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Non-Brit here, I'm surprised the polls aren't better for the Conservatives tbh, would have thought having someone halfway sane instead of Truss would have stemmed the losses a bit at least. What's been happening?
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I think the fact that it occurred on a trip to the site of the original high-profile marine disaster site played a part in catching people's attention as well. Pretty surreal.
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Way I see it the same thing that's been happening in Australia is happening in the UK. The conservatives have gone too right-wing and that basically means a lot of naturally conservative-leaning constituencies moving away from the tories but not necessarily voting for Labour either. Probably the same thing is happening in America too but because theirs is a two-party system the votes that go to the Lib Dems basically go to the Democrat. Have felt for a while now that there's a fundamental political realignment going on globally and we are in the middle of it.
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Qatar easily the worst team at the tournament, they've never even qualified (from AFC no less) before
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Never say never, constitutional amendment always possible
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Oh, I agree with you that China's demographic problems are quite interesting. By some estimates its population is already decreasing and obviously this poses severe challenges in terms of living standards since this will be a drag on economic growth, but unlike the West or Korea/Japan they are not wealthy enough yet to sustain the increased social spending that is likely to be required with an aging population. Not sure why this is necessarily bad in terms of emissions though. Assuming emissions per capita remain constant a decline in China's population would result in a decrease in emissions.
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Japan and Korea will be interesting to look at going forward in terms of how they deal with this. Lower fertility rates than most of the West but more importantly hardly any immigration at all. Japan's population actually is already declining and South Korea is expected to follow suit soon IINM. Edit: no, actually Korea's population is also already declining.
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We kind of are already. Birth rates are already declining precipitously across the world. World population is still increasing of course but at some point it will level off.
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Any tips for getting into the MCU for someone who's never watched a Marvel film?
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Really enjoyed that latest PMQ best Starmer performance I've ever seen
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Still on Australian TV as well.
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You took that off twitter
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Am I the only one who thinks Boris quit a day too early? If he'd stuck around just a bit longer he could have ridden the nationalist fervor, called an early election and won.
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The Prime Minister of PNG doesn't have email?
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Yeah but that would take, what, minutes?
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Yeah but I mean if any head of state/government died surely there would be an announcement re: the death first, you don't actually need to announce the death after giving the family time to pay their respects.
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Outsider here but why all this secrecy about whether she has gone / hasn't she? If it was any other head of state surely any death would be announced immediately
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Reckon Truss gets a longer honeymoon because of this.
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To be fair I don't think he was talking about degrees (in any subject) from reputable universities, more like crappy degrees like Degree in Financial Management from the University of Bedfordshire or something like that...
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Rishi's to lose now that Wallace is out of the running?
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The longest-serving Prime Minister of the third largest world economy. Probably its single most consequential figure in recent times as well. (and a bit of a right-wing nutjob, but that's not unusual for Japanese leaders) Like Zen I'm quite shocked myself, this is JFK-esque for me although the impact is slightly lessened by the fact that he is not the sitting PM.
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Not the most knowledgeable on the subject admittedly but yeah controversial chap. Although arguably Japan has always had more of a problem reconciling itself with its wartime past compared to Germany so the most controversial aspects of his political views predate him. Slightly peeved that this isn't getting its own thread, this is major global news haha.
