DT Politics Thread

[Mason89]

I have family in Arran, worked on Arran, lived on Arran, got married on Arran and visit Arran every chance I get 

Nobody cares more about these ferries than Herald readers who never use them 

[tom_widdows]

BBC saying Viktor Orban has conceded.

Given the opposition leader was previously park of Orban's party be interesting to see if there is to be any change in Hungary

[Jupiter]

Why are the BBC obsessed with the Hungarian election? They've never been bothered about elections in eastern Europe before. I'm sure 99.999999999% of British people couldn't care less who won.

[Mason89]

28 minutes ago, Jupiter said:

Why are the BBC obsessed with the Hungarian election? They've never been bothered about elections in eastern Europe before. I'm sure 99.999999999% of British people couldn't care less who won.

It’s a setback for the dullest reactionary racist simpletons on the planet, ours included. 

[RicoS321]

42 minutes ago, Jupiter said:

Why are the BBC obsessed with the Hungarian election? They've never been bothered about elections in eastern Europe before. I'm sure 99.999999999% of British people couldn't care less who won.

Yes they have. They covered the result in the last Polish election for example. It's unusual for a European leader to be in place for 16 years, too, so it is reasonably interesting. I think that they should give Eastern European elections as much coverage as French or German. A reasonable amount, but nae overboard.

Edit: not that I give a shite about any election really. For the avoidance of doubt, I'm giving an objective point of view on the state broadcaster and what would seem to be reasonable. 

Edited Monday at 18:23 by RicoS321

[InversneckieDob]

Edgy.

[tom_widdows]

2 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Edit: not that I give a shite about any election really. For the avoidance of doubt, I'm giving an objective point of view on the state broadcaster and what would seem to be reasonable

 

[RicoS321]

8 hours ago, tom_widdows said:

 

Well, since you ask.... which election in recent times should I have given a fuck about? Really, I mean? Not just pretendy attachment of importance to make it sound like I care. Are any of us really going to know the difference between Orban being in power in Hungary, or his counterpart? The last UK election was "fought" on the inspiring idea of giving the incumbent party a bloody nose for a decade. Which nation and its shining example should make me, or anyone else, think that representative democracy is a successful system (trite, reductive Churchill quotes aside)? Even the Scottish elections, more egalitarian and closer to home as they are, hold about the importance of this season's player of the year if we're being honest about it. 

[Ajja]

Surely the focus on Hungary is because of the investment the US (Trump admin) have made in Orbán. Vance being over there campaigning for him is just another shitshow that UK media will leap on as anything that tracks the demise of Trump is box office at the moment. Add to that, Orbán has been a European poster boy for Populist rhetoric and with the rise of Farage and Reform we now, unfortunately, have more skin in the Populist game. 
 

It’s true Magyar is not much different to Orbán, cut from similar cloth and holds very similar views on immigration for example. He campaigned on domestic economics and cost of living exclusively. Didn’t touch foreign policy at all. The swings have been quite incredible in rural areas particularly, largely fuelled by a leaked video of the foreign secretary cosying up to Russia. It’s fascinating to see the populist commentators across Europe trying to paint Magyar as a leftie progressive just because he ousted Orbán, he is definitely not that. . 

Edited 2 hours ago by Ajja