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By *V-Alice OP TV/TS
over a year ago
Ayr |
They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits. |
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"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits."
and also share a very large number of personal chums with questionable financial sources. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits."
If you looked deeply into all the world leaders. Probably a large percentage share these traits. Its the nature of the beast.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits."
I know what you're saying, but....
If 2 presidents need to be talking right now, shouldn't it be the president of Russia and the president of Ukraine?
However, the very name Boris is quite Slavic / Baltic / Eastern so I guess his manipulative mind games and control freakery is to be expected.
Meanwhile, Vlad has kept control of a country full of self centred and hard nosed businessmen (oligarchs) and built a country with swish airports, McDonalds and Mercedes Benz / Dacia, supermarkets, shopping malls etc. Also a country with desperate poverty, but I won't mention the need for food banks in the UK. Nor the trailer parks of the US.
Housing, yeah I know that most people in Russia / Ukraine etc live in life-less, soul-less apartment blocks. So does much of our friendly Europe, such as Germany, Czechia, London. Pretty 3 bed semis are almost unique to UK for average families.
Mr Putin is not perfect, but I do have a lot of time for him and his points of view.
There are many, many more "presidents" from the past USSR who I would more liken to our Boris.
Maybe someone should have listened when Mr Putin came to power and mentioned the possibility of Russia joining NATO.
I have met and spent time with Russian people, so I am not an expert, but I do begin to have a clue about what I'm talking. This does include both the western and russian christmas times. |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
borehamwood |
"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits."
just to answer one of your points has there been any leader in the uk recently who has been elected by a majority of the country? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits.
and also share a very large number of personal chums with questionable financial sources. "
However, please consider this.
If you was, for example, wealthy and hung, would you let me take your wife away from you? |
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By *V-Alice OP TV/TS
over a year ago
Ayr |
"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits.
If you looked deeply into all the world leaders. Probably a large percentage share these traits. Its the nature of the beast. "
Indeed, but unlike the Russians, we don't have to have one enforced on us by a rigged electoral system.
We do - but we don't have to. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits.
and also share a very large number of personal chums with questionable financial sources. "
And various mistresses with an unknown amount of children…..  |
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By *V-Alice OP TV/TS
over a year ago
Ayr |
"They're disturbingly similar in many ways:
Both proven liars.
Neither can be trusted.
Their word means nothing.
They feel entitled to rule.
They think the rules they enforce do not apply to them.
They are content to enrich their friends from the public purse.
They both have an unrealistic view of how popular they are.
Neither of them was elected to power by the majority of their countries citizens.
I'm not saying Boris is worse than Vlad - he very obviously isn't.
But they do share a number of traits.just to answer one of your points has there been any leader in the uk recently who has been elected by a majority of the country?"
Believe it or not, Alex Salmond.
Unless you don't think Scotland is a country that holds elections to its own parliament?
Or maybe 2011 isn't recent enough for you? |
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