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Finally, Putin’s national referendum on July 1, which formally allowed him to remain president beyond 2024 (by resetting the clock on the constitutional limit of two consecutive terms), mirrored Lukashenko’s in 2004.
Likewise, as the clock ticks down to Brexit Day on March 29, firms that have planned on goods and services still being able to move freely between Britain and the European Union now find themselves in a state of deep uncertainty.
Enthusiastic Brexiteers are furious that Big Ben, the Westminster Parliament’s iconic clock, cannot sound to mark this event because of long-overdue repairs.
As the political fog thickens, and as the clock for negotiations ticks down, it is easy to lose sight of the endgame.
This solution, devised against the clock, symbolizes the political will and collaborative spirit with which we must face the climate crisis.
But whether or not the clock is stopped (in the EU’s time-honored way), it seems likely that one of these extremes will ultimately be selected.
Yet, even as the clock runs out on our ability to avert a catastrophe, global climate action is not gaining the needed momentum.
If the clock really is set back to Moscow time, it will be interesting to see what happens to Haftar.
Even if Biden’s administration had infinite capacity, there would be no turning back the clock.
Turning the clock back to January 2017 would be a big improvement.
These include an awareness that there is no clear House of Commons majority for any Brexit option; a conviction that British Prime Minister Theresa May lacks support for a realistic compromise; a suspicion that hardline Brexiteers are running down the clock to the March 29, 2019, deadline for the UK to leave the EU; and growing doubt about the wisdom of a second referendum, popularly known as a “People’s Vote.”
This will prevent interruptions in service delivery by ensuring health workers themselves don’t fall ill and by promoting retention as they work around the clock to fight COVID-19.
But the Yellow Vest movement is far from over, and the clock cannot be turned back.
In particular, I am saddened that after years of steady improvements in economic policies and political direction under Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, and others, China’s current president, Xi Jinping, has turned back the clock, seeking to restore tight authoritarian control.
The alternative – poor implementation, ineffective spending, and misdirected research – will mean that still-evolving malaria parasites will eventually reach Africa, a deadly scenario that would turn back the clock on decades of progress.
But the clock continues to tick toward 2030, and the world is behind schedule on many of its development targets.
It is tempting to try to stop the clock and retreat from hard choices.
For example, he could create a new union with Belarus, enabling him to restart the term-limit clock.
By simply resetting the clock on the constitutional term limit, the new legislation offers a far simpler solution.
Why Brexit Will Damage EuropeBERLIN – The clock is ticking toward March 29 and the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
As the March 29 deadline approaches, the EU should make clear that the clock will stop if the UK needs more time.
Big Tech developed biometric bracelets to monitor our vital data around the clock.
Whether the allotted negotiation period is two months, two years, or two decades, the result is the same: the stronger side (the European Commission in Brussels in this case) has an incentive to run down the clock and make no significant compromises before the eleventh hour.
Every significant political actor in this game has an incentive to sit back and let the clock tick down to the bitter end.
A natural response is to call for an extension of Article 50, to reset the clock and give negotiations more time.
Any resetting of the clock would simply extend the paralysis, not speed up convergence toward a good agreement.
The only plausible reason for resetting the Article 50 clock is the aspiration to hold a second referendum on whether to rescind Brexit altogether.
To synthesize competing views into one coherent position, Britain needs more than a voting scheme: it needs a People’s Debate that the ticking clock makes impossible, even if re-set.
Allowing the clock to run down is now a prerequisite for resolving the Brexit conundrum.
At the time, Putin was worried about his 2024 term limit and hoping to reset the clock by uniting Belarus and Russia in a “new” country (with him in charge, of course).
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