Comments | ron_broxted: Legitimacy, Unite against fascism and Udmurtia.

ron_broxted

Legitimacy, Unite against fascism and Udmurtia.

Feb 21, 2010 20:56

What is the legitimacy of a government that only 29% vote for? This will arise with the forthcoming election on Airstrip One/Ingerlund when only a few of the electorate actually turn out and in Churchill's words (the Tory not the nodding cute dog on the advertisement) the little man puts his little cross with a little pencil in the little box. Both ( Read more... )

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crackpig February 21 2010, 21:00:15 UTC

Hmmm. The censorship on the sign seems somewhat needless in the context.

ron_broxted February 21 2010, 21:01:10 UTC

Bruv, it ain't my rules.

crackpig February 21 2010, 21:20:56 UTC

Ahhh fair does.

ron_broxted February 21 2010, 21:30:41 UTC

After 3 bottles of wine I...

Udmurtia ww3_book_now February 22 2010, 00:38:08 UTC

A reckless claim indeed to say one would prefer to live in Izhevsk. The capital of Udmurtia is an unlovely concrete conurbation of decaying Brezhnev-era tower-blocks. Nothing of beauty catches the eye along Lenin Street (which is, unsurprisingly, the main street). The usual grief-exploitation-for-xenophobia War Memorial stands on Victory Square. Although the Wild Mushrooms In Sour Cream are quite nice at "The Royal Hunt" restaurant, would-be exiles might find this small pickings for a future lifetime stretched out among the Udmurts. "House Of Books" had two books in English when last checked - "Great Expectations" in a simplified-English for non-native-speakers edition, and the collected short stories of O.Henry.

Re: Udmurtia ron_broxted February 22 2010, 00:49:07 UTC

Ulitsa Lenina. But what of krasivi dyevchonki? Pobedy ploshad. As I said to a Russian in Khimki "For us the war was longer, for you it was harder". Dom knigi, yes in Sochi it was the same, two books by Wilde, poor translations, though I take the palm for correcting errors in English/pa angliski.