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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh god what a mess my country and yours are in
Best wishes for sanity and surviving the next four years.
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Oh god what a mess my country and yours are in (Original Post)
LeftishBrit
Nov 2016
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SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)1. Going to a long 4 yrs. Good luck to us all.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)2. And to you.
We (hopefully) can elect someone sane in four years and try to reverse the damage.
I'm old enough to remember how difficult it was for the UK to get accepted into (the back then) Common Market. Should a future government want to return to the EU, it might not be that easy.
handmade34
(22,757 posts)3. ...
Skittles
(153,193 posts)4. agreed
rug
(82,333 posts)5. A Change Is Gonna Come
byronius
(7,401 posts)6. All together now.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)7. I can't even imagine
This man and his motley crew of marauders in the White House. All three branches of government. I'm terrified.
Peace
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)8. is a race to see which comes first, Lord Farage or President Trump
jimlup
(7,968 posts)9. I think it may be less than four years
He's a walking disaster but then I guess we have Pence and he'll at least manage to stay in power so yeah, it will be a long and horrible 4 years. I think we have to win the '18 midterms.
ismnotwasm
(42,012 posts)10. Yeah. I hear ya