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[–] mjr@infosec.pub 5 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

One more, in that PVV lost 11 and JA21 and FvD gained 12, which may just be a quota quirk.

One interesting question is where did NSC's 20 seats go? In the past, opinion pollsters said some of their support moved from JA21, but if so, either they didn't return there or some of PVV's lost support moved to the centre not right. Maybe some of PVV's previous supporters would prefer more stability than a party that torpedoes the coalition it leads?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 5 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

there are YouTubers and online influencers who qualify as 'actual journalist'. Sure this guy is pro-european and not unbiased, but to discard him as some random guy with a camera is really not fair

Well, can you find out who he is?

But I've seen his work for years, he's mostly been accurate, it's nice to have a pro-EU voice covering this and he usually links his sources in the video description, whereas none of the popular national newspapers where I live are pro-EU or properly citing sources, so they're painful to fact-check and sort opinion from fact.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, that's better than it could have been. Their prediction is:

  • D66 (centre) 27,
  • PVV (Wilders) 25,
  • VVD (liberal-conservative) 23,
  • GL/PvdA (leftish) 20 (leader has now quit),
  • CDA (centre-right) 19
  • JA21 (radical right) 9
  • FvD (far right) 6
  • BBB (farmers/right) 4
  • 3 each: SP, Denk, Dieren, SGP
  • 2 each: CU, 50Plus
  • Volt 1

Any coalition needs 76 for a majority, most won't work with PVV again, PVV, VVD and JA21 won't work with GL/PvdA, JA21 says they won't with D66 either. The ruling coalition from 2017 to 2023 D66-VVD-CDA-CU would contain 71, so still not quite enough, which may mean one of the further right parties is invited, or at least asked to agree to support the minority government in some votes. D66 have said they would prefer a national unity government to a right-leaning coalition. Interesting times?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

hmmm... but at least they're being exploited for the benefit of the commonwealth not the capital! (whistles past the graveyard)

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"the newly installed overhead network turned out to be faulty and poorly assembled by a contractor with no trolleybus experience"... so the buses (Solaris Trollinos with Škoda electrics) are fine, but they got cowboys in to do the knitting?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Some e-bikes already have USB outputs. Maybe not laptop-capable yet, though.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 3 points 1 month ago

Ben & Jerry’s is very dense

Apparently so dense that they thought Unilever wouldn't interfere with the campaigning.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, that's Mondragon OK then. And the other sorts of co-op? I think the consumer co-ops may be the biggest.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 9 points 1 month ago

the idea that when the company is making lots more money it can do lots more good with it

The sales pitch of co-op carpet-baggers to their members since time began! It seems that "social entrepreneurs" aren't immune to the siren song.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

Go on, then. What law or link to EUR-LEX did I miss?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Depends if you view any larges co-ops as a multinational, or are they merely alliances? Not all capitalist, though.

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