Lloyd90 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 When does the next round start and end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buze Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 ... yawn... same story for the last 30+ years. The runoff is all for the far right (even tho these days it's not really far right anymore), THEN when the far right does great at the first round, everyone call for 'unity' behind the establishment candidate, and he gets elected with 98.% or something equally stupid. The french electorate falls for that trick *all the time*. Apparently, they are going to elect a banker who thinks startups everywhere is a terrific idea. Needless to say, when elected, he'll just be the same establishment ********* as all the other ones before who promised 'changement' since I was a little kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 and buze just nailed it...............there are an awful lot of gullible people around.........it would be funny if it wasn't so depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Macron apparently is no fan of Britain and Brexit. In reality he old school French politics with a cosmetic makeover that will soon wash off should he get elected. From Britain's point of view M leP would be a much better option but as others have said, the establishment will now gang up against her. Just like they did to her father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 its a joke really, its like the establishment knew it was coming, they knew they were well out of favour, so miraculously a new party appears with someone who was well in with the old, calling himself the new, all designed to stop le pen, I cant believe people if they fall for it, and as for fillon saying what he has, dirty doesn't come close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Macron......ex Banker turned socialist............... thats like saying "im a vegan but live on bacon sarnies" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 it couldn't be a straighter choice for the voter, the two have nothing in common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) In France all politicians morph into the same arrogant condescending desk blocker the minute they get elected. The legacy of the French Revolution is that everybody thinks it is a Socialist country so their politics are a bit hard for us to understand at times. They have a massive public sector which needs trimming down. One in five people in employment in France is a civil servant and many of them literally don't do a stroke, they don't even go into work, but they can't be sacked. This 'very European' Gallic attitude to life is a bit strange to us but it creates a huge political inertia. the machinery is bigger that the Government so politicians don't really try to do much to change it. Its a lesson for all of us, Britain will never fit in with the European political way of life. During the war if the British and Americans wanted to leak information back to the Germans they told President De Gaul in a secret briefing. Despite being top secret he leaked every thing and it always got back. Edited April 24, 2017 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandytommo Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 ... yawn... same story for the last 30+ years. The runoff is all for the far right (even tho these days it's not really far right anymore), THEN when the far right does great at the first round, everyone call for 'unity' behind the establishment candidate, and he gets elected with 98.% or something equally stupid. The french electorate falls for that trick *all the time*. Apparently, they are going to elect a banker who thinks startups everywhere is a terrific idea. Needless to say, when elected, he'll just be the same establishment ********* as all the other ones before who promised 'changement' since I was a little kid. Stupid Johnny Foreigners they would do well to listen to some of the intellectual giants on this forum !!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Stupid Johnny Foreigners they would do well to listen to some of the intellectual giants on this forum !!!!!!! Thanks for that. I just spat a mouthful of baked potato onto my tablet because of that comment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) SHES JUST STEPPED DOWN AS LEADER OF THE FRONT 😂😂 She could do it! She said she will be the leader of France! United France! A brilliant move perhaps? Edited April 24, 2017 by Lloyd90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 I put a bullseye on her to win in March so I really hope she does it. As I said, it'll take spotlight off Brexit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherwayup Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) My 'guess' is she will take 35-40% Edit: I just checked and Betfair Exchange agrees with me so that probably means I'll be wrong. Edited April 24, 2017 by otherwayup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 if you want a change from the past, she is the only show in town, its trump in a dress the way I see it. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 7, 2017 Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 looks like the French blew their chance and have opted for many more years of loony left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted May 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Let's see if chummy can form a proper government. Aside from everything else the old frogs look like they're in the brown stuff - what a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Let's see if chummy can form a proper government. Aside from everything else the old frogs look like they're in the brown stuff - what a mess. Not a chance of forming a government of his own, my guess is that he will recycle a lot of Hollande's desk blockers. French politics is only a club after all Edited May 8, 2017 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 How is it that so many people have been taken in by this? He has been put there, repackaged, and rebranded, its just the same as before who was unpopular, by a different name, its obvious to see. There is hope for corbyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 There is hope for corbyn. That is a quantum leap in logic - Olympic standard. Corbyn has zero chance or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 it was a joke, he will get many votes, but I would put a million pounds on the tories if I had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandytommo Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 it was a joke, he will get many votes, but I would put a million pounds on the tories if I had it. Quite right he's got no chance & he's going to get beaten by a candidate who was a remainer, wasn't going to call a general election and for the 3rd manifesto in row is claiming to be able to get net migration down to tens of thousands. To cap it all some people on this forum have de gaulle (no pun intended) to question why French people are so easily taken in by a repackaged and rebranded candidate from the establishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 I could beat corbyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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