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OT: World Politics

MindzEye said:
I said similar was going to happen when I was arguing with Altair years ago. It was obvious. They export very little other than being an english language financial centre in a part of the world that's attractive, and fish. "We're going to be the new Singapore" was always hilarious. Oh your economic plan is to become an offshore tax haven that only benefits the ultra wealthy? Yeah, that's going to fund the NHS. Good luck.
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Well, the UK already is a financial haven...for Russian oligarchs to launder money in, at least.
 
lecoqsportif said:
I’ve seen it mentioned, and I dunno how credible this is, that Morocco is a long-term candidate for the EU. It’s probably more politically reliable than Turkey (and Hungary for that matter) and is a non-trivial destination for Spanish and French investment.

Seems unlikely, there need to be significant changes to the legal code. But still. Imagine that.
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A little bit cynically....but it would also act as a bit of a bulwark against the migration problems from north africa and the M.E as well.
 
lecoqsportif said:
They weren’t compelled to swap the £ for the € at any time. This was a nostalgic resentment-stick-it-to-the-man, anti-immigrant and anti-London vote.

Maggie planted the seeds years ago when she screwed over the North.
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It's the fact that they weren't compelled to switch that irks me. Every other EU nation switched but the UK has to be special. It's the British version of American exceptionalism. They need to be told next time, if ever there is a next time, that they will be a member state no better or worse than any other member state. The UK stopped being "special" about 80 years ago. It's high time that their citizens accepted this fact. They need the EU more than the EU needs them.
 
a lack of understanding of what is happening in the current counteroffensive would also make the list.

making any conclusions about the current counteroffensive before it is even a month old is just completely foolish. the Ukrainians haven't committed all their Western kit yet. even Putin recently acknowledged as much. despite this, they've already retaken a whole bunch of territory (something close to the equivalent of three Bakhmuts before yesterday, I believe).

so everyone just needs some patience. the Ukrainians have repeatedly demonstrated that not only do they know what they're doing but that they are smarter than the Russians in most respects.

they've been methodically destroying artillery pieces and hitting Russian logistics and supply lines. it will take some time before the effects of that are felt on the front lines, but they will be felt soon enough.
 
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