All other govts basically followed the PV govt model. Even if BJP supporters are loathe to admit it.
I think Bangladesh did go down the privatization route a while back , any tangible results ?
We started liberalisation of the economy under the first democratic government in 1991. Economic progress is nothing short of spectacular. The economy has grown at three times since then.
The social achievements are just as abysmal.
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Thatâs not something which liberalisation aims to provide.
Both can go hand in hand but itâs not always the case and itâs tougher on the subcontinent countries with their population to do that.
More right than center, even when he is trying to shade to the center. Much as I dislike Trudeau, I despise Poilievre - in many ways for fundamentally similar reasons. Poilievre is a proto-Republican populist who has never done anything outside political circles. The âbusiness experienceâ he loves to fellate himself over was a service delivery company with a captive audience - party insiders set up companies to deliver electoral IT services, riding associations were assigned to a particular company. I had the distinct displeasure of being involved in a Conservative association that was assigned to his. I have been fighting the urge to put my fist into his smarmy face for almost 18 years now.
In the end, he just isnât a serious person with real ideas or insight into policy challenges confronting us. (example: his views on cryptocurrency came from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6RtC1LMH0c)
The Liberals do need to go, but the alternative wonât be much better. If Trudeau were to step down, I suspect there are several potential leaders who would direct Canada closer to our traditional center and deliver much better government.
I subscribe to the dirty socks rule of government. If you donât change them every once in a while, they will start to smell real bad.
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I think thatâs why Iâm wary about a lot of the love for Corbyn. On the âleftâ, thereâs too much hero-worship for some characters, rather than a dedication to ideals. You get similar with Sanders (although heâs a lot saner than Corbyn on many issues), and here, Melenchon as well.
Itâs time for people who believe in socialism to grow up and start believing in ideals and values not people.
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Speaking of Canada
I believe it. Itâs getting very difficult to live here.
As per the Trudeau vs Poilievre debate, I havenât had a politician I trust to do the best for the countryâs own interests for some time. Met Harper in NYC last month, seemed like a much more ârealâ person than the Trudeau I ran into in front of the NY Times building a few hours later
People keep saying like this is Trudeauâs fault, but the mentality of people donât change, and how far can you regulate the âfree marketâ and put in more regulation in a âfreeâ country? Even with the failing infrastructure (BC still has it good compared to Ontario) the only promises people want to hear is âlower taxesâ.
I moved to Vancouver from Ottawa in the summer, and the house search was rough, worse than when I was in Europe. From what I can see whatâs crazy is the risk aversion level of some landlords (âI have to make a profitâ) and the quality of their property (âI can make 3 rooms out of my basement and one more from my garage to make some easy passive moneyâ). And they all told me âI can easily find tenants if you wonât take itâ. Honestly I can see maybe 3-4 properties out of 30 is worth the âmarket rateâ ($2400/1 bedroom apartment which totally still needs to be much lower) they asked for.
On the other hand, Vancouver is absolutely beautiful. The time zone though⌠wonât be able to watch a live match 90% of the times.
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just the 12:30 games, rest are reasonably watchable with the morning coffee. nice thing is, it doesnât tie up the whole day.
Yes itâs beautiful here. didnât anyone tell you BC = Bring Cash?
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A few weeks ago, didnât we have a game at 4am?
Oh I did bring my cash, they donât even want it. Admittedly it isnât in the millions, so that might be the reason.
The lunch hour kickoffs are 430am Pacific, 730am Eastern. I actually like those, because I can watch a game before a normal Saturday constraint kicks in. I watch more of the later ones recorded because of that.
yep, FUBO is set to record and I start watching when I get up around 6 normally. canât contribute to the in-match threads but they donât miss me anyways. 
Didnât the female athletes won most of the medals in the last Olympics?
@Iftikhar , will this have any implications for Hasina in the next elections?
Itâs not going to have any implications since there isnât going to be any election.
She is, as usual, using it for her rhetoric, first blaming the buyers and then the owners. Some facts,
- There are dozens of RMG owners in the parliament.
- Government doesnât apply whatever labor laws (wage, health & safety, etc.) there is.
- Government officials are heavily bribed by the owners.
- The owners pay HUGE donations to her party at all levels.
- Her party thugs were used to suppress the demonstrations, several workers were killed.
Mamata in west bengal is using roughly the same tactics as well.
Sad. But it does seem to be a pattern with politicians and more so the Bengali politicians.
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Things are crazy. She has managed to lid so far. But lids are bound to come off at some point and the later it is the more violent it will. Itâs scary. Itâs unbelievable the transformation she has gone through in the last 15 years; itâs like from Yitzhak Rabin to Fucking Netanyahu. Itâs scary.
Iâm more worried about Ziaâs party coming to power.
But yeah , rule long enough to become a despot seems a thing for most politicians. One reason why Iâm for term rules.
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AL is far, far, worse than BNP was ever portrayed as. Thing is, BNP will return. It returned after nine years under dictator Ershad (his party is an ally of AL). But by the time they return it will probably be dominated by thieves and thugs.
Itâs not just that AL has been in power for 15 years. There were no credible elections after 2010. So, itâs all thieves and thugs at all levels. If AL allowed a proper election in 2013, they would have returned in 2018. But the country would have been spared from lots, lots, of atrocities.