France General Discussion II: Living under Marxism

[Sir John Johns]

Of course this is not her real name. She is the member of some kind of unfunny political comedy troupe and tried to parody Brigitte Bardot in this particularly vulgar and dumb song. His husband, "Basile de Koch", is a former speech-writer for Charles Pasqua, and his half-brother is famous pseudo-journalist "Karl Zéro", the guy who uncovered the "Allègre Affair", a fanciful story involving former Toulouse mayor Dominique Baudis, a serial killer and a transexual prostitute.

Anyways, it's quite ironic to see the Sarkozyists now denouncing the brutality of the police and complaining about the zeal of the judges.

[Sir John Johns]

Alain Delon, tax evader, homophobe and racist idiot, praises the FN

Not really a surprise, he was a big friend of Léon Degrelle during the latter's exile in Spain.

[Sir John Johns]

The fact that Laurent Fabius still has a political career, let alone that he's being mentioned seriously as a potential PM, is absolutely, utterly and in all other respects remarkable.

What, because of Rainbow Warrior? I think the silent majority actually supported that operation once it came out.

Fabius was also involved in the AIDS-infected blood scandal and he had previously opportunastically switch inside the party from a very social-liberal stance to a slightly euro-sceptic and left-wing posture.

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The radical left never supported Hollande.

BTW, according Le Monde, the job of prime minister was proposed to Jean-Yves Le Drian earlier this morning, but Le Drian declined the post. The name of Jean-Jacques Urvoas is mentionned as Valls's successor as interior minister.

[Sir John Johns]

Greenies won't be part of the Valls government despite Valls's promise to create a 'big' environment ministry including transport and energy matters, to give them three portfolios and to introduce a bit of proportional representation.