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#1

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 03:13:44 AM

The 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.

#2

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 02:35:07 AM

The Green Party? Jeez how screwed is the UK?

Labour is fucking up.

They need to do something about their left flank.

#3

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 01:38:25 AM

Ah, seems like submitting to the mosques has worked out then.

[Pakistan's defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes]

#4

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 01:04:54 AM

Afghanistan might have other things to worry about though...

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-airstrikes-open-war-98927b79ee9ef5741bf0804956d3c2e6

Pakistan's defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

"Our patience has now run out. Now it is open war between us," he said. There has been no reaction from Afghan government officials to Asif's comments.

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His remarks came hours after Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, as well as in Kandahar in the south and Paktia province in the southeast, according to Pakistani officials and Afghanistan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. Pakistan says the strikes were in retaliation for Afghan cross-border attacks.

#5

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by HVC - Today at 12:55:26 AM

The Green Party? Jeez how screwed is the UK?

#6

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - February 26, 2026, 11:55:25 PM

The Starmer plan?

#7

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - February 26, 2026, 11:49:38 PM

I guess with Modi, the Greens sought prior Labour inspiration?

This popped up in discussions when I Google image searched the green image for more background.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - February 26, 2026, 11:46:21 PM

So did the Greens decide the Soviets were correct and that "Zionism is racism"?

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-green-zack-polanski-zionism-is-racism-motion/

#9

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - February 26, 2026, 10:30:04 PM

Didn't t think I'd like the new season of scrubs, but so far it's ok.  Don't like the fantasies as much, too cinematic. But it's worth a watch if only to be nostalgic and pass the time.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Hungarian Politics

Last post by Legbiter - February 26, 2026, 09:59:27 PM

12th of April. If it wasn't a Russia-style system, the only remaining question would be whether Tisza (Peter Magyar's party) gets a 2/3rd majority or just a simple one. The polls are clear and the vibe around the country is also clear.


Fidesz is... I don't know it feels odd.

At one hand, they are predictably going further and further in using the only tool they have used since 2015: fear. The latest low point is an AI-generated "public announcement" clip where a little girl witnesses her father -in a Hungarian military uniform- being summarily executed among some city ruins by an nondescript soldier wearing a WW2 Wehrmacht-ish uniform (no doubt courtesy of the AI prompt). With the message that if Orban falls this is the future awaiting the country.

What is weird to me is that, they don't seem to panic yet? Sure, there must be pressure on them because gaffes come more frequently. But I imagined that at this point in time, at this position in the polls, there would be... more of something. Although, again, don't get me wrong, anti-Tisza propaganda is being thrown non-stop on all channels, disguised as public information and "independent" media investigations.

I wonder if this is just incompetence, of them just knowing what else to do then dial their decade-old script to 11 and hope for the best. Or if they are just good at hiding the utter panic they should be in considering all the things that can happen to the rank and file in case of a rout. Or there is already a deal in the background on protecting their wealth and power in a Tisza-led system. Or they know the Russian secret service is coming to the rescue with a false flag.

I don't know.

Orban seems too deep in the red according to Hungarian pollsters. It's one thing to cheat enough to nudge the vote 3% ("lose" all the expat votes for instance) in his favor but you'd have to massively rig the vote to such a comical extent, inviting riots and risk a color revolution to be able to declare victory.