Reading Time: 4 minutes Je ne peux pas nier la vérité. Marine Le Pen a remporté les élections au Parlement européen face à Emmanuel Macron. Son nouveau parti, le Rassemblement National, a fait le même score que l’ancien, le Front National, l’avait fait aux élections européennes de 2014. Obtenir un quart des voix est un score élevé pour un […]
Month: May 2019
Internal Affairs – How Marine Le Pen And Emmanuel Macron Misused The European Elections
Reading Time: 5 minutes I cannot deny the truth. Marine Le Pen won the European Parliament elections in France, with a whopping 23% after just over half the electorate had decided to go out and vote. Her new party, the Rassemblement National, has performed just as well as her old party, the Front National, did in the European elections […]
European Parliament – 50 Shades Of Green
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the newly elected Green MEP’s can convince the others to bike it between Brussels and Strasbourg, voting Green will not have been a waste of time. Not that I voted Green, of course. Shame on me. Has my subscription to an electronic version of Nature Climate Change (no dead trees for me) tought me […]
Madame May, Partez Et Emportez Votre Brexit!!
Reading Time: 5 minutes Theresa May a finalement compris que personne ne l’aime et certains la détestent – en tant que premère ministre, bien entendu. Si je suis honnête avec moi-meme, je me sens en partie désolé pour Madame May. Elle me rappelle une belle-mère avec qui vous vous disputez sans cesse mais qui vous rend très triste quand […]
Bye-Bye Mrs May And Take Your Brexit With You!
Reading Time: 5 minutes Theresa May has finally realised that nobody actually likes her and many more even hate her – as a politician, that is, not as a person. I am not to judge what sort of person she is. If I’m honest, there’s a part of me that feels sorry for Mrs M. She reminds me of […]
Democratic Britain? EU Citizens Denied Vote In European Elections
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today, under Theresa May, many EU citizens have been denied the right to vote in their own elections. What would happen tomorrow under Boris Johnson? Reports that many EU citizens living in the UK have been denied voting rights in the European parliament elections defy belief. It was so easy for me to […]
“Arcade” – Les Douze Points De La France Vont Aux…Pays-Bas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Arcade est une histoire sur la recherche de l’amour de votre vie. C’est l’espoir pour la chose – parfois – inaccessible. – Duncan Laurence L’amour a toujours été pour moi la plus grande des affaires, ou plutôt la seule. – Stendhal Que puis-je dire quand la France donne aux Pays-Bas “douze points” mérités? […]
“Arcade” – Netherlands: Twelve Points / Pays-Bas: Douze Points
Reading Time: 2 minutes Arcade is a story about the search for the love of your life. It is the hope for the – sometimes – unattainable. – Duncan Laurence Love has always been for me the greatest of affairs, or rather, the only one. – Stendhal What can I say when France gives the Netherlands […]
Why Do People Comment On A Post They Haven’t Read?
Reading Time: 3 minutes When going through my site’s statistics, I came across a surprising fact concerning the behaviour of those who, according to the numbers, visit pages that contain my latest posts. According to the statistics that are provided by the hosting site, for every 100 visitors, 86 remain on the page for no more than 30 seconds. […]
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Teenager Growing Pains – What Were YOU Doing When You Were Fourteen?
Reading Time: 5 minutes If I think about it, I’m probably writing this post not out of pure desperation, but as a therapy. This is my way of trying to convince myself that things are not as bad as they seem. I mean, what could be wrong? My wife has gone away for two days to attend a Catholic […]