ELECTIONS REGIONALES : BRAVO A JEAN PIERRE MASSERET !

 

Bravo à Jean-Pierre Masseret, candidat socialiste dans le grand Est et arrivé en 3eme position derrière Florian Philipot (FN) et Philippe Richert (Les Républicains), qui déclare qu'il ne se retirera pas en dépit des pressions et injonctions de son parti, le Parti Socialiste.

 

Bel exemple de fidélité à ses convictions, à sa ligne de campagne, et aux électeurs qui lui ont apporté leur confiance.

 

Idem pour "les Républicains" : il n'y aura ni retrait ni fusion de listes en vue du deuxième tour des élections régionales.

 

 

PARTI SOCIALISTE : MEPRIS ET TRAHISON

Au lendemain des élections régionales, nos pensées vont vers les électeurs socialistes dont les candidats arrivés en troisième position derrière le Front National et Les Républicains, sont fermement invités par le Premier Secrétaire du Parti Socialiste, Cambadélis, à se retirer purement et simplement.

N'est ce pas là trahir ses électeurs, leur manquer de respect et peut-être priver les abstentionnistes du premier tour d'un vrai choix au second tour ?

Tout ceci dans l'unique but de faire échec au Font National !

En 1984 déjà, Laurent Fabius déclarait : "Le Front National pose les bonnes questions mais y apporte les mauvaises réponses".

Trente ans plus tard, les "bonnes" réponses des partis politiques traditionnels se font toujours attendre.

DML 

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FRANCE : VOTERS DESERT SOCIALISTS BUT BACK FN !

 

The results of the first round of voting in the Regional Elections yesterday confirmed all previous election trends and Opinion Polls.

 

The extreme right wing National Front (FN) polled most votes, at the expense of the governing Socialist Party, which was pushed back into 3rd place overall.   The new formation on the Right, the Republicans, led by Nicolas Sarkozy, remained in second place.

 

The Socialists and the Republicans both had one and the same desperate objective in this election :  stop the FN from gaining a bigger share of the votes !  Together they failed lamentably, even though no holds were barred !   Both Parties tried to strike fear into the hearts of voters of what could happen if FN was elected to govern in the Regions, but they offered no alternative policies to back their own credibility.

 

Prime Minister Valls wants tactical voting (worst placed party withdraws its candidate) with the Republicans in the second round next Sunday, but Sarkozy has bluntly refused to entertain this idea.   This seems to leave the way open for a resounding victory by FN.

 

After the second round next Sunday, there are no other major elections before the Presidential Election in May 2017.  Marine Le Pen, Leader of FN is generally forecast to be one of the two Candidates in the run-off, perhaps to become the first woman President of France ! 

Another nightmare for the traditional Parties !

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FIFA : MORE INDICTMENTS, BUT MORE TO COME ?

The two investigations into irregularities in FIFA has resulted in indictments against 24 FIFA or National Officials and 5 Sports Marketing or Broadcasting Executives.

Not included in the above figures are three people who have been suspended for 90 days by the FIFA Ethics Committee.  They are Michel Platini, Sepp Blatter and Jérôme Valcke.

There are probably others who have not yet been discovered or identified and who could be added to these lists.  It is not the first time that the prospect of "earning a quick buck" has snowballed into a major crisis like this one in FIFA.  Those that have been caught will also feel resentment against those who might get away "scot free" !  Revenge could be in the air and this could lead to further indictments !

FIFA in fact was rotten to the core.  Will ALL offenders be caught ?   No one can guarantee that, but FIFA must ensure a crisis like this can never happen again.  

The Statutes of FIFA are being revised and hopefully with  Professional advice.   A measure which should be seriously considered is to stop any former FIFA Official, in the Head Office or in a National Organisation, from serving in any official capacity again in future.       

FIFA needs to make a clean break from the past.  Afterwards it  could again command respect ! 

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MOSQUES : WHY WAS THE LAW NOT APPLIED ?

In France the general impression is that a Law exists for  everything, but that deficiencies exist in the system, particularly when something unexpected happens.  If this is true in France, it is probably true in other countries as well.

The recent terrorist activities have highlighted faults and these were fully discussed on Television again yesterday (1).  Experts  examined how Extremist Muslims managed to infiltrate Mosques and why the Police had not investigated earlier what was going on in them. 

The discussion on the TV revealed that a well known Law of 1905 in France gives the Police ALL the necessary legal powers they need to enter and inspect Mosques, just like other public premises.   In fact very recently, Mosques have been inspected and suddenly this week,  three of them have been closed !

The reality is that in France all the legal means exist but there is often a general lack of will in applying the Law.
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(1)  The daily "C'est dans l'air" program presented by Yves Calvi on France 5 at 17.45.                             
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REGIONALES : TOUS CONTRE MARINE LE PEN !

 

A quatre jours des élections régionales qui auront lieu le 6 décembre prochain, droite et gauche anticipent et redoutent déjà une victoire probable du Front National. Et la campagne pour les élections régionales se pare de couleur nationale...

 

A entendre les leaders politiques le seul mot d'ordre serait : empêcher le FN de gagner une région.  Un message expressément délivré par le Premier Ministre Manuel Valls, mardi 1er décembre sur Europe1.

 

Christophe Borgel, secrétaire national du PS aux élections, n'hésite pas à envisager déjà, pour le second tour, la possibilité d'un "accord technique avec les listes de droite pour faire barrage au FN"; autrement dit le retour de "l'UMPS" maintes fois dénoncé par Marine Le Pen.

 

Quant à Nicolas Sarkozy, il tente, comme en 2012, de siphonner les voix des électeurs du Front National en invoquant "les  valeurs chrétiennes de la France", "l'identité nationale" et "les frontières" ; "je ne veux pas que la France devienne une société multiculturelle car je ne veux pas du communautarisme" a-t-il déclaré (meeting du 30 novembre à Rouen) .  

 

Tout ceci suffira-t-il à faire échec à la progression du Front National ?

DML
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IS CORBYN A LEADER OR A DICTATOR ?

It is less than three months ago that Jeremy Corbyn, aged 66, was unexpectedly elected as Leader of the Socialist Party, after the resignation of Ed Miliband.  Since then everyone has been waiting to find out what kind of Leader he intended to be. 

 

It was well known that he was a left-winger in the Socialist Party, but any real Leader must recognise that Policies and Politics require an open mind.  This is particularly true when major decisions are the order of the day.

 

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, obtained an overall Majority in  the House of Commons at the General Election in May 2015, but on the important issue of War or not against the Islamic State, he has quite rightly withdrawn Party Whips.  This means that all MPs can freely vote in accordance with their conscience.

 

Cameron knows that Britain must defend itself against Islamic Terrorists, but also that mere defence is not enough.  Some MPs in his Conservative Party however, do not agree with him.  Yet, other countries have already voted for Outright War because they think this is the only solution.  

 

Suddenly Corbyn has discovered that his Socialist Party is also "split" on how to vote !  HE however, does not want to advocate War.  Not only that, HE expects all Socialists to vote like him, against going to war, because HE is their Leader !

 

Now, less than three months after his Election, Socialists are openly wondering whether Corbyn is the type of Leader they really want ! 

When a "Leader" hesitates about defending his Country and its Citizens, he must present very convincing arguments !  This he has not done !  Corbyn wants to be a Dictator, but...he has failed lamentably. 

 

He is neither a real Leader nor a Dictator !  His withdrawal from politics, retirement, could be the most honourable solution !

 

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