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From the British side of things, we are now a ballistics rag doll. We had Brexit, a catastrophe in itself. And with that we've sold ourselves to the US for "al

From the British side of things, we are now a ballistics rag doll. We had Brexit, a catastrophe in itself. And with that we've sold ourselves to the US for "alliance" means; meaning that we will be dragged through everything the US wants. When we were tied to the EU, at least we had a some sort solidarity.

Lutger 2y ago
Well, you and Germany are one of the few influential western countries left that has some sort of stable center-left government. Almost everything else is rightwing conservative, neoliberal or slowly descending into fascism.
- Tainnor 2y ago
  Spain has a left-wing government, Poland is back to being centrist after getting rid of PiS, Switzerland has its own distinct government where all major parties are represented in perpetuity, ... Also to call the current German government "stable" is... a choice.
  - torlok 2y ago
    Poland isn't stable either. PiS may come back at any point. You'd think that consolidating power, destroying relations with all neighbours except for the totalitarian Hungary, and implementing a total abortion ban would do them in, but no. PiS can run a campaign entirely on anti-LGBT and anti-immigration rethoric and win. Poland turned into Florida every recent election. The anti-LGBT nonsense is already coming back ahead of the next presidential election.
  - Tainnor 2y ago
    > Also to call the current German government "stable" is... a choice. Just hours after I wrote this, the German government basically imploded.
  - Lutger 2y ago
    Those are the few yes. And it looks like the goverment of Germany is about to fall. AfD is set up for a big win, so that will be that. We're trending very far to the right as a whole, with the edges getting bigger and more extreme by the year.
    - Tainnor 2y ago
      > AfD is set up for a big win, so that will be that. The AfD is currently polling at about 18% of the vote. Alarming, yes, but nobody wants to work with them. The next government will likely be CDU led, with either the SPD or the Greens as a junior partner.

Lutger 2y ago

Well, you and Germany are one of the few influential western countries left that has some sort of stable center-left government. Almost everything else is rightwing conservative, neoliberal or slowly descending into fascism.

Tainnor 2y ago
Spain has a left-wing government, Poland is back to being centrist after getting rid of PiS, Switzerland has its own distinct government where all major parties are represented in perpetuity, ... Also to call the current German government "stable" is... a choice.
- torlok 2y ago
  Poland isn't stable either. PiS may come back at any point. You'd think that consolidating power, destroying relations with all neighbours except for the totalitarian Hungary, and implementing a total abortion ban would do them in, but no. PiS can run a campaign entirely on anti-LGBT and anti-immigration rethoric and win. Poland turned into Florida every recent election. The anti-LGBT nonsense is already coming back ahead of the next presidential election.
- Tainnor 2y ago
  > Also to call the current German government "stable" is... a choice. Just hours after I wrote this, the German government basically imploded.
- Lutger 2y ago
  Those are the few yes. And it looks like the goverment of Germany is about to fall. AfD is set up for a big win, so that will be that. We're trending very far to the right as a whole, with the edges getting bigger and more extreme by the year.
  - Tainnor 2y ago
    > AfD is set up for a big win, so that will be that. The AfD is currently polling at about 18% of the vote. Alarming, yes, but nobody wants to work with them. The next government will likely be CDU led, with either the SPD or the Greens as a junior partner.