I just want to confirm to everyone that everything is indeed better in the EU. I know because I live there. The EU has solved almost everything. It won't be long before we need another bailout so I hope you all agree.
The immigration pact is working a treat. Absolutely brilliantly thought out. Plus, so militarily strong. Who'd mess with us? We're the new superpower and we're coming for you. And yes, it's totally borderless - and you can use the same money when you go on holiday. No border checks and hardly any inflation or price gouging. All completely true.
Basically a paradise while Britain feeds off of the scraps.

Red and Blue Army!

I know loads of people who argue that the EU is a paradise, militarily strong and they have "solved everything". Great stuff.

I would actually agree that the biggest factor with water has been privatisation. I will also tell you that here a lot of the water is brown. Most in Ireland will not drink the tap water. So we nationalised it - it was up to individual corporations before (councils to you). It hasn't improved although they're spending billions on new infrastructure - which is presumably mainly made out of brown envelopes as is our wont. I pay 15 a quarter for an under sink filter system. I will say the company (Gulp water) are excellent and at 15 a quarter I don't miss it. Everyone, and I mean everyone does that. Although, rurally you could quite easily have your own well.
The funniest part when they tried to privatise water in Ireland (firstly by charging for it) was the politician who stated "water doesn't just fall from the sky'! You'd wonder if he'd ever actually been in Ireland between his junkets. It was one thing the Irish people would not take - water charges. We got together, for a change, and beat it. It's like charging Saudis for sand.

Red and Blue Army!

I can't argue with the highlighted bit.
Sadly, capitalism is often allowed to run out of control, and I'm all for checks and balances. However, Communism don't work bud.

Clearly, the rules for private companies running utilities need to be rewritten and the current rules upheld in the meantime.

The EU elections start tomorrow things to look out for:

1. Will the right continue to make gains across Europe and will immigration be a hot button topic.

2. A political pundit reckons the voters are suffering from environmental fatigue and are not happy about the costs related to Green policies. So will the Greens take a hit.

I make no predictions just putting out there what some commentators say.

Additionally I am hoping that our Irish posters will give us a snapshot of what is going on over there.

Edited by Badger11 (05 Jun 2024 7.13pm)

One more point

The reason the Right do not have much power in Europe is because they all act far too unilaterally. For example Le Pen announcing that she will not work with the AfD in Germany. This is the biggest weakness.

The Deep State operates across borders. The Right is still far too focused on, and I make no apologies for stealing language from the Left, 'flag-shagging'.

The problems we collectively face are the same in almost every country in Europe.

And yes, I am as guilty as anybody else of this in the past. But we need to start acting far more collectively and cohesively and not allowing the kind of divide and rule tactics are opponents are experts at.

The problems native Europeans face in Birmingham or Berlin or Bordeaux are primarily the same. Third-world replacement driven by globalist forces. And all whilst our brothers slaughter each other in Ukraine at the behest of the same people.

This has to stop.

If the Dissident Right in the EU can somehow unite and work together than I would be all in favour of us rejoining. Because separately, we are all screwed.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.