= Сообщение: 9200 из 12492 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 29 Dec 19 10:50:27 Кому : David Rance 29 Dec 19 10:50:27 Тема : Brexit FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+5e0876e4 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5e04d20c = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5e0885be ============================================================================== Hello David,
On Thursday December 26 2019 16:30, you wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
DR> If I knew of a better way of doing things I should have stood DR> myself for parliament many years ago!
Then you would not have had time for Fidonet. ;-)
DR> A Happy New Year to the lot of you! And I'm sure we'll still be DR> friends even if the Brits will soon be foreigners!! :-)
I don't think it will affect our friendship. Fidonet members have been dealing with "foreigners" ever since it extended beyond the borders of the country of the founding fathers. Regarding the Brits, the perception of many this side of the channel is that they have alway been a bit "foreign". The UK joined the European Union, but the hearts and minds of the Brits were never fully in it. Not joining the Euro, not joining Schengen, driving on the other side of the road, imperial measures...
Plus that after 31 jan, you will only be half out. The UK will still have to follow all the EU rules until 31 Dec. You will go from half in to half out. Brexit won't effct Fidonet other than that it will generate discussion...
BTW, FYI, here we have a one (man|woman) one vote system. The situation that one party gets an absolute majority in parliament is only a theoretical possibility. It has not happened in at least half a century. At the last election for Parliament the largest party had only 22% of the votes. Coalition is the norm here.
Parliament is elected for four years. Both the government and Parliament can call for early elections. A vote of "no confidence" forces the government to resign. The government can also resign herself. Both result in early elections. About one in three governments do not make it until the end of their four year term. But you probably aleady knew all that...
