Riots in France tonight? 18:49 - Jul 7 with 7160 views | gtsb1966 | Can see why from both sides. People not wanting a far right government and the far right angry because in many places, left or centrist candidates have withdrawn, to allow the anti-RN vote to be concentrated on one contender. This ain't going to end well. |  | | |  |
Riots in France tonight? on 18:56 - Jul 7 with 4150 views | NthQldITFC | Exit poll due in 3 minutes. Hold on to your berets! |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:01 - Jul 7 with 4126 views | RIPbobby | Dirty tactics from the establishment. I think society needs a kick up the arse from time to time and I hope our french friends get what they want. |  | |  |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:04 - Jul 7 with 4077 views | DJR | National Rally in third place according to exit poll. That is great news from my point of view. |  | |  |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:08 - Jul 7 with 4018 views | NthQldITFC | Le hung parliament. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:13 - Jul 7 with 3948 views | Pinewoodblue |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:04 - Jul 7 by DJR | National Rally in third place according to exit poll. That is great news from my point of view. |
France's far-right National Rally (RN) party has been beaten into third place in France's parliamentary election, according to exit polls from BFM. The left-wing coalition New Popular Front is expected to take between 172-205 seats. In a huge surprise, Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble is expected to receive around 150-175 seats. RN and its allies are expecting to get between 115-150 seats. Presumably there will be trouble on the streets with the left celebrating and right protesting. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:13 - Jul 7 with 3948 views | Mullet |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:01 - Jul 7 by RIPbobby | Dirty tactics from the establishment. I think society needs a kick up the arse from time to time and I hope our french friends get what they want. |
They won’t get a kick up the arse they’ll get a jack boot on their necks. How can you look at a party lead by the daughter of a man with links to Nazis and think that’s what Europe needs again? |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:16 - Jul 7 with 3906 views | DJR |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:13 - Jul 7 by Pinewoodblue | France's far-right National Rally (RN) party has been beaten into third place in France's parliamentary election, according to exit polls from BFM. The left-wing coalition New Popular Front is expected to take between 172-205 seats. In a huge surprise, Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble is expected to receive around 150-175 seats. RN and its allies are expecting to get between 115-150 seats. Presumably there will be trouble on the streets with the left celebrating and right protesting. |
Interestingly it suggests France has moved slight to the left, but with the far right prominent, just like Britain. I assume there will be a change of Prime Minister. [Post edited 7 Jul 2024 19:16]
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:17 - Jul 7 with 3880 views | _clive_baker_ |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:01 - Jul 7 by RIPbobby | Dirty tactics from the establishment. I think society needs a kick up the arse from time to time and I hope our french friends get what they want. |
If enough of them want it they’ll get it, that’s how democracy works. I don’t really see what’s particularly dirty about it, if they don’t get enough votes to get elected then they don’t deserve to. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
Riots in France tonight? on 19:21 - Jul 7 with 3828 views | GlasgowBlue |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:01 - Jul 7 by RIPbobby | Dirty tactics from the establishment. I think society needs a kick up the arse from time to time and I hope our french friends get what they want. |
I don't think electing nazis is the sort of "kick up the arse" society needs at any time. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:25 - Jul 7 with 3800 views | BlueBadger |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:01 - Jul 7 by RIPbobby | Dirty tactics from the establishment. I think society needs a kick up the arse from time to time and I hope our french friends get what they want. |
Imagine being so patriotic you turn out to support foreign nazis bankrolled by another foreign dictator. [Post edited 7 Jul 2024 19:26]
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:27 - Jul 7 with 3764 views | BlueBadger |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:04 - Jul 7 by DJR | National Rally in third place according to exit poll. That is great news from my point of view. |
Nazis getting a kicking is objectively great news mate. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:31 - Jul 7 with 3720 views | Ryorry |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:04 - Jul 7 by DJR | National Rally in third place according to exit poll. That is great news from my point of view. |
And from the pov of most reasonable people too, methinks. Two good results politically in three days; Town promoted 2 months ago, & England in the semis - what a time to be alive, yay! |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:40 - Jul 7 with 3625 views | J2BLUE |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:31 - Jul 7 by Ryorry | And from the pov of most reasonable people too, methinks. Two good results politically in three days; Town promoted 2 months ago, & England in the semis - what a time to be alive, yay! |
Now we just need Biden to have the 4 months of his life. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:42 - Jul 7 with 3601 views | gtsb1966 |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:40 - Jul 7 by J2BLUE | Now we just need Biden to have the 4 months of his life. |
Sadly won't happen. |  | |  |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:43 - Jul 7 with 3580 views | Swansea_Blue |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:13 - Jul 7 by Pinewoodblue | France's far-right National Rally (RN) party has been beaten into third place in France's parliamentary election, according to exit polls from BFM. The left-wing coalition New Popular Front is expected to take between 172-205 seats. In a huge surprise, Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble is expected to receive around 150-175 seats. RN and its allies are expecting to get between 115-150 seats. Presumably there will be trouble on the streets with the left celebrating and right protesting. |
That’s still far too many fascists. They’ve got a much bigger problem with the far right than us and are probably a good country to learn from. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:43 - Jul 7 with 3576 views | J2BLUE |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:42 - Jul 7 by gtsb1966 | Sadly won't happen. |
Something to make Trump's supporters turn on him then, like...erm...er...erm.... Hmm. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:46 - Jul 7 with 3539 views | Ryorry |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:40 - Jul 7 by J2BLUE | Now we just need Biden to have the 4 months of his life. |
... or for him to realise that his obviously fading mental acuity is really worrying even for his supporters, so he really needs to stand down & let a younger, stronger candidate run against T.Rump to ensure the latter can't get in ... |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:50 - Jul 7 with 3487 views | Swansea_Blue |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:46 - Jul 7 by Ryorry | ... or for him to realise that his obviously fading mental acuity is really worrying even for his supporters, so he really needs to stand down & let a younger, stronger candidate run against T.Rump to ensure the latter can't get in ... |
Nah, that’s not going to happen either. He’s completely in denial over how he’s started coming across. Not that Trump is much better cognitively. What a thoroughly depressing place the US is in. And from looking in from the outside, embarrassing too. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:50 - Jul 7 with 3475 views | J2BLUE |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:46 - Jul 7 by Ryorry | ... or for him to realise that his obviously fading mental acuity is really worrying even for his supporters, so he really needs to stand down & let a younger, stronger candidate run against T.Rump to ensure the latter can't get in ... |
Agree, just no idea who. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:53 - Jul 7 with 3440 views | Ryorry |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:43 - Jul 7 by J2BLUE | Something to make Trump's supporters turn on him then, like...erm...er...erm.... Hmm. |
Him supporting abolishing the right for US citizens to carry firearms? 🤔 |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 19:55 - Jul 7 with 3421 views | Clapham_Junction |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:01 - Jul 7 by RIPbobby | Dirty tactics from the establishment. I think society needs a kick up the arse from time to time and I hope our french friends get what they want. |
It was the anti-establishment left-wing bloc that led on standing down its candidates to help defeat the far right - they are more serious about doing so than the establishment centrists who prevaricated about doing so. The establishment sees the left as far more of a threat to its interests than the far-right. |  | |  |
Riots in France tonight? on 20:14 - Jul 7 with 3222 views | RIPbobby |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:55 - Jul 7 by Clapham_Junction | It was the anti-establishment left-wing bloc that led on standing down its candidates to help defeat the far right - they are more serious about doing so than the establishment centrists who prevaricated about doing so. The establishment sees the left as far more of a threat to its interests than the far-right. |
Is that so? Sounds like a whole melting pot of opinions. I guess that is what a democracy is. |  | |  |
Riots in France tonight? on 20:41 - Jul 7 with 3043 views | GlasgowBlue |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:43 - Jul 7 by Swansea_Blue | That’s still far too many fascists. They’ve got a much bigger problem with the far right than us and are probably a good country to learn from. |
Fair play to Macron. As a centrist he's managed to embolden the hard right and now the hard left. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 20:53 - Jul 7 with 2984 views | Swansea_Blue |
Riots in France tonight? on 20:41 - Jul 7 by GlasgowBlue | Fair play to Macron. As a centrist he's managed to embolden the hard right and now the hard left. |
I’ve no idea what he was thinking. It’s his May moment. |  |
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Riots in France tonight? on 20:57 - Jul 7 with 2931 views | bluelagos |
Riots in France tonight? on 19:31 - Jul 7 by Ryorry | And from the pov of most reasonable people too, methinks. Two good results politically in three days; Town promoted 2 months ago, & England in the semis - what a time to be alive, yay! |
And Pavarotti is on BBC4 Not a bad end to the week. |  |
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