French elections

[multitool]

Ha ha ha haaaaa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...-marine-le-pen-national-rally-emmanuel-macron

 

[C R]

Ha ha ha haaaaa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...-marine-le-pen-national-rally-emmanuel-macron

I'll believe it when it is actual vote counts, but I really hope it is true.

 

[Ian H]

I'll believe it when it is actual vote counts, but I really hope it is true.

Indeed, we don't want MT spilling his tea unnecessarily.

 

[C R]

It is true. TFfF. Vive la France!

 

[theclaud]

Ha ha ha haaaaa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...-marine-le-pen-national-rally-emmanuel-macron

Careful now - people might start to notice that you need the organised Left to defeat the far right, and they might start to ponder the implications of that for the UK...

 

[multitool]

Careful now - people might start to notice that you need the organised Left to defeat the far right, and they might start to ponder the implications of that for the UK...

Probable outcome is that they realise FPTP is unlikely to deliver extremists to power, regardless of vote share.

 

[C R]

Probable outcome is that they realise FPTP is unlikely to deliver extremists to power, regardless of vote share.

I admire your optimism.

 

[multitool]

I've been enjoying footage of assembled groups of National Front* supporters watching the results come in from the exit polls.***

My favourite one yet


View: https://x.com/Nick_Pettigrew/status/1810315762634027277


*Yes, I know they arent called that now

** The RN supporters really are quite stupid. It is illegal to broadcast the results of the exit poll before 8pm. But those laws cannot be enforced abroad, and Belgian tv beamed it out earlier. Anyone with a brain already knew the result before 8pm