What the political hell?

[huinesoron]

So we all know the world is careening into disaster at the hands of Twitter Personality & President Donald J. Trump. At this point that's practically old news.

And then last night we got the news that Turkey has voted through a referendum which replaces their parliamentary system with a presidential one - but one where the president lacks many of the checks-slash-balances that, say, the US has. And that this was voted in by the rural areas, not the cities, in a campaign where the government apparently said anyone who voted against them was a terrorist.

But now that's old news too, because Theresa May, the unelected Conservative PM of Britain, whose party implemented a law back in '11 that would give them five year parliaments instead of 4, and also made it so that there's no way for an early election to be called... is calling for an early election. She says it's because Westminster is divided over Brexit... which translates as 'people disagree with me, so please make them leave'. Which is... great.

But still, the early election she previously swore she didn't want would require a 2/3 majority vote in Parliament. Which is fine, because the Opposition (who are running low in the polls) would never go for that.

Except that apparently Jeremy Corbyn thinks that 'all the polls say everyone hates me' translates as 'I want people to vote now!'. Because... I don't know, he doesn't like being in a position of authority and wants his party to be crushed under the Tory yoke some more?

You know all the claims that Trump is being controlled by Putin? With this and the way Labour didn't really get into the Brexit campaign, I'm starting to feel like Corbyn might be controlled by Theresa May...

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[sandtree]

"People disagree with me so please make them leave" - ahhh, reminds me of the good old days of Stephen Harper. Of course, he was the one who had to leave in the end... Wonder what he's up to these days. Probably thanking his lucky stars he doesn't have to deal with all of these shenanigans in world politics.

[huinesoron]

And now you've got the most charismatic head of government in the world. Is this a reward for putting up with Harper, or has Canada just leeched all the good vibes away from the rest of the world to create Trudeau?