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If you thought Carney's victory was Trump's biggest 'triumph' since being elected, Mexico's leftist president Claudia Sheinbaum has approval ratings of 85%.

And Australia, where Peter Dutton's been flailing about calling The Guardian and ABC "hate media". He's being trounced on personal ratings by Albanese and may do worse than before on the two party comparison.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:15 am I've been calling him Poliviere for years. It's Polievre. Apol.

Doesn't much matter now.

I've got a funny feeling we haven't heard the last of him, in the way that we haven't heard the last of Truss.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:15 am I've been calling him Poliviere for years. It's Polievre. Apol.

Ditto, only with 2 ‘l’s

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:53 pm I've got a funny feeling we haven't heard the last of him, in the way that we haven't heard the last of Truss.

If by that you mean he’ll go on to make an increasingly humiliating and stupid bunch of speeches and proclamations, make ever more desperate appearances at conferences in other countries where the hosts clearly have no idea who they are, and frequently act as the kiss of death whenever they endorse someone or something, then I am all for this

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:44 pm

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:15 am I've been calling him Poliviere for years. It's Polievre. Apol.

Ditto, only with 2 ‘l’s

One "I.
Still can't see.

I've realized I'm still not getting his name right. In the meantime, a bit of levity.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:43 pm I've realized I'm still not getting his name right.

Don't be too hard on yourself unless he becomes the tie-breaker in your local pub quiz in ten years' time.

Carney takes a bit of ribbing for his school boy French. If you're planning to become Canadian PM after a tight election you should swot up.