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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jun 9, 2024 22:26:35 GMT
Bayrou has given the game away and said it's essentially designed as Macronista-Le Pen duel.
It's as if he's trying a greatest hits of French presidencies. Sacking a popular PM, dropping a recently-appointed PM in it with a snap election, appointing a woman nobody has ever heard off, getting into bother in the Pacific...and of course suddenly appearing on telly to dissolve the assembly.
He just needs to take delivery of some diamonds now.
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Post by relique on Jun 9, 2024 23:03:44 GMT
The RN are leading in Ariège. In Clermont-Ferrand the Greens narrowly beat the "No to the EU, no to NATO - Communists for Peace and Social Progress" to first place which is just weird Yeah I definitely think that's a mistake. |
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Post by right on Jun 10, 2024 6:48:28 GMT
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Post by cogload on Jun 10, 2024 6:52:39 GMT
Sebastian Payne..here is your chance...😉
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Post by rcronald on Jun 10, 2024 6:53:26 GMT
I’d be surprised if it didn’t hurt him/help Le Pen in the 2nd round. |
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Post by right on Jun 10, 2024 7:21:04 GMT
I’d be surprised if it didn’t hurt him/help Le Pen in the 2nd round. Perhaps this will be downplayed until voting closes then Going in as a training mission, even if that's not a viable end point, may take a lot of sting out of this. |
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Post by relique on Jun 10, 2024 11:04:39 GMT
Apparently friday is the deadline for filing to be candidate. Expect lots of unvetted candidates who will explode in mid-air
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Post by rcronald on Jun 10, 2024 11:07:00 GMT
Apparently friday is the deadline for filing to be candidate. Expect lots of unvetted candidates who will explode in mid-air How is this even legal? |
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Post by Kristofer Keane on Jun 10, 2024 11:44:26 GMT
A quick scan of the electoral code of France only gives me article L173: "The elections take place on the seventh Sunday following the publication of the decree summoning the voters."
But that would put an election at 28th July at the earliest?
I presume there is some special rule that applies in cases where the President opts to dissolve the assembly, but I don't see it.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jun 10, 2024 12:24:01 GMT
Oh dear. Manu has made an offer to the PS, Greens and LR amongst others about joint lists. They have refused.
Manu is now in contravention of Bérégovoy's Iron Law.
"Politics is like an andouillette. It should smell of shit, but not too much".
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Post by rcronald on Jun 10, 2024 12:26:39 GMT
Oh dear. Manu has made an offer to the PS, Greens and LR amongst others about joint lists. They have refused. Manu is now in contravention of Bérégovoy's Iron Law. "Politics is like an andouillette. It should smell of shit, but not too much". Let’s hope he doesn’t end up like Beregovoy outside of politics…. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Jun 10, 2024 12:28:25 GMT
Oh dear. Manu has made an offer to the PS, Greens and LR amongst others about joint lists. They have refused. Manu is now in contravention of Bérégovoy's Iron Law. "Politics is like an andouillette. It should smell of shit, but not too much". Let’s hope he doesn’t end up like Beregovoy outside of politics…. Well if the timings are the same, we'll find out soon enough. |
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Post by rcronald on Jun 10, 2024 12:30:15 GMT
Oh dear. Manu has made an offer to the PS, Greens and LR amongst others about joint lists. They have refused. Manu is now in contravention of Bérégovoy's Iron Law. "Politics is like an andouillette. It should smell of shit, but not too much". Manu is clearly a student of the Rishi Sunak school of politics… |
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Post by carlton43 on Jun 10, 2024 13:00:31 GMT
Ah! Just like the USA was in Viet Niamh? |
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Post by relique on Jun 10, 2024 13:07:23 GMT
A quick scan of the electoral code of France only gives me article L173: "The elections take place on the seventh Sunday following the publication of the decree summoning the voters." But that would put an election at 28th July at the earliest? I presume there is some special rule that applies in cases where the President opts to dissolve the assembly, but I don't see it. In case of dissolution the delay is between 20 and 40 days. So latest would be 14th of july I think. But that's the national day. |
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Post by right on Jun 10, 2024 13:49:56 GMT
Apparently friday is the deadline for filing to be candidate. Expect lots of unvetted candidates who will explode in mid-airOnce again Britain leads the world |
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Post by rcronald on Jun 10, 2024 13:54:49 GMT
Is there an interactive constituency map?
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Post by hullenedge on Jun 10, 2024 16:21:03 GMT
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Post by hullenedge on Jun 10, 2024 16:22:55 GMT
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Post by johnloony on Jun 10, 2024 17:17:32 GMT
Ah! Just like the USA was in Viet Niamh? Who’s she? Is she related to Tokyo Rose? Saigon Sally? |
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