- Sure

"We're really really really gonna do it!"

- Go ahead.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6917 on: August 18, 2019, 04:48:15 AM »
Don't forget the footage of him returning to his favourite shitposting site with a dump of Ana Valens tweets.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6918 on: August 18, 2019, 05:04:06 AM »
I'm going need a real dossier just to keep track of all these alters.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6920 on: August 18, 2019, 07:20:14 AM »
It's 2019 and a First World nuclear power is planning on dealing with self inflicted food and medecine shortages.

 :insane
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6921 on: August 19, 2019, 06:28:57 AM »
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1163039609586180097

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The Government has signed into law legislation to repeal the Act of Parliament which set in stone Britain’s EU (EEC) membership in 1972.

https://twitter.com/MirrorPolitics/status/1163392751360192517

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6922 on: August 19, 2019, 02:17:48 PM »


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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6923 on: August 19, 2019, 03:02:58 PM »
It's 2019 and a First World nuclear power is planning on dealing with self inflicted food and medecine shortages.

 :insane

The situation seems bad, but let's not exaggerate too much.



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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6926 on: August 20, 2019, 12:37:24 AM »
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49402840

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Boris Johnson has told the EU the backstop plan for the Irish border must be scrapped because it is "unviable" and "anti-democratic".

In a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, the PM said the backstop - which aims to avoid a hard border - risked undermining the Northern Irish peace process.

If the plan was removed, Mr Johnson claimed a Brexit deal would be passed by parliament.

Brussels has not yet responded.

However, the EU has consistently insisted the backstop must remain part of the withdrawal agreement and cannot be changed.

In a phone conversation with Mr Johnson on Monday evening, Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar reiterated that the agreement could not be reopened and the backstop could not change.

lol at the 'technology' trying to replace a border. Boris really is trying to do Brexit without figuring out how to avoid a return to the IRA bombing shit left and right.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6927 on: August 20, 2019, 02:26:49 AM »
I love that they keep simultaneously arguing that the backstop is problematic, yet those mysterious "technological solutions" would be very easy to implement :lol

And they wonder why the EU isn't taking them seriously.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6929 on: August 20, 2019, 07:28:12 AM »
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6930 on: August 20, 2019, 07:31:32 AM »
Ok marine

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6931 on: August 20, 2019, 09:53:05 AM »
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6932 on: August 20, 2019, 11:41:05 AM »
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6933 on: August 20, 2019, 05:02:26 PM »
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6934 on: August 20, 2019, 05:19:08 PM »
His haircut somehow got worse than it has ever been, just what the fuck is he doing in No10.
But at least it seems like he wasn't punched on the nose this weekend. That is progress I guess?

https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1163869656454770688

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1163872079688720384




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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6935 on: August 21, 2019, 12:45:52 AM »
So drump cancelled his visit to Denmark because we don't want to talk about selling Greenland

Trump is legit mentally challenged

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6936 on: August 21, 2019, 03:22:26 AM »
We've known this for years. Aside from several serious psychological disorders, there is something neurologically wrong with his brain. It's nearing expiration.

I wonder if years from now the morons who voted for him will ever feel a modicum of shame for having supported this man.
Probably not, it's easier to continue lying to yourself than admitting you are a moron.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6937 on: August 21, 2019, 05:53:52 AM »
Yemen: Coalition Warships Attack Fishing Boats

Using US weapons to deliberately starve civilian populations :rejoice
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6938 on: August 21, 2019, 06:04:44 AM »
https://twitter.com/wirereporter/status/1164113947877920768

The Germans are so done with this shit  :lol
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« Reply #6939 on: August 21, 2019, 10:58:23 AM »
Hilarious. Trump should wait until November, though. It's about to get much cheaper.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6940 on: August 21, 2019, 11:17:41 AM »
They actually worked out an offer for this totally not serious thing he was just looking at and a meeting that had nothing to do with it.  :lol
https://twitter.com/feliciasonmez/status/1163998499681263616

No wonder Trump is pissed at everything and everyone today. His deal to catch everyone off guard fell through.  :doge
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6941 on: August 21, 2019, 01:00:04 PM »
Boris throws "Wir Schaffen Das" back at Merkel. The phrase that pretty much haunted her ever since she said it  :lol
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1164215437028204544
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6942 on: August 21, 2019, 10:24:53 PM »
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BERLIN (AP) — A German city that’s been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn’t really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that’s true.

Officials in Bielefeld said Wednesday they’ll give 1 million euros ($1.1 million) to the person who delivers solid proof of its non-existence.

They said there are “no limits to creativity” for entrants, but only incontrovertible evidence will qualify for the prize.

The idea that Bielefeld doesn’t exist was first floated by computer expert Achim Held, who posted the satirical claim on the Internet in 1994 in an effort to poke fun at online conspiracy theories.

Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel once jokingly cast doubt on the existence of Bielefeld, which is allegedly located about 330 kilometers (205 miles) west of Berlin.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6944 on: August 22, 2019, 10:54:43 AM »
So Boris went to Merkel and has been given 30 days by the Germans to come up with a serious solution for the backstop.
According to some Boris actually has a plan that involves getting Ireland to adopt a different set of customs rules that match the UK for a short while.
Of course Ireland has no interest whatsoever in doing this. The French and Germans are basically planning for a no-deal Brexit at this point.

Today he meets with Macron but Macron has already said 'non' and said yesterday that the UK would be nothing more than a 'vassal state of the US' if it continued down this path.

Meanwhile the Tories are exploring options for an election because Boris is eating the votes of the Brexit party and Labour is going down in the polls because Jeremy Corbyn.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6945 on: August 22, 2019, 04:58:33 PM »
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-u-turns-after-telling-18978226.amp?__twitter_impression=true


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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6946 on: August 22, 2019, 05:43:25 PM »
Macron is also open to working with Boris to change the Brexit deal.

Another one in the "everyone hates Jeremy Corbyn" column
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6947 on: August 22, 2019, 08:23:18 PM »
Why would they be negotiationg with Corbyn? :confused

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« Reply #6948 on: August 23, 2019, 08:22:42 AM »
Why would they be negotiationg with Corbyn? :confused
Corbyn's entire gamble is that Boris can't get a better deal and there will be a vote of no confidence. In that case he (as leader of the opposition) would be appointed caretaker PM to organize a 2nd referendum on Brexit and a general election.

If Merkel and Macron give Boris enough signals that the deal can be altered there won't be a vote of no confidence against him before the UK leaves on October 31st.
The expectation was that Merkel and especially Macron disliked Boris so much that they'd show him the door but that didn't happen.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6949 on: August 23, 2019, 09:08:18 AM »
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6950 on: August 23, 2019, 09:44:28 AM »
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-u-turns-after-telling-18978226.amp?__twitter_impression=true


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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6951 on: August 23, 2019, 09:52:31 AM »
Why not both like the late Lord Palmerston?

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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6953 on: August 23, 2019, 05:12:46 PM »
Macron has apparently just said that France opposed to advancing on the currently discussed Mercosur - EU trade deal because Bolsonaro "lied" about Brazil's commitments to the Paris Treaty.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6954 on: August 24, 2019, 02:26:32 AM »
Boris cant get a better deal

The whole brexit talk should have started in the uk with them talking about how to solve the ireland issue lol

Now they are forever stuck between being in the eu/under our rules or splitting up the irelands



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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6956 on: August 24, 2019, 02:30:02 AM »
Macron has apparently just said that France opposed to advancing on the currently discussed Mercosur - EU trade deal because Bolsonaro "lied" about Brazil's commitments to the Paris Treaty.

Bolsenaro is an idiot but ill give him that its fucking ridiculous we talk so much about forests in Brazil when we cut down all our own

We need to start planting more here but I dont see people fighting for that...

Doesnt mean we should t pressure them but we cant rely on them gor our future. If a football field of forest burns every minute or is cut down we need to plant two a minute here on our lands.


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Re: International Politics Thread - Deal or no Deal?
« Reply #6957 on: August 24, 2019, 07:34:14 AM »
Absolutely. Europe needs to start planting trees, as does America.
And we ("we" as in "all of mankind") need to get a project underway to terraform (geoengineer) the Sahara Desert.
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« Reply #6958 on: August 24, 2019, 08:36:17 AM »
Absolutely. Europe needs to start planting trees, as does America.
And we ("we" as in "all of mankind") need to get a project underway to terraform (geoengineer) the Sahara Desert.
Our country is actually launching such a plan. In fact, some projects are already underway.  8)
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