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longfingernails · 05/04/2012 23:52

Can they both lose please?

Sarkozy is a disgrace to the conservative cause. We had such high hopes when he came in.

Hollande would be fantastic for Britain in the short-term because of the exodus of talented people towards our shores his policies would cause. But medium-term his socialist policies would be bad for Europe (Sarkozy's socialist policies are already bad enough).

Neither candidate has a plan for France to halt her unfortunate decline.

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claig · 22/04/2012 19:52

I think Sarko will win. I thought it all along, even when the pundits were telling us otherwise. It looks like the right's vote is bigger than the left's if you include the 20% odd of Le Pen.

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longfingernails · 22/04/2012 19:33

Exit polls have started to come out.

Looks like Hollande has won the 1st round, but not by much - around 27.5% to 25.5%.

Melenchon is much lower than expected, Le Pen has done far better than expected (not much behind Sarkozy).

It's clearly going to be Hollande winning the 2nd round.

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Betelguese · 14/04/2012 20:06

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somebloke123 · 13/04/2012 14:00

It will be interesting to see how the election is affected by the Front National under Marine Le Pen, and the Front de Gauche, under Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Both these parties seem to have more popular appeal, and more charismatic leaders, than any British counterparts.

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longfingernails · 06/04/2012 20:29

Yes sadly since the political demise of Berlusconi the world is running low on political comedy.

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minimathsmouse · 06/04/2012 10:48

Any french government of any type will still have it's hands tied by the IMF.
At least Sarkozy gives great value entertainment.

minimathsmouse · 06/04/2012 10:47

Why did she grow old on benefits? not because the socialists took pitty but because the capitalist cow and her sociopathic chums create a political and economic environment where there is such inequality, without benefits we might die or worse.......rebel.

glasnost · 06/04/2012 09:42

The Royal We probably. Or she refers to the Randian cabal straddling the globe of which she fantasises she's a member.

If Sarkozy's a socialist in her book I now err on the side of believing OP to be an Ayn Rand disciple in which case she should know the cruel capitalist cow lived her entire old age ON BENEFITS.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 06/04/2012 09:04

"We"?.... are you French? Did you vote for Sarkozy?