Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on February 27, 2026, 03:13:44 AMThe Green candidate is/was a plumber with a working class background; she made comments about how working hard doesn't work any more as most of the money is siphoned off by assorted rentiers, landlords and billionaires. I reckon that she will have cleaned up on the lefty vote.I just want to come back to this because I think it's key. I think they chose a really good candidate and all of the panic about Muslim voters going for the Green (and I am uncomfortable with some of the Green campaign - like that campaign or going on the Five Pillars podcast) - their candidate was an atheist plumber. Their leader is gay and Jewish.
Quote from: Valmy on February 27, 2026, 11:37:52 AMThis was a rout and clearly was not because Muslims got propagandized into voting Green. The message is that Labour is failing and failing to take care of their left flank.A couple of points on this.


) then Labour collapse to under 50 seats, the Greens do very well and get about 100-150 seats - but Reform win 400+. Reform didn't win but they still did pretty well - just the Greens were really good.Quote from: crazy canuck on Today at 09:18:04 AMThey can't be that stupid, can they?I think there two other factors. One is a lot of them believe what they have said about the Clintons for the last forty years - and believe what they say about Democrats in general. It's a point I think is always think is relevant with what's going on in the US: if you believed what the right says, what would it give you permission to do?
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Quote from: Jacob on Today at 11:19:49 AMHas the US positioned assets for putting boots on the ground? I haven't followed things closely, but my assumption is they haven't.I've no idea if this is the case now but I saw something last week comparing the amount of resources the US had moved ino the region. It is vast. But it is comparable with what Clinton used to bomb Saddam in the 90s, not the Gulf Wars or the like.
Quote from: Tonitrus on Today at 03:56:45 PMKhamenei was/is also 86...they probably already had a guy or three in mind as his successor.
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