The 5th district of Essonne is a good example of the battles. The Fields medallist Cédric Villani ratted from the presidential majority when he wasn't nominated for Paris mayor and recently went… (View Post)

It doesn't look certain to me that Macron gets a majority or not because it depends on mobilisation of voters in the second round next week, but it looks very likely he can create one with a bun… (View Post)

Meanwhile Mélenchon, the French Corbyn, is insisting the projections are wrong and that his party can still win a majority. It's true in a technical sense, but in practice around 25% of votes wi… (View Post)

What exactly have Opinium done to the headline figures? (View Post)

The opposite of deprivation is not so much poshness as "doing fine". The typical student dorm would be less deprived than an estate of million-pound houses with elderly residents enduring c… (View Post)