Promises Promises

[Zooropa]

I have read that the new president has promised the following:

"He has pledged to build 26 new tourist resorts, eight new airports and 22 industrial cities - in addition to solving chronic problems like high unemployment, fuel shortages and subsidies that are draining the budget".

Is this true?

Wow, rather him than me!

[Brian Yare]

I have read that the new president has promised the following:

"He has pledged to build 26 new tourist resorts, eight new airports and 22 industrial cities - in addition to solving chronic problems like high unemployment, fuel shortages and subsidies that are draining the budget".

Is this true?

Wow, rather him than me!

There is quite a long feature, including this, at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27482282 The link to this was labelled "Power Cut" but I decided not to add another thread by that name.

[Zooropa]

I have read that the new president has promised the following:

"He has pledged to build 26 new tourist resorts, eight new airports and 22 industrial cities - in addition to solving chronic problems like high unemployment, fuel shortages and subsidies that are draining the budget".

Is this true?

Wow, rather him than me!

There is quite a long feature, including this, at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27482282 The link to this was labelled "Power Cut" but I decided not to add another thread by that name.

Yes Brian - this is the same source - mmm!

[A-Four]

As I am sure we all know, Sisi officially became president this morning, so this afternoon, he will have been shown officially, what's in the vaults of the Bank of Egypt, and again, I am sure we all know what he will find, though I do hope he asks the governor of the bank about all those scraps of paper on the floor of said vault.

Sisi must now get parliament set up, and not leave it to the last moment being 17th July, as he will certainly need a government to blame for all the new reforms and huge tax increases that must be implemented.

If you were Egyptian would you put yourself up for M P ?, I think not.

[Brian Yare]

If you were Egyptian would you put yourself up for M P ?, I think not.

Military Police?

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... or P.M. ...

[Bombay]

Or MP as in Member of Parliament, this is where the bigger problem may come.
There are plenty of people going to fill the safe at the Bank Of Egypt and lots of construction worked for Hoover in the 1930's America.

And this is Egypt so:

[Zooropa]

If you were Egyptian would you put yourself up for M P ?, I think not.

Military Police?

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... or P.M. ...

Or the CP - The Correction Police - of which you are boss

[Brian Yare]

If you were Egyptian would you put yourself up for M P ?, I think not.

Military Police?

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... or P.M. ...

Or the CP - The Correction Police - of which you are boss

I'll go and find my canes!

[Dusak]

Or the CP - The Correction Police - of which you are boss [/quote]

I'll go and find my canes! [/quote]

I think that you already get sufficient canings on here without adding to the arse-nal.

[Chocolate Eclair]

No different to the UK then, people were promised a vote on Europe, it never transpired, instead we got a vote on something not many are interested in, Scottish Independence, are we really interested, let them go, if they end up in a mess, it will not be Englands fault, they can then go to Europe for help, instead of bleeding the Bank of England.

[carrie]

We did get a vote on the E.E.C we had a referendum as to whether or not to join and I don't think anyone but the Scots has any say in whether they vote for independance or not. It is quite rightly for them to decide.

[Brian Yare]

No different to the UK then, people were promised a vote on Europe, it never transpired, instead we got a vote on something not many are interested in, Scottish Independence, are we really interested, let them go, if they end up in a mess, it will not be Englands fault, they can then go to Europe for help, instead of bleeding the Bank of England.

We don't even get a vote on Scottish Independence. That 'privilege' is only for the electorate in Scotland. There are no votes for expats.