[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Grassmarket 4,087]

1 hour ago, Adriano said:

But society must understand this. Unfortunately it is reallt hard to achieve it. If you will make a cut of social benefits you will lose election

Since Mrs Thatcher did it in the early 80s, I can't think of anyone in the Western world who has managed to get social spending under control without losing the next election. 

Edited June 5, 2025 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 16,097]

Meanwhile in the world's biggest kindergarten, Trump and Musk have disagreed on something, so now they're calling each other names like 5-year olds at school, except they have nothing more important to do than go to their social media all goddamn day long to do so 

 

It is kind of hilarious.

 

 

[hckošice 15,689]

The divorce of the year 

 

 

Ah Yuesey the neverending source of entertainment 

[Dragon 2,039]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Meanwhile in the world's biggest kindergarten, Trump and Musk have disagreed on something, so now they're calling each other names like 5-year olds at school, except they have nothing more important to do than go to their social media all goddamn day long to do so 

 

It is kind of hilarious.

 

 

I suppose that, for a Dutchman, this is like Belgium playing Germany at football and all 22 players getting sent off...

[copravolley 545]

The Americans themselves wanted, so they chose such a clown, who 20 years ago could, at best, clown on TV shows or advertise McDonald's On the other hand, the alternative was also terrible: grandpa Biden and hopeless Harris. And Putin only rubs his hands as he looks at it.

[copravolley 545]

On 6/4/2025 at 7:53 PM, Adriano said:

Ignorant. Our country is going well (see inflation, GDP and unemplyed rates), our 4 parties coallition raises salary for many public groups, new social programs for people with children and older people, gov made higher expanses for army, regulate immigration status https://www.euronews.com/2025/03/27/poland-suspends-right-of-migrants-to-apply-for-asylum Yes get off your ** from my lovely country / if you like anti jews / Ukraine coalittion and anti LGBT that's not sane.

From what I see, this coalition is too diverse to be able to govern effectively (center-right to left). In Italy there is a coalition of 3 parties, but it`s center-right without the left. In addition, Poland has a strange political system with a president elected by the people, who can block the government if he comes from a different political camp. I think that you could change this and switch to a parliamentary system or possibly a presidential (personally I prefer this 1).

[bestmen 2,908]

Oooooooh he thinks his country is a paradise 

Trump banned 19 countries to enter USA 

 

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Here are the 12 countries placed under the ban, and the seven placed under travel restrictions:

 

Banned from US travel

Afghanistan

Chad

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Haiti

Iran

Libya

Myanmar

Republic of the Congo

Somalia

Sudan

Yemen

 

Restricted on US travel

Burundi

Cuba

Laos

Sierra Leone

Togo

Turkmenistan

Venezuela

 

[bestmen 2,908]

you cant find more stupid than him on this planet , he sells weapons everywhere inside/outside the country..and pretend protect people from criminality 

[copravolley 545]

19 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Since Mrs Thatcher did it in the early 80s, I can't think of anyone in the Western world who has managed to get social spending under control without losing the next election. 

From the point of view of money for sports in the UK, was Tacher's government weak? The mid-90s XX century were the time of decline of Olympic sports in the UK + hooligans at football stadiums, do I remember correctly?

[Grassmarket 4,087]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

From the point of view of money for sports in the UK, was Tacher's government weak? The mid-90s XX century were the time of decline of Olympic sports in the UK + hooligans at football stadiums, do I remember correctly?

It was her successor John Major - who was mostly a failure - who created the National Lottery which turned British sport around.