Oh dear oh
dear, what can the matter be.
The British
have their Brexit, the Americans their Trump but all was well with France; at
least for a certain conservative catholic right.
The left
were turning into a three headed whatever. Macron towards the Centre doing his
own thing. Melanchon rallying the forces of the extreme left; Trotskyists,
Communists, and all sorts of leftovers who hadn’t switched to Le Pen and the
extreme right.
The LR or
Republican party had just gone through their Primary (the first ever) and had
eliminated Sarkozy (the come-back kid), Juppé (yesterday’s man) and had chosen
Mr Clean (Fillon) former Prime Minister, quiet spoken, reserved, well dressed,
liberal (French definition) ideas on the economy, Catholic ideas on the family
and prepared to bring Putin in from the cold. A stay at home mum bringing up
the 5 kids in the family château. Bought I believe not inherited.
And then
the bomb dropped. Well we are living in the internet age, everyone Twitters and
the Truth will eventually come out. Whether it is the True Truth or Trump Truth
is not really important.
Meanwhile
yesterday I went to the library, which is now very modern with book section,
news room, reading and research room, internet room and DVD and CD room. And
now membership is free. It used to be paying but they discovered it cost more
money to collect subscriptions and fines than what came in.
It’s half
an hours walk away so there and back takes care of my daily exercise. I thought
I’d drop in to my haidressers to book an appointment. The young girl who cuts
my hair said she could do it immediately. Well there’s not much left and it
only takes 10 minutes so, short back and sides, I said OK. Her family is from
Madagascar. In fact her mother used to cut my hair for many years which shows
how old I am getting. I’ve been using the same place for 35 years now. No
problem with immigration with her. And then back home. Not to my château. Most
people in France don’t own a château. Stay at home mums don’t usually earn more
than 2 or 3 times the average wage. Politicians seem out of touch with the
people. Well many have never actually worked in a proper job. Straight from
university into the party political machine.
Oh well
another day in France.
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