• ivan@piefed.social
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    15 days ago

    On the other hand, wartime leader being retired after war makes perfect sense (Winston would later return back for another term, but anyway).

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      To be fair, Wellesley enacted the Catholic Emancipation which allowed Catholics to run for public office, which tacitly gave civil rights to the Irish.

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    Wouldn’t vote for Zelensky even if he puts a trident on the Kremlin himself. Otherwise support his geopolitical points.

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      Zelensky’s domestic policies are really bad and he’s not exactly above corruption. I always think he is the Ukrainian Churchill.