France presidential election

[vetran]

Your point being?

It wasn't founded with slave trading money?

[vetran]

Talk about out of touch, and if the burglars turn out to be immigrants it will be the icing on the cake for Le Pen

I gather the majority of Macron's support is from cosmopolitan city dwellers who think it is chic to vote socialist. But as crime is soaring in cities, a lot of voters may be rethinking their allegiance, in a "conservative as a liberal who has just been mugged" kind of way.

Number of murders and attempted murders rose by 91% in France since 2000


In Paris, migrants are responsible for half of all crime committed

hmm

[ladymuck]

Isn't Le Pen a Putin fan girl?

[vetran]

Isn't Le Pen a Putin fan girl?

If she were it would be 247 on every socialist rag/channel.

[jamesbrown]

Isn't Le Pen a Putin fan girl?

Yes, very much. She’s a weird one - far right on social issues/immigration but far left on the economy/tax

[vetran]

Yes, very much. She’s a weird one - far right on social issues/immigration but far left on the economy/tax

well at least she was allowed closer than Macron

[eek]

Yes, very much. She’s a weird one - far right on social issues/immigration but far left on the economy/tax

That's actually quite common - when you get to the extremes they seem to merge (especially) in a clockwise direction.

[vetran]

Yes, very much. She’s a weird one - far right on social issues/immigration but far left on the economy/tax

What do you base that on? The BBC/Guardian have her meeting Putin - like every other significant politician and her party may have borrowed money from a Russian bank unlike other more major parties who just take donations from EX KGB operatives.

[jamesbrown]

That's actually quite common - when you get to the extremes they seem to merge (especially) in a clockwise direction.

True, they believe a lot of the same conspiracy theories. I guess they’re united by cretinism.

[jamesbrown]

What do you base that on? The BBC/Guardian have her meeting Putin - like every other significant politician and her party may have borrowed money from a Russian bank unlike other more major parties who just take donations from EX KGB operatives.

News from reputable sources. There are interviews where she has said directly, and I quote, that her policies are the policies of Putin and Trump.