Boris Johnson wins contest to be United Kingdom’s new prime minister

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  1. Thedimon

    Thedimon Well-Known Member

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    You make statements that contradict yourself in one post and you claim to be my teacher?
    All you are is a troll with some weird agenda. You can’t maintain your own points.
     
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    Badaboom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You made a claim, it's for you to prove it.
    This isn't 'nam... There are rules!
     
  3. gnoib

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    Similar polls hinted it would be a dead heat and the result would depend on the turn out of the young, which did not happen.
     
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    Contradict my points, just one of them. You just follow the blow hard talking points in the WH, without putting beef behind them.
    Than transfer that crap to the rest of the world, without understanding how that world works.

    Do your home work and than come back.
     
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    Your rules, madam?
    Which are they, bloating of some stuff and give prices.
    Come back to me if you have anything of important to say, beside handing out prices.
     
  6. Thedimon

    Thedimon Well-Known Member

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    You contradicted yourself. I already pointed out your contradictions.
    Just admit you are out of arguments, cut your losses and go.
     
  7. LangleyMan

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    I agree. Canada has a British union tradition of confrontation and their New Democratic Party, closely tied to unions, looks a lot like a more leftwing UK Labour Party of Corbyn. Canadians are not inclined except perhaps in extreme circumstances to support New Democrats. Sound familiar? Conservatives are badly split and voters have yet to turn to Labour under Corbyn.
     
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    Indeed. The EU can't afford to give in to the UK.
    I think so.
     
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    EU is a tyranny. Voters have no voice there.
    EU must be dismantled and UK is the first brick out.
    The problem is east EU, where they know nothing else. They may hold it together for a long time.
    We will see how France, Spain and Italy acts in the coming years.
     
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    Could at least give Boris 5 minutes to prove he's up to the task. Many a leader can and have proven us wrong.
     
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    I guess those British youth are just as feckless as the ones we have over here.
     
  12. LangleyMan

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    It's a tyranny because...?

    I don't think Europe today is prepared to go beyond the EU free trade zone. Are you objecting to what exists now or are you afraid it will go further?
     
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    The governing body, EU commition, is not ellected and is also the one who decides the rules.
    And Im sure it will not end well to the member states. Im for democracy and this body is very far from it.
     
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    Wrong, the council and the Parliament set the rules, the Commission enforces the rules or administers the rules.
     
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    I agree, but very small steps are taken to go further, one of them is the French/German friendship treaty signed this year.
     
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    Yes and no, they took the EU for granted, they grew up with it and did not take the referendum to serious, it back fired on them.
     
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    The European Commission is appointed by elected officials.
     
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    The Guardian, you all right over there?
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    As was julius caesar
     
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    Wong.
    The commition defines the law and also govern.
    All the "parliament" which is not worth the name do is veto the law. It cannot define any law, only vote on what the commition defines.
    This is not a parliament, its a coverup for dicratorship of the commition.
     
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    And the President of that commission gets voted on in the council and than in the Parliament.
    In the council al 28 in agreement is preferred and in the parliament a simple majority is needed.
     
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    Nope, the commission might create suggestions for new laws, but those suggestion have to be voted on in the Parliament and in the council.
    On most of those decision all 28 have to agree, every single country has a veto right.
    All laws and regulation can be challenged in the European court
     
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    Would Leave have won without Boris? The wrong guy emerged at the worst possible moment.
     
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    That is a very good question, I have no answer for it.
     
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    One observation I am fond of is that when reputable politicians don't listen to the people, the people turn to the disreputable politicians.
     

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