BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[Pinno718]

...and I guess that is why Brad Lander won so convincingly against the incumbent.

The US elections will be about 2 lots of Republicans - the moderates and the extremists, the Democrats still tied in with corporate interests, the Democrats not tied in to corporate interests, Democrats in the pay of Israel etc etc What a mess. This is the sh*t that's quietly filled the septic tank and now it's there for all to see and 'admire'.

 

[C R]

Big earthquake in Caracas last night.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/25/earthquake-venezuela-caracas-tremors-aftershocks

My godfather and his sister live in Caracas. I spoke to him about an hour after it hit. He had just got of the lift as the quake hit. His building didn't suffer much damage, pictures knocked off the wall and cracks in the plaster, but all ok otherwise. Most of his neighbours were getting ready to spend the night in their cars, but him and his wife were staying put. His sister ok too, though she lives nearer the more affected area, and it seems her flat had more serious damage, but the building was standing.

 

[secretsqirrel]

The US elections will be about 2 lots of Republicans - the moderates and the extremists, the Democrats still tied in with corporate interests, the Democrats not tied in to corporate interests, Democrats in the pay of Israel etc etc What a mess. This is the sh*t that's quietly filled the septic tank and now it's there for all to see and 'admire'.

Add mire….

 

[Pross]

With 'friends' like this...

No wonder New York Democrats made a different choice.

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They possibly need to look to the UK to see how quickly things can change from two party dominance. The US feels like it's crying out for an alternative.

 

[Pinno718]

Add mire….

Ho bejeesus - oyl add mire and mire and mire and dat will be dat.

 

[AuroraSaab]

They possibly need to look to the UK to see how quickly things can change from two party dominance. The US feels like it's crying out for an alternative.

I'm always surprised there aren't more political parties emerging in the US, at least at local level. It's like the Whigs and Tories era.

 

[icowden]

I'm always surprised there aren't more political parties emerging in the US, at least at local level. It's like the Whigs and Tories era.

I'm not. In the USA there is a correlation between money and winning. Only the two big parties seem able to get the big donations.
Bear in mind that the political parties will spend over $11 billion in political advertising alone.

 

[AuroraSaab]

True but you'd think at local level there might be some variation. I guess there's more interest in standing as independents than starting a new national party. It's mad that people who've no experience of political office end up in congress or as presidents, mostly based on how much money they can raise and how big their public profile is. But then we're about to have a prime minister who wasn't even an MP a fortnight ago so politics is a bit mad everywhere atm.

 

[Beebo]

It’s all fun and games in Dubai. The paradise in the sun full of chancers and gangsters. This poor lady faces Possible death by firing squad.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0p813jn7o

If you google the Treeby family from Kent you will quickly realise that his lady has got herself tangled up with some very dodgy individuals who almost certainly didn’t have her best interests at heart.

 

[icowden]

But then we're about to have a prime minister who wasn't even an MP a fortnight ago so politics is a bit mad everywhere atm.

That's slightly disingenuous. He was an MP from 2001 until 2017 and only stopped being one due to being elected Mayor of Greater Manchester which disqualified him from being an MP. He then stood down as Mayor following re-election as an MP. He has run for Labour Leader twice previously.

It's not in the same league as electing a game show host, failed businessman and misogynist paedo as President.

 

[AuroraSaab]

No it's not, but it's still a bit weird. People did actually vote for Trump. And yes, I know, it's how the system works, both in the US and here. Eisenhower is widely regarded as a successful president but had never held office before his election. It's an odd system in both cases; that doesn't change because of the character of the individuals concerned.

 

[Rusty Nails]

No it's not, but it's still a bit weird. People did actually vote for Trump. And yes, I know, it's how the system works, both in the US and here. Eisenhower is widely regarded as a successful president but had never held office before his election. It's an odd system in both cases; that doesn't change because of the character of the individuals concerned.

It's not weird at all, it's just the way politics has changed in recent years and is all constitutionally OK.

We have had several PMs recently, Tory and Labour who 'did not have a mandate from the electorate' according to their critics (usually from the opposition) and we'll get the same about Burnham...but again the choice of PM is legitimately down to the party in power.

 

[Pblakeney]

It's not weird at all, it's just the way politics has changed in recent years and is all constitutionally OK.

We have had several PMs recently, Tory and Labour who 'did not have a mandate from the electorate' according to their critics (usually from the opposition) and we'll get the same about Burnham...but again the choice of PM is legitimately down to the party in power.

Maybe it needs repeating.
Nobody in the UK votes for a Prime Minister.

 

[BoldonLad]

Maybe it needs repeating.
Nobody in the UK votes for a Prime Minister.

sorry to be picky, but, shouldn't that say "The electorate do not get to vote for a Prime Minister"?

Depending on the Party in power, there is usually an election, but, with a very restricted group of voters.

 

[briantrumpet]

What's this, in god's name? Paris, banning the sale *and* consumption of alcohol on Friday?

Apparently the hospitals are overrun.