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[Politics] The battle for France



Wrong-Direction

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Mar 10, 2013
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Just wondering why there's been very little media coverage of the absoutle carnage happening over the channel, maybe they don't want riots and police being overrun put into people's heads so close to Brexit..

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Wrong-Direction

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Mar 10, 2013
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Seems bottles and flasks are more important

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Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
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Oct 27, 2003
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Just got back from France. Protesters are very friendly ..... all speed cameras destroyed or disabled. Got to love the French !
 


SouthCoastOwl

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May 23, 2013
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Vaux Sur Seine
If by "absoutle carnage" you mean the few masked twats who break shop windows most Saturday nights on the Champs Elysees and end up fighting with Dibble, it's hardly world war three and maybe no worse than West Street at chucking out time on a Saturday.
 

Titanic

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Jul 5, 2003
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If by "absoutle carnage" you mean the few masked twats who break shop windows most Saturday nights on the Champs Elysees and end up fighting with Dibble, it's hardly world war three and maybe no worse than West Street at chucking out time on a Saturday.

When was the last time anti-riot police deployed tear gas and water cannons on West Street?

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Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
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Oct 27, 2003
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If by "absoutle carnage" you mean the few masked twats who break shop windows most Saturday nights on the Champs Elysees and end up fighting with Dibble, it's hardly world war three and maybe no worse than West Street at chucking out time on a Saturday.

That might be the case in Paris but almost every town from Deippe down to Rennes has some sort of protest on roundabouts or road blocks. And of course no working speed cameras :thumbsup:
 

Mellor 3 Ward 4

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Jul 27, 2004
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saaf of the water
Macron was hugely popular when he came to power.

Now, approval rating is down to less than 25%

He's already had to backtrack on a lot of what he wanted to do (fuel duty increases etc.)

The French have a history of protesting, powerful unions, and it's at heart a very left leaning society, very resistant to change in labour laws etc. but Macron won the election easily (not surprising as look at the options) so thought he could sweep in huge change.
 

LlcoolJ

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Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
That might be the case in Paris but almost every town from Deippe down to Rennes has some sort of protest on roundabouts or road blocks. And of course no working speed cameras :thumbsup:

They do love a good protest don't they. Tell the French that they can't have three hours for lunch (and stagger back in pissed after a litre of vin rougue) and the lot goes up. :D
 


SouthCoastOwl

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May 23, 2013
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When was the last time anti-riot police deployed tear gas and water cannons on West Street?

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Apologies, I wasn't using the comparison literally I was trying to down play the seriousness of the "absolute carnage". Essentially what 's happening is the way the French like to protest. This current round of demonstrations only mirror the political protests that happen every year in Paris, the May Day march and any student protest in particular. What starts out as a peaceful march ends up with far right and far left protesters using the event to chuck paving cobbles at Dibble. Dibble then respond with tear gas and water cannon and so on and so on.
 


Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
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Uffern
They do love a good protest don't they. Tell the French that they can't have three hours for lunch (and stagger back in pissed after a litre of vin rougue) and the lot goes up. :D

They have a better rate of productivity than us though - maybe there's something to be said for three-hour lunches
 

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,237
They have a better rate of productivity than us though - maybe there's something to be said for three-hour lunches

or there something funky going on in how they report productivity. its something of a mystery to economics, two theories ive seen is they count only in work not paid work hours, another is those who work through lunch or late dont get recorded and compensate.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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The Fatherland
Just wondering why there's been very little media coverage of the absoutle carnage happening over the channel, maybe they don't want riots and police being overrun put into people's heads so close to Brexit..

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But this is what our cousins across the channel do, they like to express themselves and be heard. Not newsworthy in my opinion.
 

Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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or there something funky going on in how they report productivity. its something of a mystery to economics, two theories ive seen is they count only in work not paid work hours, another is those who work through lunch or late dont get recorded and compensate.

Or maybe the French and the Germans are actually more productive? I read recently the Germans actually work less days than other EU countries due to numerous public holidays, lander holidays and the fact you get told to go home from work if you have so much as broken finger nail.....so they’re not actually at work to work through their lunch in the first place.
 

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