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Post by dizz on May 23, 2019 6:57:52 GMT
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Post by John Chanin on May 23, 2019 6:58:24 GMT
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 23, 2019 7:02:17 GMT
Looks like BJP will even gain few seats!
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Post by Sibboleth on May 23, 2019 11:56:26 GMT
Hey, look, a Labour MP happy about an election!
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Post by Sibboleth on May 23, 2019 12:00:19 GMT
If the pattern of BJP leads in West Bengal looks a bit... er... familiar, that's because the West Bengal BJP is indeed comprised mostly of former Communists.
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Post by matureleft on May 23, 2019 12:17:22 GMT
Hey, look, a Labour MP happy about an election! Barry is extremely attentive to the politics of his voters in Brent as they are reflected in their country of origin. |
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Post by edgbaston on May 23, 2019 12:18:56 GMT
Hey, look, a Labour MP happy about an election! Yuck. Why on earth would he do this? Who does it help or please? |
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Post by Khunanup on May 23, 2019 12:28:30 GMT
Hey, look, a Labour MP happy about an election! Yuck. Why on earth would he do this? Who does it help or please? Himself and your party (leadership and his local party in Brent). They're pretty much his only values... |
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Post by Sibboleth on May 23, 2019 13:02:03 GMT
Barry is extremely attentive to the politics of his voters in Brent as they are reflected in their country of origin. It must have started that way (note that it isn't just that many are Indian and many are Hindu, but that many are Gujarati and forward caste at that soooo...), but his enthusiasm these days seems quite genuine. |
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Post by Sibboleth on May 23, 2019 13:03:32 GMT
Rahul Gandhi defeated at Amethi; the big symbolic blow that confirms the scale of the second Modi landslide. But he's not gone; the parachute at Wayanad in Kerala worked very well.
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Post by nelson on May 23, 2019 13:06:12 GMT
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Post by Sibboleth on May 23, 2019 14:07:22 GMT
Another upset: Jyotiraditya Scindia trailing badly at Guna and presumably defeated. Elsewhere in the state, Chhindwara continues its unique record of unbroken Congress victories at General Elections,* though with a new candidate (Kamal Nath's son rather than the man himself this time) it was close.
*It was once lost at a by-election so not quite unbroken representation.
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Post by johnloony on May 23, 2019 14:57:13 GMT
I noticed that the BBC referred to "the Hindu Nationalist BJP Party". A bit like when there was an episode of The Simpsons which referred to "The TTP Project".
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 23, 2019 15:18:47 GMT
Militant Hindus deal a blow to the endless political reincarnation of the Nehru-Gandhi family. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 15:24:07 GMT
Another upset: Jyotiraditya Scindia trailing badly at Guna and presumably defeated. Elsewhere in the state, Chhindwara continues its unique record of unbroken Congress victories at General Elections,* though with a new candidate (Kamal Nath's son rather than the man himself this time) it was close. *It was once lost at a by-election so not quite unbroken representation.I wondered whether he was a member of the former ruling family of Gwalior, and indeed he is. |
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Post by Khunanup on May 23, 2019 15:42:19 GMT
I'm trying desperately to work out in what way you think this is a great result but I give up. Modi's up there with Orban, Netanyahu, Duterte & Bolsonaro etc. as being the most nasty, divisive, self-serving shits to be elected in democracies at the current time. Modi's even worse than most because he effectively has a paramilitary wing as an integral part of his political organisation. Thousands more deaths in communal violence egged on by Modi in the next five years, joy of joys... |
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 23, 2019 16:09:30 GMT
BJP has strenghtened its grip on the "Aryans" by conquering parts of the E&NE.
As a result a Dravidian reaction in the S&SE - coalescing around INC or a coalition of local parties - could emerge.
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Post by Sibboleth on May 23, 2019 16:12:44 GMT
I noticed that the BBC referred to "the Hindu Nationalist BJP Party". A bit like when there was an episode of The Simpsons which referred to "The TTP Project". Hmm...? No? BJP translates as Indian People's Party, there's no tautology here. Of course 'Hindu Nationalist' isn't exactly a great translation of Hindutva, but it seems to be the only one with a wide currency. |
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 23, 2019 16:13:04 GMT
I noticed that the BBC referred to "the Hindu Nationalist BJP Party". A bit like when there was an episode of The Simpsons which referred to "The TTP Project". Nationalism applied to INC... |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 17:42:13 GMT
If the pattern of BJP leads in West Bengal looks a bit... er... familiar, that's because the West Bengal BJP is indeed comprised mostly of former Communists. My partner tells me it's effectively an Anyone but Didi vote. |
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