Oh you already answered in old thread. I’ll stop trolling then.
The French Elections the most important one.
Unless there’s a Tory leader election. 🙂
The French will probably again mak wrong call.
Whoever wins, they will be French 💁♀️
Who was the last French president who was (a) not a crook and (b) any actual good? Am I being harsh in suggesting pretty much the only one who ticks both columns is Adolphe Thiers?
Not an expert, but I presume De Gaulle is still considered “good” and I’m not aware of any crook allegations. Do enlighten us.
You mean apart from taking power in a coup?
I think "arrogant fool" is probably fair for de Gaulle. Based on what I have read of him - mainly tangentially.
If you want to look for criminal stuff for him, as opposed to corruption, then the various wars to protect the rump French Empire may be one place.
Macron is also surprisingly firm in the Culture Wars. When the statues started falling, he gave a speech to the French people saying, Very Sternly, “not a single statue in the French Republic will fall, they are our patrimony”
And, as far as I know - I am happy to be corrected - his promise has been fulfilled
Yes, both @Casino_Royale and I have made that point and if it wasn't for his general obnoxiousness I'd be pretty happy with him as PM here tbh. I'd rate him far ahead of Boris on economic and cultural issues. He's got the ability and confidence to say "shut the fuck up" to whining wokists.
I also think he's got an innate understanding of how wokism is making the west weak. China terms it as white liberalism, but essentially it is weakness.
Boris has the right instincts on Woke but is too emotionally needy and weirdly feeble to follow through. I have finally - belatedly - realised this. He’s terrifically bright and often sees the bigger picture but he hasn’t got the backbone to Really Do Anything. Apart from Brexit, which he won and then concluded with his bravado. But bravado is not enough for a long career at the top
Boris is like some hero on a battlefield who takes on the Tiger tanks armed only with his derring-do and a sense of destiny, and maybe some small grenades. But heroes are meant to die, quite soon after their acts, if not during. As Greek myth tells us.
Mythologically and politically he is doomed
In the medium term someone like Macron is preferable. Macron also has an astute vision of the future, as you say. His prescient prediction that “NATO is brain dead” is perhaps about to be tested. I fear it will be proved correct
I think Boris has underestimated the damage wokism is doing to western nations. Companies, governments and charities are paralysed in fear of criticising anything or anyone that might not be white, straight and male (with an actual cock and balls). It allows China to get away with genocide, it allows Middle Eastern countries to restart slave auctions and sex offending men into women's prisons because they say they're women.
There's a lack of confidence across the west, yet Macron is someone who has successfully stood up to the nonsense. Boris could have done but he's useless, and as you say heroes die in the best stories, the ultimate or final sacrifice in order to save everyone else. Boris is past his time, his usefulness has passed now that Brexit is delivered, he needs to make the sacrifice in order to ensure it isn't unwound by a Labour/SNP government in 2024.
You and Leon just need to turn off GB News. You would both be so much more relaxed and realise woke is just a manufactured crock...
They sound like two great aunts at a wedding whispering in a corner "What does she think she's come as?"
Do we have any current information on how GB news is doing?
“The US has ordered the relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave amid rising tension in the region.
The State Department also warned people not to travel to Ukraine and Russia due to the ongoing tension and "potential for harassment against US citizens".
Biden is seriously scarred by the Afghanistan shambles. I think analysts are wrong to read too much into there being specific intel.
I think the chance of Russia fully invading Ukraine is remote, and the chance of significant Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine is much lower than the media hysteria would lead us to believe.
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If you want to look for criminal stuff for him, as opposed to corruption, then the various wars to protect the rump French Empire may be one place.
The State Department also warned people not to travel to Ukraine and Russia due to the ongoing tension and "potential for harassment against US citizens".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60106416
Biden is seriously scarred by the Afghanistan shambles. I think analysts are wrong to read too much into there being specific intel.
I think the chance of Russia fully invading Ukraine is remote, and the chance of significant Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine is much lower than the media hysteria would lead us to believe.
It’s in everyone’s interests to hype this up.
Calm down, people.