International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/christiancalgie/status/1544378339758116865

Gove stays, Minister of Defense also stays.
Guess the foreign minister holds the key to the fort.

[Raist]

If Boris goes that's the end for Ukraine.

 

[Potato]

https://twitter.com/InsiderEng/status/1544318963336810499


"Strange circumstances"

The question is, did he shoot himself in the back of the head before or after he committed suicide by drowning himself in the pool?

[Nintex]

If Boris goes that's the end for Ukraine.

 

https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1544371423732457478

The situation in Europe right now is that Germany and France want a negotiated peace ASAP so gas and oil deliveries can be restored and England wants to stand and fight alongside Poland.
It is likely a new PM would focus on domestic issues first and probably has to listen to the opposition to build trust. Labour's position is very much in line with France and Germany.
Even in his own party ranks Boris' unwavering commitment to the fight in Ukraine is quite unique. The UK has acted quickly and delivered supplies when it mattered most.

For the US it's always important that Europe is in the fight as much as they are. This is just not the case for a number of core EU countries like Italy, The Netherlands and Germany.
If the UK is in the process of some sort of 'transition of power' for a week or 2 it will significantly weaken the war effort.

[Raist]

The UK's support has been no different in term of actions than what the vast majority of other countries (bar Germany who keeps dancing around) have been doing. They're just far less vocal about it. And we all know what to do with stuff - like "we're leading the world in supporting Ukraine" - that comes out of Boris' mouth.

[Nintex]

Police shooting a farmers
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1544453860537819137

[Sman]

The third boer war has started. 

[Pissy F Benny]

frank v ronald

[james]

fuck farmers

[Nintex]

Friesland is the new Donbass

https://twitter.com/Kees71234/status/1544658035829784576

https://twitter.com/NicolasKtown/status/1544655559881793537

https://twitter.com/hobeets/status/1544666233177505794

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/YvetteCooperMP/status/1544716533842206720

Boris just admitted something he has denied for years. Meeting personally with a former KGB agent in Italy while he was foreign secretary.

https://twitter.com/amanpour/status/1544732459262251010

https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1544731631214383104

https://twitter.com/PA/status/1544726253567184899
CROWN THIS MAN KING OF ENGLAND

He's refusing to resign
https://twitter.com/AnushkaAsthana/status/1544752417757138949

[benjipwns]

[Nintex]

Boris fired Gove

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1544779580262780933

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/TomHourigan/status/1544810671191228416

https://twitter.com/GrundyOxford/status/1544706489268453376

[james]

Department for levelling up? 

Is that for gamers?

[Potato]

https://twitter.com/TomHourigan/status/1544810671191228416

https://twitter.com/GrundyOxford/status/1544706489268453376

What the fuck is the Department for Levelling Up?

 

[Nintex]

More reesignations. Finally a conservative that delivers the promise of a small government

[VomKriege]

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities/about

[Coax]

fuck farmers

Bit rich coming from a potato

[Nintex]

Moscow wins, Boris will resign

[Pissy F Benny]

 

[Tycoon Padre]

The best sub-plot in all of this has been Zahawi getting appointed chancellor, knifing Boris less than 24 hours later, and then publicly telling him to get gone him on his new Treasury stationery

And in the same 24 hour span, this amazing story came out but everyone was too distracted to notice

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-nca-investigation-b2117197.html

New chancellor Nadhim Zahawi’s finances were secretly investigated by the National Crime Agency (NCA), The Independent can disclose.

A senior serving Whitehall figure has revealed that a number of individuals were formally approached by officials from the NCA about the matter in 2020.

The NCA said they were seeking information about multimillionaire Mr Zahawi’s finances, stated the source. The inquiry was codenamed “Operation Catalufa” and is understood to have involved the agency’s International Corruption Unit.

Catalufa, known as “Popeye Catalufa”, is a species of ray finned fish, orange in colour, found in deep waters in the Pacific.

Whitehall officials were told the inquiry was top secret and that Mr Zahawi had not been informed about it. The NCA inquiry did not lead to any action against Mr Zahawi. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by him.

The first Mr Zahawi knew about the matter was when he was informed by The Independent on Wednesday.

His initial reaction was: “There was no such investigation by [the] NCA. I would know. Right?”

[Raist]

https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1544993604325761025

 

[Pissy F Benny]

If he's going down he might as well take a few others with him, will anyone really miss the likes of Michael Gove

[Pissy F Benny]

Seems like he didn't call Gove a dirty nonce, shame.

[MMaRsu]

https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1544993157745721344

[Occam]

That was anti-brexit activist Steve Bray. He also played the parody song Bye Bye Boris during the speech. Starts a few seconds in and goes on for several minutes, you can hear it if you listen closely.




He started to play the Benny Hill theme just as Johnson was done.

[VomKriege]

So who would be taking over the job ?

[Raist]

He's still PM.

[VomKriege]

He's still PM.

Oh that's just the party position ? Heh 
Though I understand it ultimately means he'll lose the Prime Minister position as well.

[Pissy F Benny]

He's going but staying on until a new leader is elected (probably in September at their party conference)

Parliament is off for summer break in 2 weeks anyway.

[Nintex]

I can't believe they literally cancelled Boris but I guess those are the times we're living in now.

Let's hope the Conservatives pick Ben Wallace to replace Boris.

[Pissy F Benny]

I have literally no idea who he is

[VomKriege]

2004 NBA Champion with the Pistons ? Yes please.

[Raist]

I have literally no idea who he is

Defense minister. Super popular because something something leading the world something ukraine.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

i saw a thing about a wnba player getting russian arrested.

is this true?

and if so

why are people still playing in russia?

and should disney be held responsible?

[Sman]

I can't believe they literally cancelled Boris but I guess those are the times we're living in now.

The greased piglet ran out of grease. About time too.

[Raist]

i saw a thing about a wnba player getting russian arrested.

is this true?

and if so

why are people still playing in russia?

and should disney be held responsible?

That happened months ago dude. Got caught with cannabis oil vapes. Play stupid games...

[Cauliflower Of Love]

i saw a thing about a wnba player getting russian arrested.

is this true?

and if so

why are people still playing in russia?

and should disney be held responsible?

That happened months ago dude. Got caught with cannabis oil vapes. Play stupid games...

months ago?
wtf hmm, i need to go murder someone brb

[Cauliflower Of Love]

oh they just plaid guilty.

in russian court lol

[who is ted danson?]

the UK is ungovernable 

[Pissy F Benny]

bring back blair

[who is ted danson?]

bring back blair

[benjipwns]

Let's hope the Conservatives pick Ben Wallace to replace Boris.

2004 NBA Champion with the Pistons ? Yes please.

*BONG*

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETRRRRRRRROOOOOOOIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT BASKETBALL

 

[Nintex]

Meanwhile in the Netherlands

https://twitter.com/crazybytez/status/1545153977674862594

[jorma]

not gonna lie it's weird that i get better coverage of the dutch protests from thebore than i do from swedish msm

i don't quite know why they are obviously censoring the topic, but they won't print a word about it until it turns violent (but trigger happy cops don't count)

[Nintex]

Shinzo Abe shot 
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1545247320098443267

[HardcoreRetro]

Pronounced dead.

[Potato]

Not surprising. No one is really gonna survive a shotgun in the upper body at close range.

[Polident Hive]

Weapon is some hardware store material taped together, literally. Shooter must’ve been close. Crazy to imagine somebody getting that close. Stories keep stressing gun violence is rare and political violence is unheard of.

[Occam]

Sorry, can't abide by de mortuis nil nisi bonum in this case. Abe was corrupt and took Japan into the wrong direction. He may not have been fascist, but calling him fascist-adjacent would not be an unjust assessment (corruption, nationalism, militarism).

[HardcoreRetro]

Nobody here talked up the guy. No need to go gravedancing. Resetera is the community for that behaviour.

[HaughtyFrank]

Seems like the security was relaxed/confused. There's a clip that shows that Abe wasn't even hit until the second shot.

It's not really graphic besides seeing Abe collapsing but I'll post it behind a spoiler anyway

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://twitter.com/HalaneKhadar/status/1545366949349187584

[close]

[Nintex]

Abe was an influential diplomat and statesman for sure. He was liked by pretty much all the leaders across the west which is not an easy feat.
Overall he integrated Japan (which has a history of isolation) further into the global community and made it a very reliable ally.

I'm sure he made mistakes along the way and whatnot but when you look at how Russia and other countries developed post WW2 I would hardly consider it the 'wrong direction'.

[Occam]

Nobody here talked up the guy. No need to go gravedancing. Resetera is the community for that behaviour.

That wasn't aimed at this forum but at international leaders and most of the media who are now praising him because he is dead. No gravedancing, just facts. His assassination may actually help his corrupt party (LDP) to further his agenda (now under Kishida), so thanks a lot to his killer.

[who is ted danson?]

https://twitter.com/PopularFront_/status/1545424164563165186

 

[Nintex]

A selfmade 9 barrel shotgun. You got to hand it to the killer, that's pretty fucking awesome.

[benjipwns]

Sorry, can't abide by de mortuis nil nisi bonum in this case. Abe was corrupt and took Japan into the wrong direction. He may not have been fascist, but calling him fascist-adjacent would not be an unjust assessment (corruption, nationalism, militarism).

Nobody here talked up the guy. No need to go gravedancing. Resetera is the community for that behaviour.

That wasn't aimed at this forum but at international leaders and most of the media who are now praising him because he is dead. No gravedancing, just facts.

Do you normally see international leaders and the media talking about famous people and/or democratic world leaders who had just been murdered by calling them pieces of shit who were leading their countries back into the worst periods in its history?

[james]

Do you normally see international leaders and the media talking about famous people and/or democratic world leaders who had just been murdered by calling them pieces of shit who were leading their countries back into the worst periods in its history?

You should google the articles for when Chavez died

[benjipwns]

You should google the articles for when Chavez died

And Hugo Chavez is being murdered quite often?