I wouldn’t worry about it Pete. The brand of right wing populism sweeping many countries are just a bunch of talentless charlatans who when faced with real responsibility will crumble. Look at Argentina, they wanted him out with in a couple of months, mass protests most weeks. They’re stuck with him and by the time the next elections come round they’ll see the mistake of electing far right populist chancers. Looks like they have already.
Maybe France needs the same, see the reality of far right populism and lament it. She doesn’t seem to have any qualities that’s going to change anything for the better. She’s a disrupter, nothing more.
That's called ostrich thinking apparently.
As in stick your head in the sand and ignore the reasons people are voting for change.
It could be worse, at least your not ignorant enough to brand millions of French men and women as "gammons and frothers"
The fact is, there's millions of people across Europe who feel disenfranchised by their political classes and are looking for an alternative. Here in the UK that alternative will be Labour, but in 5 years time, when we see the inevitable fuck up that they will inflict upon the country (like the Tory party) you'll invariably see a similar surge to the right as we're seeing now in France and other countries.
Part of the problem is that when people seek a political change, they nearly always bring about a 180 degree change rather than a gentle, controlled steer towards the centre ground.
Thus we'll end up screeching along like an out of control car trying to avoid hitting both curbs.
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