So yeah, Europe should learn lessons from what’s going on in the U.K., but there’s little evidence they are doing so.
commenting on others that have seems fair enough
> This is in bad faith. Please don't slander a story posted presumably in good faith.
this seems way out of line (and deeply ironic)
maybe you can point out where I slandered something?
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics
a more on-topic place consisting almost entirely of doom-and-gloom stories about the UK would be /r/unitedkingdom
Cost of living crippling people? NHS in emergency mode at it's quietest period? Soaring inflation? Nah, business as usual. Let's pass some laws about imitation and cancel culture. Oh and look at the Queen, isn't she marvellous? Carry on.
I, for one, had no knowledge of the strikes going on in the UK, and I'm rather more plugged into politics than most.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Granted this is arguable in this case, but that's why I'd guess it was flagged.
American influence from Trumps Steve Bannons Cambridge analytica THRU american corporation Facebook led to brexit.
so it is what some americans wanted, so now they have it, so go complain to these people britain.
It did not. A minority of voters voted "yes" in an advisory non-binding referendum. But this result was milked for propaganda purposes to drag the country into a downward spiral, which has been the plan all along.
> this result was milked for propaganda purposes
It amazes me how this is almost never said when arguments of the type "the public has spoken", etc. appear. Whenever I bring those up, I tend to get blank stares.
It was crazy if you ask me but it's hard to argue it was against public sentiment.
But so far there seems no practical compromise that works for UK, Ireland and the EU.
