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The treaty doesn't mention it, but: - when UK was a member of the EU, its politicians and civil servants had been participating in several negotiations, meetings, design of treaties (i.e. article 50) etc... so they were quite knowledgeable about the way the EU would deal with such an issue. It was either the common market or third party country status. There was no way UK could get the benefits of the common market without the related constraints and rules. - no mention of "senior partner" but that's the reality of power unbalance. This is not the world of Care Bears. As usual, Brexit is about blaming others!

More bad news! ???? New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/trump-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-fraud-lawsuit/index.html ""These acts of fraud and misrepresentation were similar in nature, were committed by upper management at the Trump Organization as part of a common endeavor for each annual Statement, and were approved at the highest levels of the Trump Organization -- including by Mr. Trump himself," the lawsuit states."

It's quite interesting to see how greedy people can be imaginative! And also how dumb they can be! It is obvious that they were leaving too many traces. This kind of scheme may remain unnoticed only in countries where one can easily bribe authorities (you see what I mean ????).

Right. China will not condone the use of nuclear weapons. Too much chaos. China is in great part a planned economy and society. Planners hate chaos. On top of it, It's not good for business. India has strong links to Russia but trade with Russia is neglectible. The main economic partners are NATO countries, with USA ranked first.

Following this logic, it would be better that current inhabitants stop having children, as it would reduce the number of criminals! ????

What are you talking about? Which facts?

How do you know the EU doesn't work? It's impossible to know what would be the economic situation (I.e. GDP growth) of European economies without the EU. Japan did not fare better, the Brexited UK seems to fare a bit worse, the U.S. fared better, etc... Economic differences between countries are a drawback (for the Eurozone), higher level of economies of scale, higher international negotiating power and influence are advantages, etc... what had the strongest impact? The drawbacks or the advantages? The ASEAN is a quite different case, a "Union light" compared to the EU.

The hypocrisy was to send them to a small isolated Island just for political reasons, without caring whether it was convenient of not for the migrants.

Those were replies to Hanaguma's posts, not his. Anyway, they must both use the same source. ????

Much better on video! ???? ‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Actually, It's bit more complex, as it was a Boer settlers' government. So Boer and European settlers stole it from the original black natives' natural assets, the Boer government bought it and gave it to the King as a reward for granting them self-rule in exploiting the country and oppressing the original black population. The current SA having both a Boer and black African heritage, It's a bit complex to disentangle.

*Deleted post edited out* Alleged criminality is a lame argument. As shown in my post (and posts from others too), the violent crime rate for immigrants (legal or not), is lower than for people born in the U.S. Immigrants are actually increasing the share of good people in the population. As about your last comparison, you are confusing between settlers and immigrants. It's the settlers who took the land, oppressed and slaughtered the original American native population, starting with the pilgrim fathers. The current immigrants don't want to steal the land from the current inhabitants, don't want to impose their own rule and government, etc...

Considering how the DOJ rushed to accept him, Trump team may well be disappointed.

Kind of disrespectful comparison for Sweden, it seems!

In the basement of a pizzeria!! ???? It makes sense! Nothing 's better than a pizza slice to accompany a good pint of kid's blood! ????

Next time he may focus on Biden's dog! ????

Tell it also to the other posters who referred to the issues met by Hungary in their posts.

The two quotes were included in the post by Stevenl, to which I replied. They have in common that: - they obviously refer to the case of Hungary. It's you who introduced Hungary in the debate, - they also insinuate that Hungary was punished because of its policy towards immigration, and not because of its restrictions to the independence of the judiciary and the media. This is a claim only made by Brexiteers (when the posters are British, of course).

You don't see?

Significant, no one knows. Influential, it surely already is! https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/02/majority-of-republicans-believe-the-qanon-conspiracy-theory-is-partly-or-mostly-true-survey-finds/?sh=26b4437b5231

How stupid these Chinese people were! They didn't know Joe Biden was not holding any official position any more! Dumber than dumb! ???? "Chinese energy company CEFC paid first son Hunter Biden and first brother Jim Biden $4.8 million in 2017 and 2018, according to the Washington Post." (The NYPost now citing generally censored left-wing MSM ????) You can also check it in the (generally censored ????) article cited: "The Post did not find evidence that Joe Biden personally benefited from or knew details about the transactions with CEFC, which took place after he had left the vice presidency and before he announced his intentions to run for the White House in 2020." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-china-laptop/ As about "opacity" ????, "Hunter Biden’s financial arrangement with CEFC China Energy have been previously reported and were included in a Republican-led Senate report from 2020." And that's how Biden's DOJ and the deep state have been protecting Hunter: ???? "Hunter Biden’s overseas work has been the subject of heightened scrutiny. He has been under federal investigation as part of an inquiry into his taxes, with witnesses called before a grand jury as recently as last month".

The Russia investigation was not particularly targeting Trump. The Russian interference has been comfirmed and some people have been convicted (and pardoned by Trump for some of them). https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/breakdown-indictments-cases-muellers-probe/story?id=61219489 A cost–benefit analysis of the investigation shows a net benefit for the government, with far more income than expenses. By December 2018, the investigation had cost approximately $32 million[149] but gained approximately $48 million. More than half of the cost of the investigation was for personnel compensation and benefits. The gains were accrued primarily by uncovering unpaid taxes by targets in the investigation, seizing assets, and collecting fines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Counsel_investigation_(2017–2019)#:~:text=Paul Manafort%2C former Trump campaign,former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich.

It's rather that some people didn't care that other people would die needlessly, as long as they thought they could score political points.

Ahem... Supporters Salute Trump at Ohio Rally https://news.yahoo.com/supporters-salute-trump-ohio-rally-171644389.html

Not true. She was nominated by elected governments ( the Council), then approved by elected MEPS. She is also not the president of the EU, only of one of the three main EU institutions. Two directly elected bodies (Council and EP). One appointed by the two other elected bodies. Not so bad compared to UK. Only one elected entity. An unelected chief of State and an unelected House of Lords. None of them elected directly or indirectly. On top of it, applicants are pre-selected according to the most undemocratic criteria.