Newfie wrote:SeaGypsy wrote:Latvia was destroyed because you can have dysfunctional & cruel barely functional despots but not functional practical non compliant ones. Merkel plans to reverse the demographic time bomb.
Lost me on that one Sea.
Glad I'm not the only one, thought I had suddenly developed a case of late-onset dyslexia. I'm assuming he's talking about the supposed "problem" of population stabilization in Europe. This is not a problem, except for the "exponential growth FOREVER!" crowd.
Back to the Brexit, Boris has taken himself out of the running for David Cameron's job. No idea why. Now the main contenders for leadership of both the Conservative and Labour sides are Remain candidates. And this morning on the BBC I heard a Tory MP moaning about how one of her Paki staffers was the "victim" of a "racist" attack, i.e., someone allegedly said something somewhat unpleasant. Of course that represents a "wave" of racist violence, all the fault of the Brexiteers, those racist xenophobic fascist Nazis.
The political elite have learned absolutely nothing from the Brexit vote, not a damn thing. You'd think it'd be a wake up call, but the obstinacy and cluelessness of the political elite, not to mention their thoroughgoing contempt for the working class, appears to be so deep set that it will require something even more transformational than the Brexit. Tar and feathers maybe?