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Well done Ed Miliband for speaking out about the Daily Mail's article on his father

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claig · 01/10/2013 15:05

The Daily Mail used a low tactic of accusing Ed miliband's father of hating Britain.

I think it was a nasty thing to do. Just because someone is a Marxist and may criticise some aspects of the country or its instiutions does not mean that they hate Britain.

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claig · 07/10/2013 10:26

We mentioned the condescending views so many of our elite and supposedly educated class have towards the French earlier on.

On the Andrew Marr Show this Sunday, they had the brilliant Frrench singer Zaz on, whom I have never heard of. I was blown away, it was amazing.

But luckily she didn't speak too good English so she couldn't understand Andrew Marr's clumsy, insulting, condescending question to her

"Has French music come of age, do you think?"

That idiot showed his ignorance and his rudeness at the same time.

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PetiteRaleuse · 07/10/2013 10:33

Ooh yes, good job she didn't understand that. Just because french music isn't to British tastes on the whole doesn't mean to say it hasn't got a huge following in France and Canada.

claig · 07/10/2013 10:41

It is some of the best music in the whole world.
The ignorant buffoon.

The reason that English artists have been so successful is because of the English language, and they only followed and initially copied the American artists.

To claim that the French can't do pop shows the fool's insularity and blinkered understanding of the world outside his BBC studio.

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HesterShaw · 07/10/2013 22:06

France has produced some of the most elegant and beautiful composers of music ever

claig · 07/10/2013 22:11

Well said, HesterShaw.

I have been reading up on Zaz, they call her "la nouvelle Piaf".
It doesn't get much better than Piaf.

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HesterShaw · 07/10/2013 22:12

I'm going to look up Zaz.

claig · 07/10/2013 22:20

On youtube there are some clips of her busking live in the street in Montmartre. She is better live than in the studio, because the studio can't capture her raw feeling, power and energy.

This is the same song "Je Veux" live in the street.

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HesterShaw · 07/10/2013 22:24

Oh goodness, I'm completely in love with her!

HesterShaw · 07/10/2013 22:26

(though I may have to get better at French).

limitedperiodonly · 07/10/2013 22:26

I'm afraid I scrambled for the remote yesterday. I found her very yowly.

HesterShaw · 07/10/2013 22:26

Off topic, much? :o

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