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rip worse air than india

Lol Just read that Canada rejected rolling over our current FTA

CANZUK dream crumbling?

> he said Ottawa was looking to gain advantage from temporary tariff rates published by the UK government which would grant tariff-free access to 87 per cent of imports in the case of a no-deal Brexit without requiring similar arrangements for British exports.

maybe they are, but it wouldn't be a very diplomatic move, however it is theirs to make

I'd expect if they're looking for an advantage then it would be down to us to make sure that we respond to it 🤷

I take it women are just not aloud outside in Iran at this point... thousands of people.. couldnt see a single woman .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_aPrPuKIBU

'Iran's Supreme Leader'
That's quite a title for a respectable country's leader to have ._.

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soleimani seemed pretty based, sad to see him go https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/654126318333722624/663757145509986333/soleimani1.jpg?width=866&height=960

oh goodie... pc crashed half way through moving 1.5tb from one ext hdd to another

@Death in June So basically if he left isreal alone, burgers would leave him alone too <:GWmythicalThonkCool:367331557100224522>

gonna be odd next year when Assad's presidential terms are over and someone else is elected... will they still call it a dictatorship I wonder

i dunno what's gonna happen with elections after the civil war is over

assad still has high approval ratings in loyal territory iirc

the next election is 2021... whether the war is considered over or not

elections are every 7 years

last one... if I recall was near christmas... in 2014

it was the first presidential election

and as per article... 88 (I think) of the syrian constitution as ammended in 2012 a president can only sit for 2 terms

before that the president was appointed by the legislature

the problem is i'm not sure how willing the defeated territories will be to vote for assad

might depends on the local MP... also might depend on the alternatives

and they wont be able to vote for a party with assad as its head, since he wont be able to run again

but they could still vote for the ba'ath party

does the two term rule apply retroactively?

dont think so... hes been prez since 2001

so he might be able to be elected for one more term

but I think he was elected in 2007 ... so hes had 2 terms

the president wasn't elected prior to 2014

and in 2014 he didnt get enough votes

before then it was an appointment by the legislature

so i'm not sure that counts

thats why theres a coalition

2 seats of the syrian communist party .. and 2 other socialist parties to get from 164 seats to the 168 he needed

It wouldnt surprise me if the next leader of the ba'ath party was female

I dont think it will be the vice prez... what is she now? 84?