Error404 0 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 ...will that make him one of the longest-serving Japanese PMs in history? Quote: The ruling coalition of Japan's PM Taro Aso has been defeated in a Tokyo local election seen as a key popularity test prior to general elections. Reports say the loss to the opposition Democratic Party (DPJ) could lead Mr Aso to dissolve parliament this week. The DPJ won 54 seats to 38 for Mr Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, ending four decades of dominance in the assembly. The defeat could also increase pressure on Mr Aso to quit as LDP leader before the national poll due by September. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 He sure has been holding on in there for a long time now - must be getting on for double figure months! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Is this actually some evidence of some real shift in politics here? Surely no! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Maybe we're on the brink of a social revolution characterised by open, progressive politics!! Yeah ok, I pinched myself and woke up.... Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 How long has he been in charge then? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Not that long but his party has been power for all but a few years since WWII. As we all know power corrupts and this party has been in power for so long that they are most certainly very corrupt and have shown what a farce democracy is in a country where people almost blindly trust those in authority... Show me any other country on the planet that is a democracy where the economy has had virtually no growth for 15 or so years and they haven't voted for a change of political parties. Democracy is truly wasted in this country. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Aso should be hung, drawn and then made to apologise like a groveling sh*t he is, to those Australian PoWs he should have done. Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I think he arrived as PM last September. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 wasn't Hashimoto the longest serving? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 He mangaged over a year! is he the one with slicked back hair and the dracula look? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 That's Ray Reardon Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 though ray wasn't as moody looking as hashimoto Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 good 'ol Ray Link to post Share on other sites
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