tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post6853054374160846974..comments2024-03-28T15:20:49.356-07:00Comments on Metro Wynn Presents.........: BrexitMetro Wynn Presentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-22869957406362100872021-10-18T00:32:16.361-07:002021-10-18T00:32:16.361-07:00How many British Companies have closed after 1975 ...How many British Companies have closed after 1975 when we joined the EEC? How many Industries effectively disappeared in this Country after then? It doesn't mean making these things has stopped because someone somewhere still does it ....... except us. Are there as many British Leyland Vehicles in Germany as there are BMWs in Britain? Who ultimately owns what Steel Industry that still operates in Britain? The last British built Ship to slide down a Slipway did so in 1989.<br /><br />Because of this there wasn't a Stockpile of Goods to sell during the recent Health Crisis. You might not be able to make it, but you might continue to sell it, running a skeleton Staff in your distribution Department.<br /><br />Some eastern European Countries particularly have seen sharp declines in Population. The Baltic Countries particularly, and Latvia specifically, have been worst affected by depopulation with UN Figures at 18.2%. That's a staggering amount of People in a Country with less than 3 Million anyway, and a Figure not seen in Europe since the Famine in Ireland forced many to emigrate to America and Australia. So you can imagine Riga's Government being very concerned that their human and fiscal Investment in People from the moment they are born is squandered if they decide to go elsewhere.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-33661330182612910782021-10-17T21:46:27.036-07:002021-10-17T21:46:27.036-07:00Being in the EU did nothing to protect our Manufac...Being in the EU did nothing to protect our Manufacturing Industry, like increasing EU Legislation did nothing to make Truck driving more attractive to the many who have either voluntarily or involuntarily left the Job.<br /><br />Ironically, while Thatcher took advantage of the Human Rights deficit in 80's Poland to obtain a cheap Product - Employers in Britain did the same as they could pay migrant Drivers less and offer reduced Working Conditions.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-78293206243746455212021-10-17T20:44:09.719-07:002021-10-17T20:44:09.719-07:00Hardly a reciprocal Gesture from the Continent, an...Hardly a reciprocal Gesture from the Continent, and while those Truck Drivers count the BMWs and Renault's during grueling work Hours, their Schedule can be up to 16 Hours a Day. While being paid for the 10 Hours of Driving, many don't get paid for the Hours of waiting. Their Vehicle might spend Hours being loaded or unloaded at a Depot, or they might have to wait for somewhere to open but they don't get paid for those Hours. How many People would put up with that year in, year out? While we reminisce - how about the Battle the TGWU had about the "Spy in the Cab" the compulsory introduction of the Tachograph? This means those Drivers couldn't do paid overtime, even if they wanted. <br /><br />Why did Covid19 affect our Economy particularly?<br /><br />Britain's Manufacturing Industry was closed in the 70's and 80's - replaced by a Service Industry. The Problem is, while you can stockpile Goods for the proverbial rainy day you can't Services. Thus, we had nothing to fall back on.<br /> Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-18118928903644496422021-10-17T19:55:19.146-07:002021-10-17T19:55:19.146-07:00One of the stupidest things that has happened to t...One of the stupidest things that has happened to them is the veritable Catch 22 all this has caused. That after 10 consecutive Hours of driving they have to stop, except there's a Dearth of anywhere to do so, caused by the afforementioned.<br /><br />And why was Jarulzelski's 80's Communist Polski Coal cheaper than ours? The same Reason all that cheap, brand name Stuff from China is. Those of us who remember the 1980's know how People like Lech Walesa were put under House Arrest and Soldarnosc was banned. It proved something of a Paradox as our monetarist, very right wing Prime Minister made anti-Warsaw Pact Speeches - while supporting their Industry at the expense of ours. Most of our manufacturing Base was closed down during our time in the EU and while what remains of our Truck Drivers have to weave around Angela Merkels BMWs and Jean Castex's Renault's how many British Leyland Vehicles are driving around Germany and France? Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-84943862093748967872021-10-17T13:44:01.572-07:002021-10-17T13:44:01.572-07:00It seems the Guardians William Keegan has weighed ...It seems the Guardians William Keegan has weighed in, comparing Britain's current problems with those of Suez - and how Brexit is like France severing a Partnership with us to stop Egypt nationalising the Suez Canal.<br /><br />Elsewhere in the Article he tries blaming the Food and Fuel Crises on Brexit, saying how it has discouraged EU Workers coming to Britain - many of whom to drive Trucks. <br /><br />This isn't entirely true. Many People returned home to Eastern Europe to be near Family should they or theirs get ill with Covid19. Stranded in expensive Britain, isolated, whatever Money they had dwindling - some wish they'd done it sooner. Eastern European Governments are glad of their Return, having spent lots of Money raising and educating them - only to have them go abroad.<br /><br />Truck Drivers????<br /><br />Same applies with this as those winging Chinaphobes. Pro-Europe Remainers relying on cheaper Drivers from abroad - pricing our Drivers out of the Job. A Health Crisis occurs, those EU Drivers go home to Families, and suddenly Britain is a Nation of former Truck Drivers, replaced by now absent cheaper Labour from elsewhere. While Mr Keegan might go back to the Suez Crisis, I could the 1980's and a certain very right wing, monetarist Prime Minister buying Jarulzelski's cheap Coal while our Mining Industry was closed down. Chinaphobes spent recent years enjoying all that cheap Consumer Goods, cheap because it was made in China. Then concurrently slagging off the Country for all those Foibles.<br /><br />Truck Drivers in Britain have gradually left the Job for other Reasons. Many of which started long before the Vote of 2016. Wages that haven't kept up with Inflation, dwindling support Infrastructure like Catering and Showers, introduction of overnight Charges when they do a Stop, fewer places to do this anyway, and a growing lack of Respect. Not to mention increasing Congestion as we gradually disappear in Autogeddon. I think they do a great Job in increasingly difficult and very stressful Circumstances.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-8338122195796690142021-01-23T05:37:02.860-08:002021-01-23T05:37:02.860-08:00It looks like Biden Foreign Policy is Obama in con...It looks like Biden Foreign Policy is Obama in continu'um. Same People who ran it then are running it now, who were behind the Disasters in Libya, Syria and Yemen, the deliberately provocative Policy towards Russia and a tepid approach to Europe. That some of the same corporate Interests that were involved in dealing with the Middle East and North Africa have resumed representation is also apparent.<br /><br />He did seem to acknowledge the Question of Student Debt which was raised very soon after being elected, signing a Bill that suspends Loan Repayment until the Autumn, but it could be seen as a Sop to his Base rather than a Reform. Many were hoping he would drop considerable amounts of it, but he didn't.<br /><br />How much of anything he could do is stymied by the Republican Congress, while his Stance on China seems rather ambiguous.<br /><br />In all fairness it wouldn't matter who took the Presidency this year because very recent developments like Covid19, the shattering Economy, Unemployment and growing enmity with Beijing makes it a poison Chalice whoever they are!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-58663067128671402672021-01-18T00:32:44.882-08:002021-01-18T00:32:44.882-08:00So how about "Who wants to be President"...So how about "Who wants to be President" with former Tizwaz Presenter Chris Tarrant? Done using the same Format as his "Who wants to be a Millionaire" Show but with Election Candidates! They might stage apparantly "under Wraps" Boxing Matches but even this 57 year old can remember the Ali-Frazer Pre-amble as both Boxers appeared on TV deliberately goading each other and how contrived it all looked. The actual Contest wasn't but the Promotion most certainly was.<br /><br />But while they do this Moscow and Beijing regard it all as a Joke. Even during the Cold War - when there was only one other Contender, the Soviet Union, they weren't like this. It should be even less appropriate now there are 2.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-87350294902739851102021-01-16T14:55:41.693-08:002021-01-16T14:55:41.693-08:00And if Trump was just Barnham and Bailey Politics,...And if Trump was just Barnham and Bailey Politics, elected because of a Lame Donkey Candidate in 2016, the Stage Management that is American Democracy in recent years has gone way too far. This time they gambled with the future of what someone once called "the Free World". Whatever the Minutiae of any Biden Policies People are starting to see it all as some high stakes TV Game Show.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-21049435080761551612021-01-07T12:14:17.871-08:002021-01-07T12:14:17.871-08:00America descends into ersatz Civil War.
Although ...America descends into ersatz Civil War.<br /><br />Although many have expressed everything from absolute disgust to complete Support at the recent pro-Trump Demos in the US there are historical Precedents - the most famous being what happened in Chicago in 1968. <br /><br />That was described as a Police Riot as Mayor Daley (Dem) ordered Police to clear anti-war Protests coinciding with the Democrat Party Conference. The resulting Violence which seemed to show America on the Brink of internal Collapse prompted the Election of Richard Nixon, and a Presidency that created a new Jargon in the Realm of Controversy. The Suffix "Gate" would be attached at the end of a Name or Verb to illustrate it's notoriety - in response to the Watergate Burglary.<br /><br />So what we are seeing now isn't entirely new.<br /><br />The difference is it is being watched by Moscow and Beijing who have said it shows an America that can no longer represent the democratic World, while Beijing has compared Events in Washington to the storming of Hong Kong's Legislature. Something America supported, but doesn't want on its own Doorstep. And how the Media has become a Tool in the Battles for, or against, Candidates rather than objective Observers and Reporters. <br /><br />I see it as very distressing and shows how America seems to be becoming a Liability as the World's leading Democracy. Trump was elected because of a moral Deficit in the Democrat Party that had been usurped by an arrogant Assumptiveness. You could say; was there an Election in 12 years that Hillary didn't think she should be President? She only conceded to Obama in 2008 reluctantly. Maybe she thought the Office was hereditary by Right of primogeniture.<br /><br />Democrats might gripe at what is happening but they have to admit Failure to field Candidates that might have prevented a Trump Presidency in the first place!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-18267349819664510132020-12-15T03:12:59.546-08:002020-12-15T03:12:59.546-08:00That new Iron Curtain is having the same effect on...That new Iron Curtain is having the same effect on People in the Baltic Countries that Walter Ulbricht's Wall had on East Berliners. While East Berliners suddenly couldn't commute to or see Relatives in the West after 1961 Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians can't do same into Belarus or the Russian Federation. Ethnic Russians in Latvia are separated from Family in Russia while People can't even tend Allotments only a Mile across the Border. In an Economy where agrarian self-sufficiency is crucial this causes considerable Hardship.<br /><br />The whole Idea of a Wall separating West from East in what used to be the Livonian Empire is reminiscent of the Teutonic Knights defending Christendom from the barbaric Slavic Hordes. Not too chauvinistic then!<br /><br />Back in the Balkans, before Bosnia Hercigovinja was wrecked by Civil War and another form of Chauvinism imposing itself on others Sarajevo was regarded as a Microcosm of how a multi-Ethnic, multi- denominational World should be. Christians, Moslems, Jews, Atheists, and Gypsies worked rested and played together in a City that was the epitome of cosmopolitanism.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-28409092587223054252020-12-15T02:34:00.461-08:002020-12-15T02:34:00.461-08:00In the end you have to ask; whose Economy is the Y...In the end you have to ask; whose Economy is the Yardstick by which the Euro is to be decided? Suffice to say it wasn't Ireland or Portugal. Isn't it also somewhat odious to have a Currency that says to all others theirs is worthless and should be replaced? What else is also worthless and needs replacing?<br /><br />The Brits abroad was always meant as a derisive Comment on People from Britain wanting their British Beer, British Food and British Football. So how is it any different if a few People from Northwest Europe do the same? That they want their Northwest European Currency, Rules and Flag.<br /><br />Nothing else matters ....... just the Idea! Where have we heard that before?<br /><br />The Euro is also an old fashioned Idea.<br /><br />15 years ago, in a World with less internet, fewer Mobile Phones and still with terrestrial TV we went to Budapest . We travelled by Van via France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. Everything on the Journey, from Petrol to Accommodation, was paid for either by Card or Money from an ATM. Not once did we queue up at a Bureau de Change or buy Travellers Cheques. The pro-Euro sales Pitch was meaningless. Whether we paid in Stirling, Euros, Austrian Marks or Forints Transactions went through like we never left Britain. Thus, why did we need the Euro after all?<br /><br />And it hasn't just affected People in some eastern Countries.<br /><br />Poland 20 years ago would sell you about 6 Zloty to the GBP. That is now more like 4. So if someone from comparatively wealthy Britain has diminished spending Power there what must it be like for the Polish who are having to compete with what might be called the Euro-Mark?Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-68632103755494521812020-12-15T00:41:49.314-08:002020-12-15T00:41:49.314-08:00Brexit and Racism ......
There has been a continu...Brexit and Racism ......<br /><br />There has been a continuing, rather sweeping, Attitude that anyone who was pro-Brexit was also Racist.<br /><br />This is completely wide of the Mark and ignores several important Facts ....<br /><br />The EU is an institutionally racist Organization. Completely northern centric it totally ignored the Plight of millions of unemployed in the South. It's Emphasis was focussed on its northern Half. This was rather like the Attitude towards the Balkans before and during WW1. One that said they were inhabited by exotic People with unpronounceable Names who weren't regarded as Europeans. The former Yugoslavia is not only as European as Paris, Brussels and Berlin - it is also the Gateway to and from the Continent via the Bosphorous. People's first point of Contact from Asia Minor.<br /><br />A new Iron Curtain has been developing in recent years, further east. It now forms a Frontier with the Russian Federation - ironically built by former Warsaw Pact Countries once imprisoned behind the Previous divide. Those west of it are both NATO (in violation of the CFE Treaty) and European Union.<br /><br />How the Euro works is racist.<br /><br />It was obvious to anyone that a Euro Currency was going to be influenced by its most powerful Economy. That that was going to be Germany. Countries going into the Euro had to align their Economies with Germany to gain acceptance. This caused inflation in many - particularly eastern European Countries - whose Wages couldn't keep up. Czechish Peoples opinion of the EU was tempered with the Knowledge that everything started becoming more expensive - while in Poland a similar thing has happened. The advent of the ATM has rendered Arguements for the Euro obsolete anyway. The days when you had to use a Bureau de Change travelling across Europe are long gone. A homogenised Currency everywhere in it is another Facet of that Racism that did away with myriad Differences that made the Continent so attractive.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-47840346841058317032020-11-22T21:08:58.695-08:002020-11-22T21:08:58.695-08:00American Democracy is becoming the laughing Stock ...American Democracy is becoming the laughing Stock of the World. Too much Barnham and Bailey Bullshit, and a very dangerous Liability as the supposed Leader of what used to be the free World. John Pilger was right in how there was no-one to vote for in 2016, while there was no-one to vote for this year either.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-44339587550241199402020-11-16T22:54:29.323-08:002020-11-16T22:54:29.323-08:00Try living in the Post-90's Theme Park called ...Try living in the Post-90's Theme Park called Portishead, where all those now middle aged 90's People came!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-19208542012009487322020-11-16T22:30:52.976-08:002020-11-16T22:30:52.976-08:00That maybe post-90's liberalism is about powde...That maybe post-90's liberalism is about powdering Noses, having a Pills and Potions Business and a Laundry.<br /><br />They did dub Tony Blair "Cocaine Socialism" after all!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-53751658601283104952020-11-16T22:23:38.431-08:002020-11-16T22:23:38.431-08:00How the Democrats of now are the Product of the Sc...How the Democrats of now are the Product of the Scuzzbag 90's isn't very encouraging!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-56137431067488842472020-11-16T22:03:58.733-08:002020-11-16T22:03:58.733-08:00Is there something wrong with this Election?
In 1...Is there something wrong with this Election?<br /><br />In 1960 JFK won but with a tiny Majority of a few 1000 Votes in Illinois. He had a terrible Back Injury that caused excruciating pain and he was having Cortizone Injections. Despite all this Vice President and Republican Candidate Richard Nixon who was a very close second didn't use that to question Kennedy's Victory, citing how the Democrat Candidate only won by a few 1000 and was on Steroids.<br /><br />No Candidate Roosevelt ran against claimed his crippling Polio made him unfit for Office. Roosevelt's moral High Ground, Skill and Determination won through and he was President in spite of his Disability.<br /><br />But this Election looks mirky before Biden is even sworn in next year. If he does have to leave Office Americans can say that they used him as a Trojan Horse to facilitate a Harris Presidency. There could be other things too.....<br /><br />Why is Rudolph Giulliani involved in the Backlash? Surely, if everything was fine he would take it on the Chin and congratulate the Winner. If Trump continued with his current Stance he would say "Look Donald, the Games up and admit defeat huh!"<br /><br />When he was Mayor of New York the City was in a terrible state. He didn't just clean up the Streets, he cleaned up the City too.<br /><br />Does he sense the same things wrong with the Democrat Party or this Campaign that he did when he was Mayor?<br /><br />Why is he staking his Reputation on this Backlash that might otherwise be regarded as a lost cause?<br /><br />The mere Fact the Democrats can't see the difference between what happened immediately after Kennedy's Assassination and this suggests as much a moral Decline as a mental one.<br /><br />I write as someone who has never voted Conservative - since 1982!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-33019281487721219602020-11-16T10:50:42.670-08:002020-11-16T10:50:42.670-08:00What is happening in America at the moment is horr...What is happening in America at the moment is horrible.<br /><br />Trump is launching a counter to the Result which allegedly made Joe Biden President. Commentators have suggested Biden's "mental decline" could force him from Office, making Kamal Harris defacto President. This should not be compared to what happened in 1963 when Lyndon Johnson was same after Jack Kennedy was assassinated. What is happening now is BEFORE Biden even becomes President, not several years after the Inauguration. Voter's could argue that they didn't vote Harris for President and if there was something wrong with Joe Biden this should have been disclosed during the Campaign. JFK was elected and served as President, even though he was killed in Dallas, which prompted Johnson's impromptu Presidency in November 1963.<br /><br />So America now has a President Elect who some believe isn't fit to rule, a miffed Candidate who is calling it fraud and an unelected Vice President elect who could end up in the oval Office.<br /><br />Almost as soon as he took Office in 63 Johnson became part of the Campaign for Elections in 1964. He might have won quite decisively but today's Electorate could ask if Kamal Harris would allow herself to be subjected to the same Scrutiny. If she didn't former President Trump, love him or loath him, is within his Rights to question it.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-52133716080170656322020-11-13T06:07:09.614-08:002020-11-13T06:07:09.614-08:00.....And just how much Impact did Mr and Mrs New A........And just how much Impact did Mr and Mrs New Age make before, during and after, the Obama years? I write as someone who has never owned anything with an Internal Combustion Engine in it, not even a 49cc Motorcycle, only ever flown in a Plane once, not the several times a year Mr and Ms Yippie might do, while there are many other things I don't do that they do. My Impact on the Environment is considerably less than theirs might be.<br /><br />As much as not being in the Joshocracy allows me to have an Opinion on anything there it is!<br /><br />Back to the Europe thing, Vis a Vis Russia, the Problems caused to Europe before the end of the Cold War can be traced to those who insisted on deploying right up to, and then over, Russia's Border with Europe. When NATO started doing the same thing not only did Bush Junior go against the Treaty established by his Father - it also justifies what Stalin did by creating his post-war Buffer against Germany, and completely misunderstood the Russian Psyche.<br /><br />Even though it was 75 years ago, and the Red Army no longer exists, Russians are still painfully aware of the Great Patriotic War and the devastation caused by Hitlers invasion. Their Response to it wasn't ideological, it was patriotic. Putin etc are as aware of that War as those who were alive when it happened.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-81837986307204577232020-11-12T07:49:26.127-08:002020-11-12T07:49:26.127-08:00Walesa hoped Obama would re-establish the Moral Au...Walesa hoped Obama would re-establish the Moral Authority America might have had 30 years ago. He didn't!Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-14273268085268493932020-11-12T07:46:14.122-08:002020-11-12T07:46:14.122-08:00And I will use what happened 30 years ago as a Tem...And I will use what happened 30 years ago as a Template to assess more recent Stuff.<br /><br />For example, there are no Comparisons of the Revolution in the Ukraine to what happened in Eastern Europe. Gorbachev would not intervene should those Countries decide to remove their Regimes. Support for People like Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel and Ion Iliescu was almost universal. As many questioned Events in Kiev as supported them.<br /><br />The CFE Treaty ratified by Gorbachev and Bush Senior was the correct Conclusion to the Cold War. Subterfuge and outright Illegality has violated it with NATO deployed in what should be neutral Territory.<br /><br />The Lebanese Hostage Crisis - as outlined in a Documentary by Granada TV called "1000 Days" shows the Link between its Resolution and improving Relations with Rafsanjani's Tehran. This was scotched by America and never capitalised on in the 90's.<br /><br />Who was going to argue with the end of Apartheid?<br /><br />There were so many things happening then that have no equivalents now, including a certain War in Iraq with no UN Mandate and a supposed Arab "Spring" which wasn't anything like pro-Democracy in Eastern Europe.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-49710183378110992052020-11-12T03:23:12.511-08:002020-11-12T03:23:12.511-08:00Everything up to and including Trump's Protest...Everything up to and including Trump's Protest at the Result and the latest Hirings and Firings at the Pentagon are because the Democrats didn't field a better Candidate in 2016. But then, how could they, with cost prohibitive Campaign Expenditure and a Party Elite with first Refusal on it? Somewhere in America might have been a liberal who could have been a much better President than Hillary, but they don't have the Funding.<br /><br />The anti-Trump Protests in 2016-7 weren't only futile, and looked undemocratic, George Sorros ought to have directed his Ire at the Democrat Party for allowing themselves to be beaten by "The Donald"!<br /><br />Pro-Europeans might scoff at Brexiteers, but the Referendum ended like it did because they couldn't successfully counter Nigel Farage's Argument. But then Europe didn't acknowledge there might have been a Problem until after it. Francois Hollande shrugged and admitted that maybe they were losing touch with the Public.<br /><br />The whole Campaign Funding Issue is susceptible to manipulation. And is it democratic? Neo-liberal advocates of Market Forces might say that the Money put up in support reflects the Opinion of the Electorate, but it doesn't. If it did Obama would have gained more than twice the amount of Votes for John McCain, but he didn't.<br /><br />That, and everything else has yielded too many Controversies in recent American Elections and Biden starts his Presidency with a 'did he or didn't he' question mark against it.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-78915475431074260592020-11-12T00:24:02.083-08:002020-11-12T00:24:02.083-08:00One thing I never forgave Obama for was the Sleigh...One thing I never forgave Obama for was the Sleight of Hand written into his State of the Union Address. The one where he tried lumping us in with Al Qaida and going on about those Shadows. It was like he was playing with the Album Cover, and via Crap that started in the Clinton 90's, and maybe even the Hippie 70's, he set out to somehow acquire it.<br /><br />The People doing 1968, and that Campaign in 1990 weren't his Yuppie Hippie New Age Ocracy parked up in Waitrose Carpark in their shiny 4x4s.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-29134013970346481042020-11-11T16:11:34.354-08:002020-11-11T16:11:34.354-08:00I Hope that Biden/Harris isn't going to be a m...I Hope that Biden/Harris isn't going to be a more of the same, pseudo- liberal Puppet Show like the Clinton 90's, and how the Blair/Obama Era was here. One where some were patronages and others just patronised.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051823036562401979.post-55368319531872383652020-11-11T13:25:11.577-08:002020-11-11T13:25:11.577-08:00Considering the Disaster a Hillary Presidency woul...Considering the Disaster a Hillary Presidency would be Donald Trump saved the Democrat Party from itself in 2016.<br /><br />War with Russia, War with Iran (already War with Syria as Defence Secretary), we would be at war with someone or other had she won.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a Euromillions Lottery Winner couldn't have funded either main Candidate in the 2008 Election Campaign. Ironically, Obama's Democrat Campaign cost $760,370,195 which was more than twice that of the GOP John McCain at $358,008,447, while both dwarfed that of Independent Ralph Nader at $4,187,628. <br /><br />Hillary was a naughty Girl in 2016 and filched the entire Fund for her Campaign in 2016. How can this be healthy for Democracy, while it goes some way to explain why a Country of 330,000,000, with Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Princeton, being the wealthiest in the World couldn't field better Candidates when Trump was elected. All this, and how the controversies surrounding GWB's Elections, Trump's and the current Debacle demonstrate that maybe there should be some Electoral Reform in America. What would $760million look like piled up in a Room?<br /><br />Back in Europe a Trump Victory might have made the EU more receptive to allowing us to scrap Brexit. The 2nd largest Contributor bolsters the Eurobloc against its Negotiations with America. That doesn't apply now as EU Countries elbow their way forward in the Queue. Recent Reports of Boris drafting premature congratulatory Messages to Trump's 'Victory' suggest some of this. That the Government were hoping the incumbent would win says they knew where they would stand if Biden won. Once the President Elect knows this Boris is compromised.Metro Wynn Presentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225345619193116509noreply@blogger.com