Has the backstop back-fired on Ireland? | 69 comments (69 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

The Polish people in full circle ... (4.00 / 2)

The EU migrants from Poland were used as scapegoat to fearmonger a Leave vote in the Brexit referendum.

○ Brexit: The view from England's "Little Poland"

My earlier diary - UK Brexit Problem: Migration not Immigration [Jan. 2017].

An idle threat for Plexit to rattle fellow member states and Brussels ...

○ The proposed constitutional referendum questions

President Andrzej Duda first announced his concept of a constitutional referendum in May 2017 during celebrations of the 226th anniversary of Poland's May 3, 1791, constitution, known as the May 3 Constitution.

Rumsfeld's "New Europe" and the love for Poland from Trump and Netanyahu ...

○ Trump's Revival of anti-EU Sentiment in Warsaw
○ Xenophobia, Israel, Alt-right and the Jewish Question

After Brexit Europe will still be troubled by their new member states used as proxies to anger Russia.

Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.

by Oui on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 at 07:52:41 PM EST
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"anger"? (none / 0)

I'm of the mind, "exasperation" is the better fit, all around, ahh ceteris paribus and wutnot.

Question: How would you comment on the media reports suggesting that it was Abigail McCourt, 16, who was the first to help Sergei and Yulia Skripal after they were poisoned?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 at 09:09:54 PM EST
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Has the backstop back-fired on Ireland? | 69 comments (69 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)