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I don’t understand why people are surprised by all of this. One is a competent politician the other was a floundering technocrat
Yeah I think the person sharing not knowing geography almost certainly doesn’t excuse the actions of the rioters
The problem with these early election takes is they ignore the visible trend of the Tories sharp growth. An election campaign shifts voting patterns as decisions actualise. During the last election labours lead fell by 10ptp
It’s the rule of “and what are you gonna do about it?”. Wins every time - even if the courts rule something you just ignore them
Everyone thinks it's Article V allowing the Constitution to be amended, but in reality it's Article III.
Theoretically, nothing stops a party with a majority in Congress and the White House from abolishing all lower courts, establishing new courts in their place, doubling the size of the Supreme Court, and, in doing so, gaining absolute control over the Judiciary at all levels of government and thus eliminating any opposition to whatever policies they'd like to impose.
You want to sue Congress when it grants sweeping powers to the President? The lower courts don't even stay the law.
You appeal to the packed Supreme Court? They refuse to hear the case.
You complain that the President and Congress have overstayed their term in office? The courts rule that the Constitution does not mandate Federal elections every two years during a state of emergency.
You take to the streets and protest? The President declares a state of rebellion and Congress suspends habeas corpus.
Any political party sufficiently united in its desire to completely destroy the political system, and having obtained even the slimmest majorities in both the legislative and executive branches, can essentially overthrow any republican system of government.
All of this is procedurally allowed. There is no constitutional order, including our own, that can ultimately guarantee its own continuation through constitutional procedures alone.
Land value and general wealth aside. Presenting an influencer couple’s home as “a construction worker” and comparing with an conceptualised Spaniard is just nonsense
The first option isn’t using the US constitution to become a dictatorship is it effectively using the constitution to amend itself into a different constitution
It is in fact exactly what we have had in Westminster for well over a decade and is frankly the exact opposite of what we need
Except she’s a minister responsible to parliament. Major policy announcements like this occur in parliament so they can be followed by parliamentary questions. This is the foundation of the accountability in our system of government
No the election system wasn’t rigged
Eliot retweeted
J’invite le gouvernement à apporter une réponse ferme aux mouvements ultra-violents qui s’attaquent aux symboles de la République, aux services publics et aux commerçants.
Des questions se posent :
• Comment se fait-il que l’ordre public n’ait pas été assuré à ce point là ?
• Que les dispositifs policiers aient été aussi limités ?
• Comment les casseurs ont-ils eu autant de temps pour opérer ?
Il faut apporter des réponses à ces questions, et le retour à l’ordre républicain au plus vite.
Mais également des réponses politiques au mouvement social qui a des revendications légitimes, sur les conditions d’apprentissage et la vie chère.
Ce gouvernement a failli en ne répondant pas politiquement à un mouvement politique, puis en étant incapable d’assurer l’ordre public.
L’État doit sortir de l’impuissance.
Given the lefts ringing endorsement of the destruction of the public realm this weekend, we are about two days away from them claiming the riots were actually far-right agitators
Eliot retweeted
It isn't 'left wing' to destroy the public realm. These aren't just 'old buildings'. They belong to the whole community, often built through their collective resources and certainly maintained by them.
Socialism, at least my tradition, is in part about conserving and strengthening the public realm for the common good. It is not about destruction.
It shows appreciation for civic beauty and pride, a sense of history, connection with those before us, duty for those after us, the importance of place and belonging. The things that make life worth living, being available as widely as possible.
Individualists destroy. Selfish utilitarians have no concern for such things. Anarchy breeds inequality, as those with means will shut themselves away and the rest are left to suffer.
The problem with anti beeb’ers is that they don’t want to have the conversation about what has caused this decline and in most circumstance definitely won’t want to implement the policies needed to fix it
Lisnard would be an absolute lame duck. That 6% polling is a clear indication for his ability to achieve reform. The National Assembly isn’t going to play ball on any of the key issues
Les bonnes nouvelles sont :
- Les deux champions sont des repoussoirs absolus hors de leur camp, d'autant qu'ils ne veulent pas ou ne peuvent pas gommer certaines des aspérités les plus clivantes.
- La barre du second tour est à 16 %, ce qui n'est pas énorme.
- Il est impossible qu'autant de candidats atteignent la ligne de départ. Ce sondage est le best-case scenario pour les deux champions.
- Il est impossible que les candidats ou les électeurs ne fassent pas un ménage sévère d'ici mars ou dans l'isoloir.
- Un libéral assumé à 6 % dans les sondages, ce n'est pas arrivé depuis Madelin en 2002.
- Lisnard n'est pas forcément le premier choix de beaucoup de gens, mais il est un second choix acceptable pour énormément d'électeurs à droite et au centre, qui peuvent se faire assez vite une raison si leur premier choix mène vers Le Pen / Mélenchon.
- Lisnard n'a pas la communication ou la personnalité à la Milei ou Thatcher ; on peut le regretter lorsqu'on est en colère, mais après 12 mois de campagne de braillements, cela sera sans doute rassurant pour un pays au bord de la crise de nerfs.
- Sa communication doit partir du problème des gens (logement, coût de la vie, sécurité) avec les solutions de la liberté, le moins possible de macro-budget qui suivra de toute manière. Il faut aussi des nouveaux visages de la société civile autour de lui et le moins possible de vieux croutons de l'ancien monde.
- L'atmosphère n'a jamais été aussi libérale dans les aspirations et les expressions. Des propositions impensables il y a 10 ans arrivent jusqu'au centre, qui ronronnait encore du progressisme bon chic bon genre avec Macron en 2017. Lisnard est le mieux placé pour surfer sur ce discours.
-Il y a devant nous possiblement une crise obligataire, une crise russe, une crise de type « gilets jaunes » poujadistes, une crise de la bulle IA : cela va pas mal rabattre les cartes.
Bref, le chemin reste étroit pour la victoire de Lisnard qui pourrait remettre le pays sur des rails mais elle n'est pas impossible. C'est le moment de pousser.
Ni Mélenchon ni Le pen n'ont pas encore gagné. Loin de là.