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Syrzia Won!

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  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    Hahah, Cameron is fuming, Merkel looks like she's sucking on an even more sour lemon than usual and Obama is lost for words. How dare the people of a democratic country use the democratic system to vote for a government that represents them rather than a cabal of heartless corporations?!

    They hate it. Go Greece!
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Change is coming and it cant come soon enough!

    I wouldn't get yourself too excited.

    Change will come, but not "that" quickly.
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • ffacoffipawb
    ffacoffipawb Posts: 3,593 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    It used to have 27 with & being the 27th apparently. I think that English used to use that German double s that looks like a beta symbol.

    There is no j in the Welsh Alphabet, despite many of us being Joneses!
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    I am watching the news now. The Greeks are absolutely made up!

    They have united and given an absolutely rollicking kick right to the dangly-sacks of the neo-liberal establishment. They have turned their backs on the politics of debt, on bankers and their vile greed, and on venal self serving politicians.

    This will freeze the blood of the debt mongers and those who want to crush and oppress an entire nation because of the imaginary human construct of money.

    Change is coming and the Greeks are leading the way! Here in the UK renters are uniting against BTL landlords and the politicians who service them, and the Green Party are approaching May like a torpedo.

    Change is coming and it cant come soon enough!

    You are TickersPlaysPop and I claim my five pounds.:rotfl:
  • jjlandlord
    jjlandlord Posts: 5,099 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Particularly by EU bureaucrats being paid a fortune.

    Indeed, Greek bureaucrats, on the other hands, are all working on a voluntary basis, as is our dear government.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    I am watching the news now. The Greeks are absolutely made up!

    They have united and given an absolutely rollicking kick right to the dangly-sacks of the neo-liberal establishment. They have turned their backs on the politics of debt, on bankers and their vile greed, and on venal self serving politicians.

    This will freeze the blood of the debt mongers and those who want to crush and oppress an entire nation because of the imaginary human construct of money.

    Change is coming and the Greeks are leading the way! Here in the UK renters are uniting against BTL landlords and the politicians who service them, and the Green Party are approaching May like a torpedo.

    Change is coming and it cant come soon enough!


    turnout 63.9%
    syriza 36.3% of 63.9%

    so 23% of the Greek people voted to freeze the blood of the debt mongers

    well, at least the Greens want to leave the EU asap
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    turnout 63.9%
    syriza 36.3% of 63.9%

    so 23% of the Greek people voted to freeze the blood of the debt mongers....

    The Greeks have an election, Syriza gets 36.3% of the vote on a 63.9% turnout, and wins 149 seats out of 300.

    We have an election, the Conservative Party gets 36.1% of the vote on a 65.1% turnout, and wins 305 seats out of 650.

    And some people think our FTP system is undemocratic?
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    ...well, at least the Greens want to leave the EU asap

    Presumably the Greek Greens?

    I know that our Greens have learned to accept the EU now that they are in receipt of a few MEPs salaries.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    antrobus wrote: »
    The Greeks have an election, Syriza gets 36.3% of the vote on a 63.9% turnout, and wins 149 seats out of 300.

    We have an election, the Conservative Party gets 36.1% of the vote on a 65.1% turnout, and wins 305 seats out of 650.

    And some people think our FTP system is undemocratic?



    Presumably the Greek Greens?

    I know that our Greens have learned to accept the EU now that they are in receipt of a few MEPs salaries.



    the greens are in favour of 'reform' of the EU : a totally unrealistic agenda which amounts to leaving.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    jjlandlord wrote: »
    Indeed, Greek bureaucrats, on the other hands, are all working on a voluntary basis, as is our dear government.

    Over 10,000 EU officials earn more than £142,000 a year including allowances. Gravy train I would say with my Greek hat on. Where's the austerity in Brussels?
  • You might want to check those figures.

    $5,000,000,000 billion is probably more money than exists in the world.


    Could at least do with a x10^ in there somewhere.
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