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Those 5325 Belgians were the last straw for Hans...
  • Likely the number coming from Poland is actually much higher, there was a huge scandal last year where the previous polish government, who is anti immigration, sold hundreds of thousands of visas mostly to people in africa. This corresponded with a huge number of asylum requests in eastern german states.

    BBC article

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    Steam - Update to User Reviews: New Helpfulness System
  • I want to be able to rate games as 'meh', a lot of games i dont feel strongly enough to say its outright good or bad.

    Example: there is an extremely highly rated game from a few years ago that i got around to playing, but to me it was just okay and i'll probably never get around to finishing it. Based on my achievement progress i find it highly unlikely that 95% of the reviewers have finished the game either. They probably reviewed it after playing for an hour.

    I dont want to review it as good or bad so instead i just wont.

    But if 0 is bad and 1 is good then tallying 0.5 as meh shouldnt be that hard.

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  • Never tried the blitzer but i will back that the sickle is the best gun from the 3/5 premium warbonds that ive unlocked

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    How right winged is canada?
  • In terms of social values left. Even the last conservative prime minister was smart enough to keep his opinions to himself and not try to push evangelical policies, he knew he would lose.

    In terms of economics.. well the average person globally doesn't know the difference between monatary policy, fiscal policy, and their own asshole. Currently Canadians are being promised a magical fix all solution with absolutely no details, but they sure are angry that things are expensive, so at the moment right.

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    Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer
  • Yes thats one of the opt outs they would have had before. That being said there is no timeline on it, there are still 6 EU states which dont use the Euro and are supposed to change to it in the future. Only denmark has a permanent opt out.

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    Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer
  • Yeah Northern Ireland could basically just vote to join Ireland.

    Scottland would have a harder time. As much as i support the idea they would have to leave the UK, develop an economy good enough to meet the joining criteria (might need to create their own currency), then get permission to join from all member states, including the ones with seperatist movements which dont want to be seen as lenient towards seperatist causes.

    It is possible as they could likely use the Euro in the mid term (but this would cause their borrowing rates to be higher than if they had their own currency, as they have no control over monetary policy) and maybe the countries with seperatist movements wouldnt care as they're leaving the UK. But its a bit of a gamble..

    Edit: added clarification about currencies

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    Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer
  • Its not up to the UK. Its unlikely the EU would let them back in so soon, and if they did the UK would be in a weak bargaining position so they wouldnt get all the opt outs and exemptions they had before. Also EU progressives seek greater integration and the UK was the loudest voice against it. Its a lose lose.

    As its been 8 years from the vote and the paperwork still hasnt been figure out, its probably going to be another 20-30 years until things have simmered down enough that people can objectively look back and say it was the worst decision in modern history without people getting all pissy and defensive (most of them will have died of old age). Then they can apply to join again.

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    Europeans, how common are random spam phone calls in your country?
  • Haha i moved from Canada to Germany. In Canada i would get at least 3 a week, in Germany I don't think i've gotten one yet in the two years i've been here

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