[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Monzanator 4,769]

@heywooduPolish is actually the language with the biggest usage of letter "Z" in the world (mainly thanks to our fancy digraphs "cz", "sz" and "rz" ). "Z" also means "with" or "from" so it's a common preposition too.

 

Second most popular language using "z" is probably Hungarian.

[bestmen 2,904]

CIJ of La Haye is looking for an international arrest warrant against Satanyahu & company 

[heywoodu 16,004]

15 hours ago, Monzanator said:

@heywooduPolish is actually the language with the biggest usage of letter "Z" in the world (mainly thanks to our fancy digraphs "cz", "sz" and "rz" ). "Z" also means "with" or "from" so it's a common preposition too.

 

Second most popular language using "z" is probably Hungarian.

Yeah, whenever writing something about Polish athletes, I'm always afraid. At least Kamil Stoch or Dawid Kubacki aren't a problem  

[TeamGB 207]

We have elections in the UK, this Thursday, so if you are a politics nut like me, I thought I would give a little rundown of what to look out for.

 

Blackpool South By-Election

 

Called after the conservative MP was caught being bribed, the seat will most likely be taken by labour. The reform result will be interesting (if it is high that is bad news for the Tories, as vote splitting of the right could hand a lot of seats of Labour at the general election.

 

Local council elections

 

These elections are only in England, and in 107/153 total councils, with the majority electing just 1/3 of the councillors. These elections were last held in 2021 when the conservatives were having a "vaccine boost", so we could see some large swings in some areas.

 

Although local issues play a part, the general voting trends will likely show how each party is performing. Keep an eye out for the projected national share of votes, which shows how the country would have voted if this was a general election.

 

The conservatives and labour are both defending around 900 seats each, with the Liberal democrats on 405 and Greens on 118. The conservatives are expected to lose around 400 and all the other parties to make gains. In terms of actual councils Labour are defending 45, the Conservatives 18 and the Lib Dems 10.

 

The councils to keep an eye on are

- Adur (CON loss)

- Bolton (LAB gain)

- Brentwood (LDM gain)

- Bristol (GREEN gain)

- Cannock Chase (LAB gain)

- Dorset (CON loss / LDM gain)

- Dudley (CON loss)

- Gloucester (CON loss)

- Hartlepool (LAB gain)

- Hyndburn (LAB gain)

- Milton Keynes (CON loss)

- Portsmouth (LDM gain)

- Redditch (CON loss)

- Rushmore (CON loss)

- Solihull (CON loss)

- Tunbridge Wells (LDM gain)

- Wokingham (LDM gain)

 

London Assembly election

 

Labour will look to take control of the London Assembly, they need to gain 2 seats to have a majority, but it is certainly not a formality.

 

Mayors

 

11 regional mayors will be elected with labour defending 6, conservatives 2 and 3 being new positions. Realistically labour could sweep all 11 but Tees Valley will be on a knife edge (47% each on Opinion polls)

 

Police and Crime Commissioners

 

The conservatives are defending 30 seats, labour 8 and Plaid Cymru 1. These elections will now be first past the post compared to supplementary vote which could mean the anti tory vote is split. You would expect labour gains but the scale is quite unknown

 

 

Overall these elections are a litmus test for the parties, but I wouldn't expect many political shockwaves from them, and the bigger vote will likely be held later in the year.

 

 

 

 

[bestmen 2,904]

Students are doing an excellent job in europe & usa 

 

[bestmen 2,904]

 

[Monzanator 4,769]

The senile old fool Joe Biden has called Japan & India xenophobic. He is truly losing it big time. So who's he gonna offend next before they switch his mic off?

 

The border wall with Mexico has only grown bigger during Biden's tenure so yeah, just because CNN is sucking on Democrats' kneecaps it doesn't make him even less of a hypocrite.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68947042

[NearPup 3,498]

22 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

The senile old fool Joe Biden has called Japan & India xenophobic. He is truly losing it big time. So who's he gonna offend next before they switch his mic off?

 

The border wall with Mexico has only grown bigger during Biden's tenure so yeah, just because CNN is sucking on Democrats' kneecaps it doesn't make him even less of a hypocrite.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68947042

Do you think he’s wrong? Japan and India are pretty plainly fairly xenophobic countries (at least by American standards).

 

This has big “a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth” energy. It isn’t PC, but it’s true.

Edited May 3, 2024 by NearPup

[Monzanator 4,769]

We do talk about a guy who fist bumped Saudi Arabia crown prince after all. I guess Biden can dislike Japan and India but no US President will forget the 1973 oil crisis and its economical consequences.

 

Saudi Arabia are the good guys, right?

 

[NearPup 3,498]

9 hours ago, Monzanator said:

We do talk about a guy who fist bumped Saudi Arabia crown prince after all. I guess Biden can dislike Japan and India but no US President will forget the 1973 oil crisis and its economical consequences.

 

Saudi Arabia are the good guys, right?

 

This is a really stupid game.