Mary Dunsmore
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- Oct 15, 2018
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- UK (God save the Queen)
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From a UK perspective
No, I'm not being sarcastic. In the UK the man in the street puts up with almost anything, although liberals are a little more stubborn. Many men now have to wait another two years to retire, and women seven years. Austerity cuts (albeit many needed) have affected lives. Due to uncontrolled immigration housing has become a crazy issue, the NHS is at an almost stand still, and the list goes on and on. If the fishermen in France get a bad deal they go on strike, if the lorry drivers get a bad deal they block roads, and if fuel taxes rise they burn down the city. OK, some of this may be a bit exaggerated, and parts technically inaccurate, but you get my point. We sit back while the government sh!2 on us, while the French are prepared to do something about it.
That said, what the hell were they thinking at the last general election. They had the option to elect Le Pen, a woman who would have rewarded the hard working, controlled immigration, and would have taken France out of the EU, which effectively would have seen the back of what is no more than a European Soviet Union. Despite all the problems the country was having, including Islamic terrorism, they elected a leader who is the epitome of everything liberal, socialist, and green. In short, a perfect recipe for complete disaster. Already his policies have now started to bring the country down. High fuel taxation in order he can spend a few more euros on green issues, and no doubt fund the building of a some more mosques. I hate to say it, but he is a bit like a young Corbyn.
So, in such a short time the French have proven themselves to admirably be rebeliant, but at the same time quite naive.
No, I'm not being sarcastic. In the UK the man in the street puts up with almost anything, although liberals are a little more stubborn. Many men now have to wait another two years to retire, and women seven years. Austerity cuts (albeit many needed) have affected lives. Due to uncontrolled immigration housing has become a crazy issue, the NHS is at an almost stand still, and the list goes on and on. If the fishermen in France get a bad deal they go on strike, if the lorry drivers get a bad deal they block roads, and if fuel taxes rise they burn down the city. OK, some of this may be a bit exaggerated, and parts technically inaccurate, but you get my point. We sit back while the government sh!2 on us, while the French are prepared to do something about it.
That said, what the hell were they thinking at the last general election. They had the option to elect Le Pen, a woman who would have rewarded the hard working, controlled immigration, and would have taken France out of the EU, which effectively would have seen the back of what is no more than a European Soviet Union. Despite all the problems the country was having, including Islamic terrorism, they elected a leader who is the epitome of everything liberal, socialist, and green. In short, a perfect recipe for complete disaster. Already his policies have now started to bring the country down. High fuel taxation in order he can spend a few more euros on green issues, and no doubt fund the building of a some more mosques. I hate to say it, but he is a bit like a young Corbyn.
So, in such a short time the French have proven themselves to admirably be rebeliant, but at the same time quite naive.