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Post by Andrew_S on Jan 26, 2015 1:42:25 GMT
Apparently Syriza are 100 votes away from reaching 150 seats.
Edit: now 3,000 votes. Swing of 1,500 required.
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Post by Khunanup on Jan 26, 2015 2:41:08 GMT
A senior Syriza officlal said on Five Live about an hour ago that they would be talking to KKE too...
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Post by mboy on Jan 26, 2015 8:41:05 GMT
Interesting that Syrzia win the forum poll. I'm guessing that their support here has come from left-wing Labour posters, Green/Nationalist posters, but crucially from UKIP posters who share none of their values but hope they will lead to the collapse of the Euro...
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Post by maxque on Jan 26, 2015 8:51:48 GMT
Interesting that Syrzia win the forum poll. I'm guessing that their support here has come from left-wing Labour posters, Green/Nationalist posters, but crucially from UKIP posters who share none of their values but hope they will lead to the collapse of the Euro... They got an endorsement from Marine Le Pen (which they rejected)! |
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 26, 2015 10:05:22 GMT
But are they really "far right" as the BBC have just claimed?
Sad to see some posters here echoing Cameron's utterly graceless response to the election result, btw. I can quite understand how Greeks have voted in the circumstances - anybody who doesn't needs to take a look at themselves.
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Post by iainbhx on Jan 26, 2015 10:13:48 GMT
There is now a coalition between SYRIZA and ANEL according to reports from Athens. Given how quick the meeting was anyone would think this might have been drawn up beforehand.
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Post by mboy on Jan 26, 2015 10:15:01 GMT
The populist hard left and populist hard right have always had more in common that they like to admit. Same with UKIP vs SNP/Green.
Anyway, the problem is that the Greek voters have a record of believing politicians who promise them fairly obvious fantasies. That's how they got into the mess, and now it's how they think they will get out of it.
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Post by maxque on Jan 26, 2015 10:19:49 GMT
The populist hard left and populist hard right have always had more in common that they like to admit. Same with UKIP vs SNP/Green. Anyway, the problem is that the Greek voters have a record of believing politicians who promise them fairly obvious fantasies. That's how they got into the mess, and now it's how they think they will get out of it. Well, what else they could do? Voting for PASOK and ND, the very parties which got them there in the first place? |
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Post by mboy on Jan 26, 2015 10:34:30 GMT
Well, I chose 'To Potami'.
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Post by Andrew_S on Jan 26, 2015 10:48:11 GMT
Sobering figures:
Golden Dawn: 17 seats
PASOK: 13 seats
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Post by Andrew_S on Jan 26, 2015 12:10:01 GMT
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Post by Pimpernal on Jan 26, 2015 12:14:08 GMT
I feel like moving to Greece  |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 26, 2015 12:14:37 GMT
Syriza's first act in power appears to have been to kill Demis Roussos.
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Post by mboy on Jan 26, 2015 12:21:16 GMT
I feel like moving to Greece The beauty of the European Union (which you want out of) is that you are legally entitled to more to Greece right now... |
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Post by Pimpernal on Jan 26, 2015 12:26:56 GMT
I feel like moving to Greece The beauty of the European Union (which you want out of) is that you are legally entitled to more to Greece right now... I would only want to move if they wanted me to move... I wouldn't want to use permission granted to me by unelected overlords to impose myself on a country - other than that of my birth - that didn't feel I had anything worth offering them... |
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Post by Richard Allen on Jan 26, 2015 12:33:38 GMT
The beauty of the European Union (which you want out of) is that you are legally entitled to more to Greece right now... I would only want to move if they wanted me to move... I wouldn't want to use permission granted to me by unelected overlords to impose myself on a country - other than that of my birth - that didn't feel I had anything worth offering them... The permission for you to live in Greece comes not from "unelected overlords" but from the actions of several elected governments of Greece. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 12:36:26 GMT
The Greens get one MP from their deal with SYRIZA  |
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Post by chorleyboy on Jan 26, 2015 12:37:09 GMT
I would only want to move if they wanted me to move... I wouldn't want to use permission granted to me by unelected overlords to impose myself on a country - other than that of my birth - that didn't feel I had anything worth offering them... The permission for you to live in Greece comes not from "unelected overlords" but from the actions of several elected governments of Greece. Do not forget the United Kingdom had an in-out referendum in 1975. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 12:46:22 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 26, 2015 12:55:54 GMT
Sobering figures: Golden Dawn: 17 seats PASOK: 13 seats Sobering for PASOK, certainly. Maybe it might have been for the best if Papandreou's outfit had finally put them out of their misery. Syriza will be a de facto PASOK (though hopefully more principled and nowhere near as corrupt) not that long from now - you heard it here first  |
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