Villepin to Sarko: Please can I keep my job?
And Villepin to Chirac: Cram it.
Or rather, "In the weeks to come, I will be at the heart of things, sharing my experience. I will do it by defending the values of my political family, in a spirit of unity. Unity is the guarantee of the victory".
Elsewhere, Chirac may well be following my advice from yesterday in that he has sent a high level envoy to Tehran. Supposedly it is to discuss Lebanon, but I do not believe that for a second.
The prospect of an Anglo-French union under the Queen that has so amused the British media does not get much play across the Channel, although Le Monde has filleted the BBC report.
Or rather, "In the weeks to come, I will be at the heart of things, sharing my experience. I will do it by defending the values of my political family, in a spirit of unity. Unity is the guarantee of the victory".
Elsewhere, Chirac may well be following my advice from yesterday in that he has sent a high level envoy to Tehran. Supposedly it is to discuss Lebanon, but I do not believe that for a second.
The prospect of an Anglo-French union under the Queen that has so amused the British media does not get much play across the Channel, although Le Monde has filleted the BBC report.
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Is de Villepin the worst PM France have had for sometime.
I bow to your expertise here C; but he seems such a caricature of ivory tower madness that I can't imagine anyone else has done a worse job?
Are you too youthful to remember Edith Cresson?
Pages of it in the Mirror C. Including a day in the life of an Anglofrog.
7.30- Wake up and turn accidentally into forest of underarm hair
8.00 Listen to the worst music in the world on the radio
10.00 Cycle to work , way blocked by tyre burning demonstrators because they are selling the wrong kind of sausage.
1100. Bien unable to do my four hour day of my three day week have pernod and visit one of my Mistresses,
have nap
...and so it goes on..
7.30 Sacre Bleu its Coronation Rue
How can they think we are small minded and xenophobic eh?
Said paper is a filthy rag, always has been, and always will be. It is the sole tabloid wholly in favour of the EU in all its forms, and for added entertainment note that its front page is making waves over hints of cultural insensitivity in Celebrity Big Brother.
Hmmm, you see I think its rather the best of the red tops and does have a new story on occassion. You wil no better than I how rare that is.
I saw a bit of BB and it was rather unlovely to see an Indian Girl bullied by three yobbish English zeros in somewhat unpleasant terms.It has been the chat of the office today and will be in the broad sheets soon as an article "about the low level we have reached ".
I aslo like the Guardian nowadays so there is little hope for me . Don`t tell PHITCH.
I take your point on politics of course.
It does cover more news than The Sun, but it lacks The Sun's wit and its levels of bias are poisonous.
didnt edith cresson say all english men were gayers?
No doubt around her we could all be tempted to swap teams (maybe not)
Mr mania, poor mr C used to have to wake up to that armpit hair on a daily basis.
Im all in favour of a hirsute *coughs* but apart from on their heads nowhere else.
That's roughtly what she said about 'les Anglo Saxons', so the same went for the Americans, Canadians and our Anzac friends.
More here, c/o the usual place:
"Cresson was well known for making outspoken and often controversial comments. She was very critical of "Anglo-Saxon" nations and often condemned the culture and people of the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. She often described homosexuality as being a largely Anglo-Saxon "problem" that had little relevance in France. Her strong criticism of Japanese trade practices likewise prompted her to use harsh rhetoric that some considered borderline racist (going as far as to compare the Japanese to "ants trying to take over the world").
Cresson was appointed to the prime ministerial post by President François Mitterrand on May 15, 1991. She soon became strongly unpopular among the electorate and had to leave office after less than one year, following the Socialists' poor showing in 1992's regional elections. She has so far spent the shortest time in office for any French Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.
Her political career, promoted by Mitterrand, her alleged lover, ended in allegations of corruption."
I never knew Mitterrand was shagging Cresson. Truly, the man had no redeeming features whatsoever..
Yup, that is the reckoning, and her appointment brings to mind this quip: "Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse was made Consul".
If I remember, I will take a several chainsaws to Mitterand's reputation on the anniversary of either his birth or death.
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