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Cheezoholic

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5. Velshi had a brit reporter on yesterday and asked a question, which as much as I like Velshi, I thought was shortsighted
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 09:41 AM
Jul 2024

With all of the attacks on the left globally how did the Brits manage to dodge a right wing bullet that seems to be the trend in the EU and US lately? The reporter gave some wishy washy reporter answer. Why Velshi, who is normally a lot sharper, would even ask that question out of the gate, it was like he's been hit with the blinders of the last week like everyone else over here.

The answer was obvious as John Oliver so "Oliveresquely" pointed out on his show the evening of the 4th of July, they didn't dodge the bullet. They finally got sick of being pissed on. They got taken over by the far right in 2010. They've had almost 15 years and 5 absolutely cruel RWNJ PM's and their own version of a "Project 2025" Parliament's worth of far right wing scorched earth policies that had led the UK deep into an economic and social darkness not seen in over 100 years.

Seriously, let us learn from what happened over there since 2010. It's truly devastating and those mechanism's are at work here as we speak.

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