[Politics] The battle for France

[Wrong-Direction]

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]

Seems bottles and flasks are more important

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[portslade seagull]

Seems bottles and flasks are more important

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Very dangerous within the confines of a football pitch. That bottle top could have your eye out !!

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Just got back from France. Protesters are very friendly ..... all speed cameras destroyed or disabled. Got to love the French !

 

[pearl]

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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depends what News you watch

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

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.

 

[spence]

depends what News you watch

Plenty of fake news doing the rounds

 

[Titanic]

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?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

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

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

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]

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

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.

 

[WhingForPresident]

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.

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

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

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.

 

[RandyWanger]

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.

The company I worked for gave us 4 hours at lunch. In that little town, even the gendarm were on it at lunch

 

[LlcoolJ]

The company I worked for gave us 4 hours at lunch. In that little town, even the gendarm were on it at lunch

Can't fault em!

 

[Gwylan]

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.

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

 

[beorhthelm]

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.

 

[Lush]

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

Maybe they don't spend large chunks of the day on Nord Stade Parler

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

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]

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.