woody2 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 14 hours ago, llap said: So leaked documents confirm Macron is an asshole but he's trying to blame the Russians and saying only "some" of it is real. Hmmm, where have I heard that pathetic lame claim from before from a presidential loser. Vote Le Pen. shame the media can't talk about it but 4% hollande can..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar the horrible Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I really hope Marine is elected just for entertainment value, can you imagine Le Pen, May, Merkel and Sturgeon, what an amazing bitch fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 low turnout..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, woody2 said: low turnout..... The polling stations haven't even closed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Massive Macron landslide as expected, huuzah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 More of the same, but a third of the voters went for change so all is not lost for them. Hollande says people voted to unite around the values of the republic. They should take care that they continue to have a republic to value a few decades from now. Let us see how they take to Blairism in La Belle France and how soon they weary of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 ROFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 On 28/03/2017 at 11:29 AM, guzzi said: It would be a brave man who had much confidence about predicting elections in these times where a prosperous European country voted to leap off a cliff, and the US elected a poisonous fool to the presidency. FWIW, I think that Le Pen will fail to get a 50% majority on 23 April, but will go through to the second round alongside Macron, or quite possibly Fillon, despite the false jobs scandal. In the second round, Le Pen will not be a palatable choice for those who did not vote for her in the first round, and Macron or Fillon will be elected. It's a turning point and I desperately hope that centrists win and show that Europe need not throw away what it has achieved since the Second World War. Just quoting for mad props... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Obviously I'm happy that French voters have rejected Marine Le Pen by a big margin. Macron is a committed supporter of the EU and, as already mentioned something of a Blair style centrist. it is encouraging that En Marche was only formed a year or so ago. With the UK Labour Party now pulled well to the left by it's membership and electoral methods; and quietly anti-EU by virtue of opposing capitalist institutions, there is a glaring vacancy in the UK centre ground. We need the centrist, social democratic tendency to break away following the GE, leaving Corbyn and his supporters to pursue their ideology unhampered by internal struggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Blair was an unmitigated disaster at home and abroad. No re-run of that please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Just now, woolley said: Blair was an unmitigated disaster at home and abroad. No re-run of that please. Just a name. I don't advocate bringing him back, but I do advocate a centre left, social democratic option that we don't currently have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 In fact, I surprise myself in saying I think I prefer Corbyn. At least he is a real person who believes in his socialist agenda. Blair was all style over substance wanting power for its own sake. Never a Labour man. That is the problem with the centre - trying to be all things to all men - as the French will soon discover with Macron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, woolley said: In fact, I surprise myself in saying I think I prefer Corbyn. At least he is a real person who believes in his socialist agenda. Blair was all style over substance wanting power for its own sake. Never a Labour man. That is the problem with the centre - trying to be all things to all men - as the French will soon discover with Macron. And next weeks lottery numbers will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I think that's his policy manifesto actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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