Comments by "Random Thoughts" (@anuragsinha2013) on "TLDR News EU"
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Sir Humphrey Appleby: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
James Hacker: That's all ancient history, surely.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, and current policy. We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work. Now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing: set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch. The Foreign Office is terribly pleased; it's just like old times.
James Hacker: Surely we're all committed to the European ideal.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Really, Minister.
[laughs]
James Hacker: If not, why are we pushing for an increase in the membership?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact. The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up. The more futile and impotent it becomes.
James Hacker: What appalling cynicism.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes. We call it diplomacy, Minister.
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I never thought Marine la penn is ever going to be the President.
But I also Knew, the tide of the failures to address key issues of the day by the French Establishment, is going to get so heavy that eventually that will lead to Marion Marachel La Penn.
Things always seem to go really bad before it starts to get good in France.
But the moment of truth seems to have arrived faster than expected. The desire for change has begun in France.
France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Belarus, Serbia, Ukraine, Belgium and Spain will follow suit.
And May be UK will get sucked in too.
Macron started as a Left then moved to the Centre to win elections and become President, Tried his technocratic Centrist policies and failed, but also realised The Right is actually Right so he kept on moving to the Right, and people saw through it, that they might oppose Marine la penn but her policies and assessment are actually right (mainly about immigration and religion of Peace).
There is nothing Macron can do to save his presidency.
Macron is going to end up in a Think Tank job in New York or Washington or WEF board member or some sort of special envoy to Middle East pretty much like Tony Blair.
Emmanuelle macron is more suitable for that, than being the President of France.
The French people should have never trusted someone who cares more about "His Career, After his Political Life" than about the people who he governs.
Ever since Tony Blair and Barack Obama there has been an epidemic of politicians who care more about thier "political Afterlife" than thier own country. Hence they do what suits thier career and not what suits the larger population. "Hence we get Populism".
Macron still doesn't do a lot of hard work that Marine la penn did. Macron ended up in the position because of spectacular failures of Francois Hollande and Sarkozy who were detached from any sort political reality and cared more about thier mistresses.
I remember John Oliver doing segments fawning over Francois Hollande. After the failure of Hollande, John Oliver never did a segment about how Francois Hollande had an approval rating of 3 percent and had to step away from elections out of embarrassment.
But if you ask any ordinary french people about Francois Hollande they'll tell you he was a terribly unserious president.
Obviously The Academic Left, The Online Left, and The Media left wing will tell you that Francois Hollande was never left wing and did what left always does that is, shed thier skin like a snake, and casually move the goal post and say he's not Left Wing because he's not Left enough.
That's the difference between Elite people' opinion and Ordinary people' opinion.
Macron should have been released from the presidency of France long time ago, so that he can go to work in a think tank in New York or Washington and have sex with Grandmas in Epstein Island (or whatever he likes to do). Emmanuelle macron is more suitable for that, than being the president of France.
There is nothing macron can do to save his presidency.
Ursula von der layen is also going to be "gone" in two years and then end up in a think tank in New York or Washington, which is where she has more in common with, unlike the average voter in Germany, whom she despises, same can be said about Olaf Scholz and Macron. (Tony Blair model)
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Why is Britain in the EU?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
James Hacker: That's all ancient history, surely.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, and current policy. We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work. Now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing: set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch. The Foreign Office is terribly pleased; it's just like old times.
James Hacker: Surely we're all committed to the European ideal.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Really, Minister.
[laughs]
James Hacker: If not, why are we pushing for an increase in the membership?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact. The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up. The more futile and impotent it becomes.
James Hacker: What appalling cynicism.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes. We call it diplomacy, Minister.
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Why is Britain in the EU?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
James Hacker: That's all ancient history, surely.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, and current policy. We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work. Now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing: set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch. The Foreign Office is terribly pleased; it's just like old times.
James Hacker: Surely we're all committed to the European ideal.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Really, Minister.
[laughs]
James Hacker: If not, why are we pushing for an increase in the membership?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact. The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up. The more futile and impotent it becomes.
James Hacker: What appalling cynicism.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes. We call it diplomacy, Minister.
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