Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU?

Re:Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU? by dcrazy on Sunday December 29, 2024 @04:23PM (#42543304)

I am confused whether you’re mistaken or just speaking unclearly. Boris Johnson has always belonged to the Conservative party. The Tories formed a coalition with the LibDems in 2010 because there was no majority winner in the Parliamentary election, but the LibDems were anti-Brexit. Even the Tories weren’t consistently pro-Brexit.

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Re:Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU? by n4r9 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @06:07PM (#42544371)

I'm guessing they're talking about Philip Lee [0] who was elected under Boris' government but defected to the Lib Dems when it became clear just how insane Boris was.

[0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49570682

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Re:Is Iceland getting ready to join the EU? by chgs on Sunday December 29, 2024 @06:51PM (#42544741)

Liz Truss was Lib Dem early in her life but then went Tory later. Most of farage’s party are ex-Tories.

Peoples views change, and parties change. The Tory party of today is very different to that of thatcher, just like the republicans today are very different to Reagan’s

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