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[smjjames]

Crossposting because it involves a former British politician.


Theres a small chance that the Russia investigation could go international, well, more international than it already is, since Nigel Farage has been named a person of interest in the probe. He hasn't been accused of anything, but it's well known that he has connections to Trump and his staff as well as Assanage. It's entirely possible that he simply got caught in the middle of all this and did nothing wrong.

[Loud Whispers]

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Ayyyyy lmao comrade corbyn surge

Regarding Farage, it's hilarious that he's being treated as Russian until proven British. He's gonna get proper roasted for appearing on RT

[smjjames]

To be fair, he willingly inserted himself into the whole situation.

[smjjames]

To be fair, he willingly inserted himself into the whole situation.

Wait, are you victim blaming Farage?

Nobody has accused him of anything yet, I even said he could very well be innocent in all this and just caught up in the many threads emanating from the investigation that the investigators are following.

[Neonivek]

Honestly... I'd be surprised if Nigel had true Russian connections.

Yeah I think he is absolutely scummy (and a bunch of other things), yet I always took him as a patriot.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

My god, at this rate Laor might even get a letter back!

[smjjames]

Do you guys think Trump withdrawing from the Paris climate deal will have some sort of effect on the election in the UK? Just wondering out of random curiosity.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

With the outcomes in the Netherlands and France, there's been a suggestion lately that Europe's right-wing surge peaked and is facing Trump-centered backlash, so...maybe?

That recent poll is definitely more closely resembling the "Theresa May fucks up and self-destructs the Tories" scenario than the "Corbyn's pinkos are finally ousted for good, the Brexit Imperium is now" scenario.

[smjjames]

I thought Labor and Corbyn were against Brexit? I think I read somewhere that he is in favor of giving the Falklands back to Argentina, so, I don't know.

[TD1]

Brexit is happening, so they can't be firmly against it. There's a vast amount of difference between a "hard Brexit" and a "soft Brexit," though.

[hector13]

To parrot LW, there's no hard or soft Brexit, there's Brexit or no Brexit.

[smjjames]

I thought there would be a chance to go "um, we changed our minds, we want back in.", given that the proccess takes two years, theres certainly time to change their mind. Though obviously Britian would have to go to the back of the line and go through the whole proccess that non-founders have had to go through.

[hector13]

Therein lies the issue. Britain had fantastic exceptions while in the EU, they will not have them if they go back in. I think it would be political suicide to to say they want back in.

[smjjames]

Were the exceptions due to founder status or something else? Just wondering.

[scriver]

No, just sheer economic power. A lot of those exceptions are about things designed to profit France or Germany, but the UK was big enough to go lol no about.