Message from @Lunarectic

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2019-12-20 18:20:58 UTC  

It feels more like there's collective relief at dodging a comminst bullet

2019-12-20 18:21:05 UTC  

i.e. we're giving him the benefit of the doubt

2019-12-20 18:21:25 UTC  

but he's basically being called, to give a poker analogy

2019-12-20 18:22:56 UTC  

Possibly because Trump at least had a profile that was -seen- to be successful from a layman's point of view, in business and on tv

2019-12-20 18:23:14 UTC  

Boris, by contrast, was an OK but eccentric mayor, and a tv/media personality

2019-12-20 18:23:22 UTC  

It's not concrete

2019-12-20 18:25:56 UTC  

Trump's appeal is that he makes the autistic left screech in pain and fear and it's provided massive amounts of entertainment. Politically however, I don't think much is getting done. We're still spending at unsustainable rates and the debt continues to skyrocket. Sure we're better economically today than when Obama left but I don't see what's being done to rein in the government to help maintain that prosperity. If anything it's bigger than ever which is what he ran against.

2019-12-20 18:27:01 UTC  

If you're going to run that level of deficit, you want to be able to show somethign for it. A transient amount of improvement in the economy is all very well, but he'd better off imho doing something for long term improvement

2019-12-20 18:27:05 UTC  

Same here - infrastructure

2019-12-20 18:27:30 UTC  

"Making the fucking trains run on time" is a good start

2019-12-20 18:30:01 UTC  

Danger with using deficit spending to improve the economy in that direct way, is it's a ponzi scheme

2019-12-20 18:30:10 UTC  

"Will you give way?" "No."

2019-12-20 18:30:13 UTC  

rekt

2019-12-20 18:30:57 UTC  

THat's showing leadership 🙂

2019-12-20 18:31:17 UTC  

They're enjoying it. That's a good sign

2019-12-20 18:32:17 UTC  

At this rate it seems very likely that Boris is on course to win the next election

2019-12-20 18:32:26 UTC  

Right. At some point the bill comes due. That's my fear, is the bubble crashes and gives way to the far left socialists looking to punish the people for Trump.

2019-12-20 18:33:08 UTC  

Labour hasn't really recovered at all from their defeat and no leaders have appeared who might actually have a decent chance of winning back the North and so far there have been no major mistakes by the Conservatives

2019-12-20 18:33:34 UTC  

Early days yet. Let's wait and see

2019-12-20 18:34:10 UTC  

"so far" lol it's only been a week. Give them time.

2019-12-20 18:35:01 UTC  

Well my point is that not many major bills are passed in a governments term and so far the main one that being Brexit has been passed in a way that Brexit Voters support

2019-12-20 18:37:53 UTC  

let's start the ok boomer party

2019-12-20 18:38:23 UTC  

run on a platform of getting rid of dumb shit like anti-privacy laws and the communications act

2019-12-20 18:38:39 UTC  

and the tv license fee if boris fails to do it

2019-12-20 18:39:47 UTC  

"When they've worked their policy out I'll give way"

2019-12-20 18:39:48 UTC  

Rekt

2019-12-20 18:40:47 UTC  

disagree with him on quote trading

2019-12-20 18:41:04 UTC  
2019-12-20 18:41:05 UTC  

ouch

2019-12-20 18:41:15 UTC  

you want to be rebuilding your fish stocks

2019-12-20 18:41:22 UTC  

you want to make the oceans healthy

2019-12-20 18:41:32 UTC  

any product from it should go to the home market

2019-12-20 18:41:35 UTC  

while you do so

2019-12-20 18:42:32 UTC  

Mark Francois is the Tory's Jess Phillips

2019-12-20 18:42:57 UTC  

Why is British politics much more fun then American? I want that sort of verbal sparring~ Jeering~ and for the Queen to come out of nowhere and smack people with a giant mace.

2019-12-20 18:43:01 UTC  

Blunt, balsey, straight talking, feels a little thick due to the way they put themselves across

2019-12-20 18:43:25 UTC  

but would appeal to a demographic more academic politicians wouldn't

2019-12-20 18:48:32 UTC  

because america is bab country