And quite a few I know as well. Linca, for instance, has also recently weighed in with his impressions on these pages in the recent past, with the same impression as I have. But, admittedly, I could be wrong in general and have seen no polling on the subject.

Agree with you on Joly, and would go further to make a similar comment on Mélenchon, who is not in my view an optimal candidate for us either, though in the primary my guy lost. Anybody who has seen Chassaigne speak and work a crowd will know that he has some serious potential, not just as a candidate who poses as the conscience of the PS, but who is a rassembleur in his own right.

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill