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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11790 on: October 10, 2014, 09:04:57 am »

Nor can it be called the war that 'Poland started without provokation or reason'

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11791 on: October 10, 2014, 12:22:54 pm »

Farage says UKIP could hold balance of power in 2015 after thrashing the conservatives in the by-election and getting 600 votes away from winning a labour stronghold.

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11792 on: October 10, 2014, 12:29:10 pm »

Pretty much. Voter turnout's hopefully gonna be higher in the national elections, so the fringe-voters won't be so over-represented anymore.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11793 on: October 10, 2014, 01:49:16 pm »

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Pretty much. Voter turnout's hopefully gonna be higher in the national elections, so the fringe-voters won't be so over-represented anymore.
South West and South East are going bloody well strong. Farage can shit rainbows and drink beer and has the ability to appear human, something politicians have dreamt of doing for decades. After years of people saying UKIP have reached their peak and are going to subside and years of UKIP only growing larger I'm just going to wait until they're finally dead before passing judgement. Don't cook your chicken before its head's hacked off.

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« Reply #11794 on: October 10, 2014, 02:48:43 pm »

Cant see UKIP holding out so well when turn outs rise for the GE. Their successes are always associated with low voter numbers, or other extenuating circumstances - like this weeks victory, where people simply voted in the incumbent who happened to switch parties. They voted for him, not for UKIP.

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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11795 on: October 10, 2014, 02:56:27 pm »

WTI oil $84.3 per barrel
Brent oil $88.9 per barrel

Year of prices no higher than that. Please :)
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11796 on: October 10, 2014, 03:00:57 pm »

WTI oil $84.3 per barrel
Brent oil $88.9 per barrel

Year of prices no higher than that. Please :)
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I wouldn't read too much into that. As the article states, this is short-term volatility caused by people covering short sells. I think the general trend will continue downward for a while longer. Would be surprised to see it go below $80/bbl though.
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11797 on: October 10, 2014, 03:06:21 pm »

bloody hell, we haven't had reasonable oil prices since the 90s

push it down to $40 a pop and we'll be talking
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11798 on: October 10, 2014, 03:15:06 pm »

Belgium's new government is designed to make the country split. The only french-speaking party that became part of it got all the problematic posts. Either they'll go against the government or they will face revolt in Brussels and wallonia. Either way the separatists win big time.

And since there already isn't enough money to make everything work, they are doomedto fail.

Nice maneuver. 
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Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« Reply #11799 on: October 10, 2014, 04:50:43 pm »

WTI oil $84.3 per barrel
Brent oil $88.9 per barrel

Year of prices no higher than that. Please :)
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I prefer to look at long term graphs, not at daily fluctuations :)
 

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« Reply #11800 on: October 10, 2014, 05:14:38 pm »

Belgium's new government is designed to make the country split. The only french-speaking party that became part of it got all the problematic posts. Either they'll go against the government or they will face revolt in Brussels and wallonia. Either way the separatists win big time.

And since there already isn't enough money to make everything work, they are doomedto fail.

Nice maneuver.
But who'll get the Brussels? After all, that's the most important part of Belgium.
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« Reply #11801 on: October 10, 2014, 05:18:33 pm »

Pfff. Brussels should become independent from both
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« Reply #11802 on: October 10, 2014, 06:02:18 pm »

Well brussels speak French near exclusively, so it'll go with wallonia. It's too small to be independant, and the separatits are furiously against giving it more land.

It's very stupid, because Brussels really doesn't exist independantly from Belgium, a big number of Waals and Flemish work there, study there,...

And the crisis is going to hit like a truck above all that : Germany is likely to go into a recession, a direct result of their austerity policy, and that mean that Europe will probably follow.

On the bright side, Nato now have a Casus Belli with Russia, which have plenty of oil and natural gaz, interior unrest and a decaying military. That'd give us a way to solve the lack of demand and the energy crisis in one go....
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« Reply #11803 on: October 10, 2014, 06:26:00 pm »

Well brussels speak French near exclusively, so it'll go with wallonia. It's too small to be independant, and the separatits are furiously against giving it more land.

It's very stupid, because Brussels really doesn't exist independantly from Belgium, a big number of Waals and Flemish work there, study there,...

And the crisis is going to hit like a truck above all that : Germany is likely to go into a recession, a direct result of their austerity policy, and that mean that Europe will probably follow.

On the bright side, Nato now have a Casus Belli with Russia, which have plenty of oil and natural gaz, interior unrest and a decaying military. That'd give us a way to solve the lack of demand and the energy crisis in one go....
"interior unrest"? Where?
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« Reply #11804 on: October 10, 2014, 07:02:54 pm »

Well brussels speak French near exclusively, so it'll go with wallonia. It's too small to be independant, and the separatits are furiously against giving it more land.

It's very stupid, because Brussels really doesn't exist independantly from Belgium, a big number of Waals and Flemish work there, study there,...

And the crisis is going to hit like a truck above all that : Germany is likely to go into a recession, a direct result of their austerity policy, and that mean that Europe will probably follow.

On the bright side, Nato now have a Casus Belli with Russia, which have plenty of oil and natural gaz, interior unrest and a decaying military. That'd give us a way to solve the lack of demand and the energy crisis in one go....
"interior unrest"? Where?

Might be referring to Chechenya and other places.

Also, what Causus Belli? Russia hasn't done anything yet to warrant a Causus Belli, it's been Cold War level maneuvering and other stuff.
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