@TheHistoryNov Modern Scottish nationalists have created their own mythology on Scottish history, pretending their experience as part of the United Kingdom is the equivalent of Ireland. When in reality they have always been a willing participant in the British empire
@rightwingnutrs I don’t think the labour backbenches would support a snap election considering regardless of the result they would certainly lose scores of seats and not replicate the 411 they got
@rightwingnutrs And people comparing him to Boris Johnson are making a false dichotomy. Boris had near universal name recognition by 2019, he was basically a cultural icon
@rightwingnutrs Outside of his city he doesn’t have personal popularity, most of the country has no idea who he is and have only heard of him this past week. I live in England and at work today no one cares about any of this, he’ll be taking the reins of a deeply unhappy country
@TomEDewey1948@RandomTexan09 The closest equivalent to a parliamentary ousting in America was Biden being forced to stand down for reelection and even then he remained president. If the US had a parliamentary system he would have been long gone by then
@Voik10@euromaximal It’s not out of altruism for the world, it’s because they don’t have a large domestic energy supply and are trying to diversify as much as possible, if they had the oil and natural gas of America you best believe they’d pump the wells dry
@rightwingnutrs@alcadizzar19 Sometimes you come across a couple who are completely in love and obsessed with each other and it invokes irrational jealousy because people subconsciously want what they have
@TomEDewey1948@RandomTexan09 I mean it’s more like you got accustomed to it. Reagan was the first president since Eisenhower to complete a second term. Nixon obviously won a 2nd term but you know
@earlyvotedata I’ve always been perplexed by how people are shocked in sports that a top athlete in their 30s and 40s can still perform physical activities