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Why is Italy swinging to the far right? (Sunday's regional Election could be "political earthquake')
BBC ^ | Jan 24, 2020 | BBC

Posted on 01/24/2020 9:20:19 AM PST by 11th_VA

Italy’s far right leader, Matteo Salvini, is hoping to cause a political shock by winning Sunday’s regional election in Emilia Romagna, a stronghold of the left since the Second World War. That could topple the government and sweep him to national power. So what is driving support for his populist far right League?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: emiliaromagna; europeanunion; italy; matteosalvini; nato
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To: 11th_VA

Why doesn’t he go to Africa to find out WHY people are leaving.

Perhaps they can make their own countries better?

No,no,no,no,no, they MUST MIGRATE, because there are no honest leaders in their hometowns.


41 posted on 01/24/2020 10:55:15 AM PST by Maris Crane (.)
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To: desertfreedom765

Yes, by being stupid.


42 posted on 01/24/2020 10:59:29 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

The left controls the media, the education establishment uses mass migration as a weapon and also uses voter fraud and corrupt courts to force its way on society.

So I’m not sure that people being stupid is accurate.

Most people are lazy and don’t start fighting back until things affect them personally.

I think that is a better explanation.

The problems the left has created have become so big in many countries that the populace can’t ignore them any longer.


43 posted on 01/24/2020 11:05:19 AM PST by desertfreedom765
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To: desertfreedom765
You don't think it was stupid to let the left control the media, the education establishment, etc.? You think that was smart.



By the way, a lot of people here are uneducated. Just because something is called, "far right," in Europe, doesn't mean it's anything like what conservatives here.

44 posted on 01/24/2020 11:10:03 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Why did YOU let it happen?

Did you have the power to stop it? I didn’t and I don’t think you or millions of other people did either.

We fight back through the ballot box, by educating people within our sphere of influence and by our purchase decisions.

Do you have any powers beyond that?


45 posted on 01/24/2020 11:16:05 AM PST by desertfreedom765
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To: 11th_VA

I don’t know, illegal non-stop immigration perhaps?-)


46 posted on 01/24/2020 11:24:01 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: 11th_VA

Italians want their country back. Who can blame them?


47 posted on 01/24/2020 11:40:48 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: 11th_VA
ISLAM
48 posted on 01/24/2020 12:14:38 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: nickcarraway

How did we?


49 posted on 01/24/2020 2:57:31 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Gene Eric

Maybe Italy needs another Benito Mussolini. When he was in power even the Mafia minded its Ps and Qs. Outside of his the African adventure and his Alliance with Adolph. He did do some good things in Italy like restoring monuments, draining the marshes, and making the trains run on time.


50 posted on 01/24/2020 3:53:56 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
Outside of his the African adventure and his Alliance with Adolph. He did do some good things in Italy like restoring monuments, draining the marshes, and making the trains run on time.

"Well, outside of that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

51 posted on 01/24/2020 3:55:52 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 11th_VA; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

My handy-dandy Newspeak media translation guide for political ideology labels:

Media labels vs. Reality:
Blue = Red
Socialist/Left-wing = Stalinist
Liberal = Marxist
Moderate/(Centrist) = Socialist
Conservative = Liberal
Far-Right = Moderate
Ultraright/Racist/Bigot = Conservative Mainstream


“Far-right” Salvini = Moderate.


52 posted on 01/24/2020 6:10:58 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: WASCWatch

I know, right?


53 posted on 01/24/2020 9:09:04 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: cuban leaf


Yes, Todd Rundgren is a political doofus.
54 posted on 01/24/2020 9:11:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Partisan Media Shills update.


55 posted on 01/24/2020 10:32:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: 11th_VA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDJSp8FCjI


56 posted on 01/24/2020 11:57:36 PM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election.)
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To: 11th_VA

I’m hoping that if Matteo Salvini and his party win then Italy soon will be the second E.U. nation to leave the E.U.


57 posted on 01/25/2020 4:35:11 AM PST by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: 11th_VA

A lot of sophistication and talent went into that video, but not enough to hide the truth.

Matteo is the perfect candidate. As he said, he is the least racist person you can find. It’s true. It’s sad that he has to continually claim his virtue against the old leftists who think the world is still the communists versus the fascists, like it was in World War II.

Shame on the BBC for trying to use Emilia Romagna pride to make their point.


58 posted on 01/25/2020 4:57:40 AM PST by firebrand
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To: epluribus_2

I think this is a reaction to the out-of-control ramblings of this Pope as well.


59 posted on 01/25/2020 5:18:49 AM PST by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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