Quote from: Valmy on Today at 01:40:53 PMI presume you mean the Third Republic and not the Third Empire, unless Melenchon is a closet Bonapartist. Though that wouldn't even be close to the weirdest thing going on in politics these days.No I think he's said the Fifth Republic is so President-focused (perhaps especially under Macron) it functions like a Third Empire.
Quote from: Jacob on October 08, 2025, 08:31:00 PMHow likely are RN and LFI respectively to undermine democracy?I think this slightly depends on what you mean.
QuoteWhere do they stand on Europe?I don't think either backs Frexit or anything like that (Brexit has had the desired dissuasive effect) but both want ver serious reform.
QuoteAnd how likely are they withdraw support of Ukraine?I think both are very likely to withdraw at least military support. At best I think they'd move to the Irish position - strong moral support but nothing else.
Quote from: Tamas on October 08, 2025, 09:53:10 PMIs your support for leaving the ECHR a part of your shift to the far left, Sheilbh? :p
QuoteThe Tories want to leave because they are blaming it for having to take "refugees" in. Of course just like brexit it wouldnt solve a thing.From everything I've read it would have a big impact on some parts of immigration - particularly family reunion and deportations where the "right to private and family life" has been interpreted very broadly. It is something Mahmood and Cooper before her flagged that what were supposed to be "exceptions" to the rules now apply in over a third of cases.
Quote from: DGuller on Today at 12:17:29 AMIt's the same damn argument I made in the very first post.
Quote from: Josquius on Today at 10:53:36 AMMost of the older games weren't on steam for me so I don't know my hour count.... I fear I would have caused an integer overrun if they were.
Quote from: Syt on Today at 10:46:04 AMQuote....
Varga said Krasznahorkai's near-endless sentences made his books the "Hotel California" of literature — once readers get into it, "you can never leave."
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The literature prize has been awarded by the Nobel committee of the Swedish Academy 117 times to a total of 121 winners. Last year's winner was South Korean author Han Kang. The 2023 winner was Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work includes a seven-book epic made up of a single sentence.
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Well, sounds like an appropriate writer for this day and age.
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