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Finnish government implodes after nationalist party elects new far-right leader
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DasPenguin
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To be fair, "living on taxpayers expense" is also a trademark for most of the racists who support him. Because when you don't finish school and don't have a job, immigration has to be the reason for it.
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Wow, shows how much attention I pay to Finland that I thought they still had a cordon sanitaire around them but they've been in the government for two years. But I guess forming one would have been impossible without them or SDP. (Or some weird combo with the Greens.)
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Well, at least he's popular!
First MP leaves Finns party over this decision, Kari Kulmala. "You have to lead the country in other ways than simply talking immigration policy", he says.
Finnish article
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There is an incredibly worrying trend of EU countries sending these people to Brussels...
Funky Papa
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The EP is where parties send their most controversial/dangerous/scandal ridden politicians to live a happy and tranquil life without endangering their masters with their numbskullery. It's terrible. This is something that needs to change.
Wat.
If someone sexually harasses me or anyone I know, I sure as would imagine him dead. Not defending this douche as a person, but you guys are being obtuse here.
http://www.ess.fi/uutiset/paijathame/art2377571
National Coalition party government member on possible demands by the Christian Democrats:
-We have a clear stance on marriage equality, but that doesn't mean that we can't talk about it.
What a clown show. Let's kick out the racists and join with the homophobes so we can stay in government.
National Coalition party government member on possible demands by the Christian Democrats:
-We have a clear stance on marriage equality, but that doesn't mean that we can't talk about it.
What a clown show. Let's kick out the racists and join with the homophobes so we can stay in government.
It's like I'm reading American Psycho again. This is seriously the kind of shit Patrick Bateman says and thinks in that book.I really wouldn't want to be in this country, if it was lead by a man with statements like this:
Rough translation:
Always-honest
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Wow.... jikes.
\Wasn't Finnland one of the best countries to live in?
\Wasn't Finnland one of the best countries to live in?
Every country has its idiots.
And now they've destroyed their own party so that's that.
Always-honest
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Yep, this sounds worse than it is. We will just form a new government with the remaining parties.
Better than ok. This is nothing.
Always-honest
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John Dunbar
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Hopefully that won't be high on the list of directions to take.
This "New Alternative" group made of Finns Party departees can still give the government 106 seat coalition
Hamster Plugin
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There is no fear of marriage equality going anywhere. The parliament hasn't changed even if the government does so if they had another vote it wouldn't go any different from the last time when it passed. The previous Finns already voted against it (except for the 3 defectors) and it didn't matter.
Well, it looks like you guys no longer have to worry about Halla-aho and his brain-deads, now that they've lost HALF THEIR MPS as their party destroys itself. Glorious.
If only the same would happen to the Tories in the UK...
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The worry is only over until the 2019 elections. The Finns got most of their votes from these immigrant haters. They will likely not rise all the way to 20% again, but they'll definitely go over 10% now.
It's not all doomed though, the Green party which is positioning itself as the opposition of far-right populism is also rising and likely to reach at least 15% if it doesn't fuck up spectacularly.
It's impossible to predict the future right now.
The MPs who jumped the ship will probably form a new party and take a lot of The Finns' votes. I also have hard time seeing The Finns reaching their previous popularity under Halla-aho who is the opposite of a charismatic leader. They also just lost almost all of their most popular MPs.
Not going to cheer just yet. Need to see how this situation develops.
I really wouldn't want to be in this country, if it was lead by a man with statements like this:
Rough translation:
Do you have a source for the quote?
http://web.archive.org/web/20070826081930/www.halla-aho.com/scripta/katuhairinnasta.html
And yeah, context is as others have mentioned, but it does make his words any better, imo.
If the government allowes this shitshow to continue until 2019 Greens will the biggest party for sure. Pretty stupid for them to change their most successful party chair ever because of a party rule though.
Yeah, it should be staying for good. It's just the principle of "we are open to discussing it" is shameful.
Holy fuck! How are people like this allowed to show themselves in public let alone be elected to lead anything. I wouldn't even let this guy lead a dog on a leash.I really wouldn't want to be in this country, if it was lead by a man with statements like this:
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Simon Elo, the current chair of the "New Alternative" group, says that for now, the size of the group is for now locked to the 20 MPs who were present in the founding meeting, so you can't simply join by publicly announcing it.
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The head of the Green Party thinks the creation of this group is mere powerplay rather than standing up to specific values, due to various people in New Alternative who have bad views on human rights and want Finland to be isolated from rest of the world.
Thanks Burbeting!
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