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Please note: prior to hitting the post button, I've double checked for anything that could be construed as "Anti Semitic" and to the best of my knowledge it isn't. Anything deemed to be of a Xenophobic nature is therefore purely accidental or down to your own misconstruing.
Merkel is fine. Europeans do coalition-building with a lot less urgent, panicked desperation than ourselves. The Belgians jogged on (without collapsing) for well over a year between election and forging a working government.
Who will be out of their job first? on 09:09 - Nov 21 by Guthrum
Merkel is fine. Europeans do coalition-building with a lot less urgent, panicked desperation than ourselves. The Belgians jogged on (without collapsing) for well over a year between election and forging a working government.
I doubt they suffer the ingrained polarised hate that we have in this country.
If thatcher had continued to pay the miners after pit closures a lot of those tensions could have been eased
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Who will be out of their job first? on 09:23 - Nov 21 with 6047 views
Who will be out of their job first? on 09:17 - Nov 21 by FrowsyArmLarry
I doubt they suffer the ingrained polarised hate that we have in this country.
If thatcher had continued to pay the miners after pit closures a lot of those tensions could have been eased
There has been some signs of it in Germany, but not to the same extent. Probably because of the multiplicity of parties working in coalitions, rather than the binary system we effectively have (i.e. either Labour or Conservatives in power, backed by fiercely tribal loyalty, all other parties being much smaller).
I tend to feel the unions did need reining in somewhat, but it was done with unnecessary brutality and destroyed an industry which, while already in decline, could have been managed to a much softer landing.
Who will be out of their job first? on 09:09 - Nov 21 by Guthrum
Merkel is fine. Europeans do coalition-building with a lot less urgent, panicked desperation than ourselves. The Belgians jogged on (without collapsing) for well over a year between election and forging a working government.
Who will be out of their job first? on 09:34 - Nov 21 by blue_oyster
They'll soon work out what's best for the people.
Maybe, post the Bankers heist job Germany has done pretty well under Frau Merkel = just look at the infrastructure improvements made since 2010 - on low interest rates.
Will any other party offer that?
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Who will be out of their job first? on 09:47 - Nov 21 with 5979 views
Who will be out of their job first? on 09:46 - Nov 21 by No9
Maybe, post the Bankers heist job Germany has done pretty well under Frau Merkel = just look at the infrastructure improvements made since 2010 - on low interest rates.
Will any other party offer that?
She hasn't helped the poor. Her ridiculous policy on opening the borders has changed their lives forever. It could well cost her the job.
In the spirit of reconciliation and happiness at the end of the Banter Era (RIP) and as a result of promotion I have cleared out my ignore list. Look forwards to reading your posts!
Who will be out of their job first? on 10:09 - Nov 21 by blue_oyster
She hasn't helped the poor. Her ridiculous policy on opening the borders has changed their lives forever. It could well cost her the job.
Thing is, when I was in Germany last May I can't say I noticed any conspicuous poverty. Are you just describing 'echo chamber' effects that do not necessarily reflect reality?
Who will be out of their job first? on 11:10 - Nov 21 by WeWereZombies
Thing is, when I was in Germany last May I can't say I noticed any conspicuous poverty. Are you just describing 'echo chamber' effects that do not necessarily reflect reality?
Who will be out of their job first? on 11:16 - Nov 21 by blue_oyster
Would you know what to look for?
I didn't say I was looking for it, just that I had not seen any - in comparison to Poland, where I had just come from, which has a very conspicuous problem with down and outs getting through the day on cheap alcohol.
Who will be out of their job first? on 11:20 - Nov 21 by WeWereZombies
I didn't say I was looking for it, just that I had not seen any - in comparison to Poland, where I had just come from, which has a very conspicuous problem with down and outs getting through the day on cheap alcohol.
For sure Poland is a much poorer country than Germany. But to pretend there's no poor people in Germany because you didn't see any when you visited is nothing short of ridiculous.
Who will be out of their job first? on 09:09 - Nov 21 by Guthrum
Merkel is fine. Europeans do coalition-building with a lot less urgent, panicked desperation than ourselves. The Belgians jogged on (without collapsing) for well over a year between election and forging a working government.
Yes, the Belgian case is interesting. What you say is totally true, although instinctively I would expect exactly the reverse, given that just over 30% of Belgians are French-speaking Walloons and most of the rest are Flemish-speaking people in the north and west of the country. They have not always got along too well.
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Who will be out of their job first? on 11:32 - Nov 21 with 5780 views
Who will be out of their job first? on 11:23 - Nov 21 by blue_oyster
For sure Poland is a much poorer country than Germany. But to pretend there's no poor people in Germany because you didn't see any when you visited is nothing short of ridiculous.
But, as you would no doubt say if our positions were reversed, that is not what I posted...
Who will be out of their job first? on 11:44 - Nov 21 by blue_oyster
Good, then you accept that poor people in Germany is a reality, which you were questioning earlier.
No, wrong again. I was suggesting that if the only sources for your perception of a worsening position for the poor in Germany are media reports then you could be forgiven for letting yourself become subject to such an impression whether it were true or not. Or to fall victim to the delusion that you had sufficiently bottomed the mass of research necessary to determine a causal link between immigration and a lowering of living standards.