Brexiteers lose it over LePen

[northernladyuk]

The Leave.EU patriots have slammed the French:

http://twitter.com/LeaveEUOfficial/s...924866/photo/1

The French rolled over in 1940. This time they've saved Germany the fuel and bullets.

...all because they rejected the candidate of the party co-founded by arch-collaborator Untersturmführer Léon Gaultier of the Waffen SS.

[original PM]

The Leave.EU patriots have slammed the French:

http://twitter.com/LeaveEUOfficial/s...924866/photo/1





...all because they rejected the candidate of the party co-founded by arch-collaborator Untersturmführer Léon Gaultier of the Waffen SS.

It's just a small few and you know it!

[northernladyuk]

It's just a small few and you know it!

Thank you for your erudite rebuttal.

[cojak]

But they are VERY vocal on twitter.

#RIPFrance

[The_Equalizer]

I thought it was the next election was the serious attempt for Le Pen.

[northernladyuk]

I thought it was the next election was the serious attempt for Le Pen.

Oh the trend is indeed worrying. But then who knows what will happen between then and now.

[The_Equalizer]

Oh the trend is indeed worrying. But then who knows what will happen between then and now.

Bundled with high expectations for the wonder child Marcon. Indeed, who knows what will happen.

[northernladyuk]

But they are VERY vocal on twitter.

#RIPFrance

But they must still have hope to be able to re-enact those patriotic words of their hero Marshall Pétain.

Activity of political parties and groups of political origin is suspended until further notice in the unoccupied zone. These parties may no longer hold either public or private meetings. They must cease any distribution of tracts or notices. Those that fail to conform to these decisions will be dissolved.

[chopper]

The problem is that 1/3 voted for Le Pen. The proportion voting for Le Pen is double that who voted for her dad in 2002.

This could lead to complacency thus allowing that proportion to increase in 2022, especially since you have Juncker mistakenly thinking it was a French referendum on remaining in the EU. Why reform the EU if you believe that 2/3 people voted for Macron because he is pro-EU rather than simply rejecting Le Pen and everything she stands for.

There is an increasing anti-EU movement across the EU which just hasn't hit saturation point yet. We've seen it in Austria, Netherlands and France. If they don't deal with it, then it really is only a matter of time. And it seems the way they plan to deal with it is to punish Britain for daring to leave as a stick to beat their own populations with. The EU was *never* our friend, we just had the money they wanted even though we had to borrow it to pay them, of course.

Yes, it is a good thing that Le Pen lost, but the vote she got needs to be worrying people. There are 1/3 of people in France who thought voting for Le Pen was the better option. That is an awful place to be. At least in 2015, only 12.6% could bring themselves to vote UKIP. Yes, I know in France this was a two horse race, but a couple of weeks ago Le Pen's share of the vote was 21.3%

[The_Equalizer]

The problem is that 1/3 voted for Le Pen. The proportion voting for Le Pen is double that who voted for her dad in 2002.

This could lead to complacency thus allowing that proportion to increase in 2022, especially since you have Juncker mistakenly thinking it was a French referendum on remaining in the EU. Why reform the EU if you believe that 2/3 people voted for Macron because he is pro-EU rather than simply rejecting Le Pen and everything she stands for.

There is an increasing anti-EU movement across the EU which just hasn't hit saturation point yet. We've seen it in Austria, Netherlands and France. If they don't deal with it, then it really is only a matter of time. And it seems the way they plan to deal with it is to punish Britain for daring to leave as a stick to beat their own populations with. The EU was *never* our friend, we just had the money they wanted even though we had to borrow it to pay them, of course.

Yes, it is a good thing that Le Pen lost, but the vote she got needs to be worrying people. There are 1/3 of people in France who thought voting for Le Pen was the better option. That is an awful place to be. At least in 2015, only 12.6% could bring themselves to vote UKIP. Yes, I know in France this was a two horse race, but a couple of weeks ago Le Pen's share of the vote was 21.3%

Often forgotten, but 26.6% voted UKIP in the British European Parliament elections in 2014.

We have the French legislative elections in June. As pointed out about, Junker et al now seem to be under the impression that the 'tide is going out'.