Kavekk wrote:
Well, BT did, but he doesn't really count as a person.
It's funny because I wrote that post first thing this morning. Then I went to have a shower, and in the shower I thought "Hmm, actually, come to think of it, maybe BT did call for Kao to lose his job... but well, BT doesn't count as a person."
So yeah, great minds and whatnot.
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On a side note, this is a pretty exciting time in European politics, eh? The Lib Dems have overtaken Labour in polls, Ireland's going to ratify the Lisbon treaty, and, er... Merkel won again? I guess that last bit isn't that exciting - nor, come to think of it, is the first piece. Sickening would probably be a better term. The two parties are just going to strangle each other while the tories commit miscellaneous evil acts.
Lib Dems overtaking Labour doesn't mean all that much. In fact, until the voting system goes from FPTP to PR, nothing the Lib-Dems do will ever matter very much. Unless, I suppose, we get a hung Parliament where the Lib-Dems enter a coaltion and force the other party to change the voting system to PR as a condition for their entering the coalition. But that's not going to happen in the next Parliament, so it's all very theoretical.
Merkel winning is a good thing, overall. I like her. German politis is a tiny bit boring, though. The biggest story in this election was about how the finance minister, this 38-year old aristocrat part-time DJ, was really popular, and he was a DJ, and an aristocrat. Super.
Ireland ratifying Lisbon is good, I suppose. Although I personally think Lisbon < Treaty, it's still a good thing. Though I don't know if you've heard, but there are rumours that Cameron will try to sink the whole thing regardless of how the Irish vote. Probably by submitting Lisbon to a referendum. Though it would require balls of steel for him to do that, and I'm not sure he's got them.