Electoral suicide, French style
Ouest France, very kindly, has polled Gauls on what they think of the French Socialists, and even more kindly, Libération has published the figures a day early.
Ségo, Delanoë et al are reckoned to be letting down La Patrie by failing to oppose Sarko's / Fillon's government with sufficient vigour (52%), understanding the preoccupations of the man on the Limoges autobus (55%), not to have good leaders (66%), and not knowing what it is doing (67%).
As to what the PS should do, 41% of Gauls want it to get into bed with Bayrou's MoDem (sort of Lib Dem types), 30% to link with the non-Trot extreme left (PCF, Greens) and 18% want it to cosy up to baby-faced rot postie Besancenot's Trot rabble. Curious bunch. As to left leaning voters, 45% want a menage à trois with the broad extreme left and 12% with the Trots. Were I Gaullist I would be very very keen on a link with as many loons as possible, popular fronts being unlikely to be all that popular with the aforementioned Limogeois/e passager d'autobus.
As to who will lead the Socialists to the sunny uplands of the voters hearts, the general populace want it to be Dominique Strauss-Kahn, currently the king over the water at the IMF, while leftists want Ségo to have another crack at it. Hope they choose Ségo again, as she has been a source of immense amusement with her 'curious' statements. Expect Sarkozy to have her, or any other contender, for petit déjeuneur in 2012.
Ségo, Delanoë et al are reckoned to be letting down La Patrie by failing to oppose Sarko's / Fillon's government with sufficient vigour (52%), understanding the preoccupations of the man on the Limoges autobus (55%), not to have good leaders (66%), and not knowing what it is doing (67%).
As to what the PS should do, 41% of Gauls want it to get into bed with Bayrou's MoDem (sort of Lib Dem types), 30% to link with the non-Trot extreme left (PCF, Greens) and 18% want it to cosy up to baby-faced rot postie Besancenot's Trot rabble. Curious bunch. As to left leaning voters, 45% want a menage à trois with the broad extreme left and 12% with the Trots. Were I Gaullist I would be very very keen on a link with as many loons as possible, popular fronts being unlikely to be all that popular with the aforementioned Limogeois/e passager d'autobus.
As to who will lead the Socialists to the sunny uplands of the voters hearts, the general populace want it to be Dominique Strauss-Kahn, currently the king over the water at the IMF, while leftists want Ségo to have another crack at it. Hope they choose Ségo again, as she has been a source of immense amusement with her 'curious' statements. Expect Sarkozy to have her, or any other contender, for petit déjeuneur in 2012.
Labels: Extreme Left, France, opinion polls, the Left
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