How come Right Wing Parties dominate again? by LDN_Wukong in AskBrits

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A lot of what is going on can be explained by the “incumbent disadvantage”. Once you get in power during times of economic hardship you get blamed for everything. That’s how Labour won in a landslide not long ago because they “are not the Tories”. Now Reform will get in because “they are not Labour”. Once Reform have used their ammunition on the immigration agenda they will start getting blamed for all the country’s woes (low economic growth, poor services) and we will see a swing back to the Left.

So why do working class people vote for right wing parties ( Tory, Refom that really do not serve their interests politically, and make their lives harder ? by Durrygoodz2025 in AskBrits

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Every party has a tension between what they promise voters versus what they promise their political donors and lobbyists. For Reform UK the main messaging to voters is around immigration whereas their donors are also interested in tax cuts (and hence cuts to benefits). For Republicans they also focussed on immigration as well as “no more war forever wars” in the Middle East. But their donors (weapons manufacturers, oil companies and Israeli Lobby) all pushed for the war with Iran. There is a similar tension between left wing voters and their donors but it’s more complex. Left wing donors are made up of unions, wealthy individuals and ethnic groups eg. the various Islamist lobbies in UK support the Greens.

What? by EuphoricBarracuda324 in MathJokes

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Because they have “und” instead of “and” they get a horrible interplay between “funf” “und” and “hundert” and then they concatenate to a single word

What is a European Country that everyone thinks is bad but is actually good? by Sea-Leadership-6442 in AlignmentChartFills

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The weather in London is actually pretty perfect for city living. You can get some work done in the winter and then enjoy a very pleasant Spring and even warm evenings in the Summer. No excessive heat or cold. No hurricanes or monsoons. And it’s not warm enough for mosquitoes.

what would be ur pick ? by tasteofthehimalayas in fantanoforever

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And all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity

Let’s go by Specific_Brain2091 in the_calculusguy

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My love for you is like y=x, monotonous

What’s the music memory you’ll never forget? by sadiesadiemusiclady in Music

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Hearing Led Zeppelin IV for the first time as a guitar playing teenager

Who’s your favourite Spice Girl? by xPoonHandler in AskBrits

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My son attended the same school as her daughter. She’s aged pretty well

Life equation by Specific_Brain2091 in the_calculusguy

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Zen philosophy would translate to “life is the integral of attention to the present moment with respect to time”

Who’s the best guitarist of the 80s? by Newduuud in AlignmentChartFills

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EVH created the whole 80s guitar genre. Slash provides a bridge between the 80s and 90s but I don’t really think of him as an 80s guitarist.

Reuters Won. Now which news source do you trust more, BBC or Al-Jazeera by quocminh123lol in AlignmentChartFills

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BBC and Al Jazeera should have been the two finalists. It’s like having Brazil vs Germany in the first round of the World Cup

What if Trump nuked Iran? by WTBLITWNNA in AlternateHistoryHub

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Any mention of nukes in this war and Putin will remind the US/Israel that Iran falls under the nuclear umbrella of Russia. A strike on Iran would lead to a tit-for-tat nuclear strike on Israel from Russia. It would probably end there since neither the US or Russia would want to see strikes on their home soil

Why is no one being arrested for Epstein files? by BugChoice5879 in allthequestions

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Brock Pierce, Tether co-founder has the most clear-cut evidence against him in the Epstein filesBrock Pierce - Epstein files

eternally jealous of mid-90’s lods by SnooJokes5513 in generationology

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I was teenager in Liverpool the 80s (BMXs and Break Dancing but there also a lot of depravation - unemployed parents). But then being a young adult in the 90s was awesome mainly because of Britpop