French 2007 legislative elections round 2 | 117 comments (117 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

by desmoulins (gsb6@lycos.com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 03:20:37 PM EST
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It's official he has lost too.

by Laurent GUERBY on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 03:42:03 PM EST
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Whoa, Le Figaro should have contained its glee in yesterday's pre-election coverage (I read that on the Eurostar).

Side note: the Eurostar offered to its First Class passengers the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and Le Figaro. It's clear what demographic they think they're serving.

[Disclaimer: for some incomprehensible reason the "leisure Select" ticket at the time I took it was the cheapest way to get back to London that day]

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 04:34:07 PM EST
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Re: klarsfeld beaten (4.00 / 2)

I did the Toulouse-Paris return trip in the TGV in 1st Class for the same reason.

The only stuff I could see people reading around me was Libé (like me), the Nouvel Obs, or some serious-looking books. Not freebies, though - there were no hand-outs.

I got the feeling the kind of people who travel by TGV are more likely to lean left (even when the curve is to the right).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 04:42:49 PM EST
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Re: klarsfeld beaten (none / 1)

From personal observations, on the Paris-Grenoble line a few years ago ; when the train is empty, and 2nd class remains cheaper than 1st (weekdays evening), the social divide is well marked, and the 1st class reads Le Figaro, whereas when the train is almost full, as on a weekend, the 2nd class overflows into the 1st, and you find Libé readers there...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 05:48:18 PM EST
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French 2007 legislative elections round 2 | 117 comments (117 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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