tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post7515290857997486294..comments2023-08-29T09:01:57.436+01:00Comments on Musings of a Durotrigan: Hénin-Beaumont: Le Pen versus MelanchonDurotriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-84107353039816058452012-06-19T20:36:31.654+01:002012-06-19T20:36:31.654+01:00An interesting observation Domus. The ululation yo...An interesting observation Domus. The ululation you mention is a particularly irritating phenomenon of the Arab countries, just as those damned whistles are of Latin America. We already hear a lot of the latter on demos in the UK, so maybe it'll only be a matter of time before they're accompanied by ululations. <br /><br />Did the dispirited members of the French working class you mentionDurotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-22188640627842090972012-06-17T07:40:21.397+01:002012-06-17T07:40:21.397+01:00I was in Paris the night of Hollands win. Seated w...I was in Paris the night of Hollands win. Seated with my friends family, 14 of us, in a restaurant for dinner the place packed with working class French citizens who came to watch the returns on the TV you should have heard the uproar when the numbers tumbled in. The camera panned to Marseilles where an Arabic woman was doing that tongue thing and making a fearful racket as she warbled her joy, Domus Canusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-11818497613368143732012-06-11T18:21:51.148+01:002012-06-11T18:21:51.148+01:00They would certainly be wheeling out the Nazi imag...They would certainly be wheeling out the Nazi imagery and insinuations were she to have said such a thing.Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-57519651704712139282012-06-10T23:07:06.826+01:002012-06-10T23:07:06.826+01:00Imagine if Marine Le Pen had said "Our object...Imagine if Marine Le Pen had said "Our objective remains to defeat the FL, to eradicate it politically, we will do whatever is necessary until we have the last word." The sky would fall in! The Mainstream Media stinks.Broken Recordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185021288249047242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-86391355963675446902012-06-10T19:30:10.958+01:002012-06-10T19:30:10.958+01:00Thanks for your correction Mo. I have amended the ...Thanks for your correction Mo. I have amended the text accordingly. I thought that I could remember them having had some form of representation nationally, but read a little earlier today that this had not been the case, although this turned out to mean under the existing first-past-the-post system.Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-35377240981506640332012-06-10T12:56:32.332+01:002012-06-10T12:56:32.332+01:00I believe that when François Mitterand was preside...I believe that when François Mitterand was president, J.M.LePen actually led a large body of FN deputies in the french legislature. Afterwards, the rules were changed again to prevent this 'embarrassing' occurence.<br /> Mitterand changed the rules in the first place in order to split the Right & prevent Chirac from becoming president.Monoreply@blogger.com