Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Dutch government collapses after coalition partners clash over immigration policies" video.

  1. Interesting that you'd bring up Finland. Recently, Finland ended up with a right-wing coalition government, the wonkiest government in a long, long time. The weakest link, the far-right Finns Party, had its first minister announce his resignation 11 days after being appointed, after his neo-Nazi links came out. His replacement is best known for switching parties after reports of his transgressive behaviour toward female colleagues got him sidelined. He's now expected to work side by side with the very people that got him ousted. Technically speaking, the Finns Party is not new to government, but last time around the party split in two after a spectacular palace coup, which consigned it to the opposition. It has experienced two more splits since, both times shedding extremist elements, but not quite enough of them, it seems. I'm giving this government 12 months tops before PM Orpo follows in Dutch PM Rutte's footsteps and let's his doomed coalition government out of its misery. No doubt, the Finns Party will suffer terribly in the follow-up snap election. Like Rutte after the upcoming Dutch election, Orpo will go on to form a new government, but this time without your "right" Finns Party. I wouldn't be surprised if the Social Democrats replace the Finns Party. The moral of the story? Real power is a poisoned chalice to far-right parties.
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  2. @@Rick-sk7fw It did occur to me that this is a Canadian news channel. In fact, that's the reason why I posed my question. Let's say we have an African warning Canadians about the dangers of contracting malaria in Canada. If I ask why this is relevant, I bet you'd chime in saying that it surely must be so, because the Africans know the disease from bitter experience.
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  3.  AhmetTekinA  The Chinese have actually cleaned up their act in that respect. They want reciprocity, as in their IP being respected as well -- and they do own a lot these day, particularly in telecoms, much to the chagrin of the Americans.
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  4. And your sage advice is relevant because...?
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