France presidential election

[northernladuk]

Le Pen will never get in. In the final round they will shut her out. It's happened before and it's a given.

I agree and has been with all far right parties recently in many countries but the gap is getting smaller. It's not going to be too long before the unthinkable happens.

[TestMangler]

I agree and has been with all far right parties recently in many countries but the gap is getting smaller. It's not going to be too long before the unthinkable happens.

I thought it already had, at least twice.

[northernladuk]

I thought it already had, at least twice.

I'm not talking about MF ordering a salad and AtW negotiating a bend without taking a wall out here. I mean a far right party winning a major election. Have I missed something? They tend to run to the line and Lockhouse says, get pwned at the last hurdle do they not?

[d000hg]

In terms of actual far right rather than populist, Bolsonaro?

And good on the red dwarf reference

[vetran]

Le Pen obviously sees similarities with the current political climate in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rant-dangerous

Maybe the French will realise lies about Armies etc. were told during Brexit and were confirmed by official statements afterwards?

How is the EU doing keeping peace in Europe now?

[SueEllen]

Maybe the French will realise lies about Armies etc. were told during Brexit and were confirmed by official statements afterwards?

How is the EU doing keeping peace in Europe now?

The French weren't and aren't interested in our Brexit.

They also don't read the Daily Mail

[vetran]

The French weren't and aren't interested in our Brexit.

They also don't read the Daily Mail

What do you base that certainty on?

Lots are not happy in France (friends and media).

https://www.trtworld.com/europe/thou...n-france-55654

[d000hg]

The French weren't and aren't interested in our Brexit.

That's not true. Many nations, or at least elements of them dissatisfied with the EU were closely watching Brexit.

[darmstadt]

The French weren't and aren't interested in our Brexit.

They also don't read the Daily Mail

Doesn't the fascist owner of the Daily Mail live in France and has non-dom status for tax reasons?

[Mordac]

Doesn't the fascist owner of the Daily Mail live in France and has non-dom status for tax reasons?

If someone lives in France, there is no such thing as non-dom status. If you want to pay hardly any tax you need to live in Monaco. Where you pay slightly less than hardly any tax...