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« Reply #9960 on: June 07, 2021, 02:59:32 AM »
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« Reply #9961 on: June 07, 2021, 03:44:45 AM »
There goes the Switch Pro shipments  :(
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« Reply #9962 on: June 08, 2021, 06:35:03 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57388414

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The British government agreed to the protocol in late 2019 but there have been some problems since it came into operation in January this year, and the UK is now seeking changes.

George Eustice, the UK's Agriculture Minister, described the chilled meats issue as "bonkers" on Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday.

On Monday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost admitted the UK had "underestimated" the effect of the protocol on goods movements to Northern Ireland.

In an article in the Financial Times, he accused the EU of "legal purism" and called for "pragmatic solutions between friends, not the imposition of one side's rules on the other".


Legal purism :dead

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« Reply #9963 on: June 08, 2021, 10:09:32 AM »
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the southeast of France.

In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l'Hermitage outside the city of Valence.

A man slaps Mr Macron in the face before officers quickly move in. The president, meanwhile, is pulled away.

Two men have been arrested in the wake of the incident, according to French media.

As the president is slapped, the words "Down with Macron-ism" are shouted.

https://twitter.com/AlexpLille/status/1402237903376367627

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57402753

Sacre bleu! :anhuld
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« Reply #9964 on: June 08, 2021, 11:53:10 AM »
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« Reply #9965 on: June 08, 2021, 04:01:12 PM »
lmao Macron always tells those crowds to find jobs or something else insulting.

Slap is deserved  :heh
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« Reply #9966 on: June 08, 2021, 07:02:58 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57388414

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The British government agreed to the protocol in late 2019 but there have been some problems since it came into operation in January this year, and the UK is now seeking changes.

George Eustice, the UK's Agriculture Minister, described the chilled meats issue as "bonkers" on Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday.

On Monday, the UK's Brexit Minister Lord Frost admitted the UK had "underestimated" the effect of the protocol on goods movements to Northern Ireland.

In an article in the Financial Times, he accused the EU of "legal purism" and called for "pragmatic solutions between friends, not the imposition of one side's rules on the other".


Legal purism :dead

Brexit circus just keeps on going.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9970 on: June 09, 2021, 04:46:06 PM »
If Boris was to, say, accidentally fall down those stairs and die, who would theoretically be the next PM? Is there anyone competent in the wings in the Conservatives?

Clearly Labour are a fucking joke, so that's the only hope for the UK at this point, right?
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« Reply #9971 on: June 09, 2021, 04:49:36 PM »
Would be Raab as interim PM, till the tory party votes for their new party leader who would become the de facto PM.

As for anyone being competent, lolz.

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« Reply #9972 on: June 09, 2021, 06:03:33 PM »
If Boris was to, say, accidentally fall down those stairs and die, who would theoretically be the next PM? Is there anyone competent in the wings in the Conservatives?

Clearly Labour are a fucking joke, so that's the only hope for the UK at this point, right?

Michael Gove would be the new leader and it won't be long before he pushes Boris down the stairs. Either for real or politically

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« Reply #9973 on: June 10, 2021, 04:49:45 AM »
Sunak is the main man waiting in the wings.

Gove is far too ugly to ever be top dog.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9974 on: June 10, 2021, 11:47:15 AM »
"Listen BoBo, stop being a little shit and implement that NI protocol already"

"Y-yes Daddy"



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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9975 on: June 10, 2021, 12:00:26 PM »
is biden secretly massive or has boris been a manlet all along?

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« Reply #9976 on: June 10, 2021, 04:03:18 PM »
is biden secretly massive or has boris been a manlet all along?

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« Reply #9978 on: June 11, 2021, 10:43:22 AM »


From left to right

Trudeau Castro, A Belgian tourist, Uncle Joe, salary man, captain wanker, literally a central banker, the head of Spectre, the bureaucrat, unf*ckable lard-arse
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9979 on: June 11, 2021, 01:35:59 PM »
says "G7" but there's nine :rollsafe

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« Reply #9980 on: June 11, 2021, 01:40:50 PM »


 :maduro
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« Reply #9983 on: June 14, 2021, 03:28:25 AM »
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9984 on: June 14, 2021, 03:32:28 AM »
This is the real-world Doogie Howser reboot we didn't know we wanted.

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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9985 on: June 14, 2021, 04:02:05 AM »
https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1404098876454412292

Biden refused to bomb the trucks bringing food and medicine to the Palestinians

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« Reply #9986 on: June 14, 2021, 03:21:17 PM »
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9988 on: June 16, 2021, 05:06:07 AM »
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/15/british-nationals-in-france-face-losing-rights-if-they-miss-residency-deadline-brexit

Considering how much time those folks had to apply I doubt they can be bothered to do it. And then will probably cry that they lost their rights :lol


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« Reply #9990 on: June 16, 2021, 09:43:12 AM »
first hillary kills from beyond the grave, now she's trying to dictate policy from her throne next to satan in hell :stahp
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
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« Reply #9992 on: June 16, 2021, 05:36:01 PM »
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« Reply #9993 on: June 18, 2021, 11:07:32 AM »
https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/status/1405219989712424966

Can you imagine such a world?

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I thought Trump was the one who liked to do a little trolling  :lol

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« Reply #9994 on: June 18, 2021, 07:09:49 PM »


"Do you feel you are free to voice your political opinion or do you think you should be careful?"
(west Germany up until 1980)

"People can freely voice their opinion" (blue)
 
"It is better to cautious" (red)

Cancel culture does not exist
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9995 on: June 22, 2021, 05:19:32 PM »



Well done Nerys :lol

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« Reply #9996 on: June 22, 2021, 07:06:48 PM »
At least they took back control
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #9999 on: June 25, 2021, 09:29:42 AM »
So Boris was wrong, he's not fucking useless?  :lol
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« Reply #10000 on: June 25, 2021, 10:15:19 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57612441

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Ms Coladangelo, who has known the health secretary since they worked together on student radio at Oxford University, was made a non-executive director of the Department of Health last September.

The role comes with a £15,000 salary and involves 15 to 20 days of work per year.

Last November the Times reported that Mr Hancock had failed to declare their friendship when appointing Ms Coladangelo as an adviser in March last year.

She held the role for six months before becoming a member of the Department of Health's non-executive board.


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In May last year, epidemiologist Professor Neil Ferguson resigned from the government's scientific advisory group (SAGE) after it emerged he had broken lockdown rules when a woman he was reportedly in a relationship with visited his home.

At the time Mr Hancock called Prof Ferguson's actions "extraordinary", adding that social distancing rules were "there for everyone" and were "deadly serious".


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Downing Street said Boris Johnson accepted Mr Hancock's apology and "considers the matter closed".


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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #10001 on: June 25, 2021, 11:28:03 AM »
Boris is smart, with Matt around he has a scapegoat :doge


We've taken up the brexiteer mantle, but our game is different we tell others to leave  :lol

https://twitter.com/JuditVarga_EU/status/1408105943292944391
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #10002 on: June 25, 2021, 11:57:28 AM »
a tory mp/minister having an affair is the most who gives a shit thing ever, its basically expected or assumed.

i feel a little bit sorry for handcock, he's a useless wanker, but he's basically been kept around for a year just as for the sacrifice when boris needed one.  :doge
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« Reply #10003 on: June 25, 2021, 12:41:12 PM »
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« Reply #10004 on: June 25, 2021, 12:47:43 PM »
and boris is sticking by him cos its ovbious that this is obviously all coming from dominic cummings :lol :lol :lol

i wonder if handcock actually realises he's been set up as the fall guy all along :o
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« Reply #10005 on: June 25, 2021, 01:24:47 PM »
Boris Johnson was not as stupid as Cummings thought he was.
That is what scared him the most and why he quit.
That behind all the theatrics he was just another lackey at the court of Alexander Boris de Pfeifel Johnson and Larry the Cat.
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« Reply #10007 on: June 26, 2021, 07:23:54 AM »
Reading up on all this it sounds like they knew each other for a long time and the wife probably knew as well.

Hiring her with public money, breaking the COVID rules and this:
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Gina’s dad, Rino Coladangelo, 70, is a millionaire businessman who is the boss of the international pharmaceutical company Rephine.
Seems the most 'problematic'

I think Cummings shot another blank with Hancock dating outside of his league.
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Re: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster
« Reply #10010 on: June 29, 2021, 02:28:46 AM »
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/28/north-korea-kim-jong-un-emaciated-looks-496718

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Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un's “emaciated looks,” state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a rare acknowledgment of foreign speculation about his weight loss.

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“Our people’s hearts ached most when we saw (Kim’s) emaciated looks,” North Korean state TV cited the unidentified male resident wearing a straw hat as saying on Friday. “Everyone says their tears are welling up in their eyes naturally.”

In recent state media photos, Kim has appeared to have lost a considerable amount of weight. Some North Korea watchers said Kim, who is about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and has previously weighed 308 pounds, may have lost 22-44 pounds.
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« Reply #10011 on: June 29, 2021, 02:42:35 AM »
“Our people’s hearts ached most when we saw (Kim’s) emaciated looks,” North Korean state TV cited the unidentified male resident wearing a straw hat as saying on Friday. “Everyone says their tears are welling up in their eyes naturally.”

Weird seeing dry British humour coming from a North Korean farmer

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« Reply #10012 on: June 29, 2021, 11:16:34 AM »
I hear North Koreans are big fans of Father Ted.


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« Reply #10016 on: July 02, 2021, 07:15:02 PM »
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« Reply #10018 on: July 03, 2021, 01:11:20 PM »
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