OT: World Politics

[Leafyblue]

Sanna Marin suffers defeat in Finland election as SDP beaten into third place

Marin says ‘democracy is always a wonderful thing’ as her Social Democrats come third behind rightwing NCP and nationalist Finns parties

www.theguardian.com

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Sanna Marin suffers defeat in Finland election as SDP beaten into third place

Marin says ‘democracy is always a wonderful thing’ as her Social Democrats come third behind rightwing NCP and nationalist Finns parties

www.theguardian.com

Dark money, probably from the US.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Dark money, probably from the US.

or maybe the people didn't want socialism anymore?

I didn't mind her and wondered why we get stuck with politicians like Jodas Raybould and Finland had her but such is life.

 

[MindzEye]

Dark money, probably from the US.

European politics

The party that beat her got 20.8% of the vote and needs to form a coalition. 2nd place finished with 20.1% and Marin 3rd with 19.9% (which was 2.2% higher than when she got elected). We're talking about a difference of 30K votes between Marin & the party that won. Slim, slim margins. Not really worth getting too deep into the weeds in analyzing the how/why. 50K people in a country of 5.5 million changed their mind.

There still needs to be a 3 party coalition created for majority governing.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

or maybe the people didn't want socialism anymore?

I didn't mind her and wondered why we get stuck with politicians like Jodas Raybould and Finland had her but such is life.

She's hot.

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[Habsy]

Finland joins NATO, doubling alliance’s land border with Russia — The Washington Post

It is a historic shift for a country that once insisted it was safer without NATO membership and a sign of how Russia's war has reshaped European security.

apple.news

 

[Stinky]

This is how a lot of the commentators said it would end. Eventually, the ruling elite will get tired of Putin, and somebody else will take his place the more we can impact the lifestyles of the Russian elite, the better.

 

[lecoqsportif]

I doubt it. It’s the siloviki that runs Russia. Oligarchs are there to serve them. And if they don’t, it’s window diving or Novichok for them.

Putin’s biggest threat is from his own KGB tribe.

 

[hockeylover]

 

[hockeylover]

 

[MindzEye]

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Are the Ukrainians actually getting these planes? Because Sweden has had nothing but trouble trying to sell them, thanks mostly to the US pressuring countries to buy their more expensive, always needing service piece of shit F-35's.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Are the Ukrainians actually getting these planes? Because Sweden has had nothing but trouble trying to sell them, thanks mostly to the US pressuring countries to buy their more expensive, always needing service piece of shit F-35's.

when will Zelensky retake Bakhmut?

 

[Wayward DP]

when will Zelensky retake Bakhmut?

you realize the Ukrainians haven't lost Bakhmut?

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

you realize the Ukrainians haven't lost Bakhmut?

It's done in reality, even you have to admit it. Hell, even Zelensky is now admitting he might have to pull out any of his remaining forces. Basically it is Berlin in late April 1945 and we know how that ended.

 

[Wayward DP]

It's done in reality, even you have to admit it. Hell, even Zelensky is now admitting he might have to pull out any of his remaining forces. Basically it is Berlin in late April 1945 and we know how that ended.

if you say so, General Count. I mean your assessments and predictions regarding this conflict to date have been so spot on, right?

 

[zeke]

 

[LeafGm]

if you say so, General Count. I mean your assessments and predictions regarding this conflict to date have been so spot on, right?

RIP to Count Jr, who has no doubt been tragically killed on the Ukrainian frontlines after being personally handed his draft notice by Justin Trudeau.

 

[Volcanologist]

he delivers them personally, in full buckskin and blackface