Rosbif-in chief

[fillyboy]

Boris more popular in France than Macron, maybe them Frenchies aren't as daft as I thought.

The rosbif-in-chief – why the French love Boris Johnson - CapX

Earlier this week the French magazine Le Point published a poll underlining just how popular Boris Johnson is in France. Unlike many foreign leaders, he has very high name recognition among the French public, with some 85% saying they have heard of the rosbif-in-chief. Most French people would struggle to name the leaders of, say, Spain or Italy (which is undoubtedly the case in Britain too).

Not only is Johnson well-known, but over half of French voters (51%) say they have a favourable opinion of him. He’s well liked not only on the far-right and the centre-right but also, perhaps surprisingly, among supporters of the far-left (which is undoubtedly not the case in Britain too).

To top it all off, almost three quarters of us (74%) think Johnson has managed the Covid crisis either as well or better than Emmanuel Macron.

 

[SirGalahad]

Bloody hell filly scraping the barrel here. About as reliable as Bojo promises.

Capx of Tufton street - with the right wing think tanks commenting on an article by a French Right wing mag.

CAPx is in great company. A cesspit

• The Adam Smith Institute (Great Smith St)
• Brexit Central (55)
• The Centre for Policy Studies (57)
• Civitas (55)
• The Global Warming Policy Foundation (55)
• The Institute for Economic Affairs (Lord North St)
• Leave means Leave (55)
• The Office of Peter Whittle (The New Culture Forum) (55)
• The Tax Payers’ Alliance (55)
  
  
  
  

 

[ReganAndCarter]

A country of scoundrels big fans of Johnson. Quelle surprise!

 

[noseall]

maybe them Frenchies aren't as daft as I thought.

Correct....

The majority of French voters are strongly opposed to ‘Frexit’,

 

[Notch7]

Bloody hell filly scraping the barrel here. About as reliable as Bojo promises.

Capx of Tufton street - with the right wing think tanks commenting on an article by a French Right wing mag.

CAPx is in great company. A cesspit

• The Adam Smith Institute (Great Smith St)
• Brexit Central (55)
• The Centre for Policy Studies (57)
• Civitas (55)
• The Global Warming Policy Foundation (55)
• The Institute for Economic Affairs (Lord North St)
• Leave means Leave (55)
• The Office of Peter Whittle (The New Culture Forum) (55)
• The Tax Payers’ Alliance (55)
  
  
  

As soon as I saw the source was Capx I knew the article would be utter horsepoo

 

[Mottie]

Correct....

The majority of French voters are strongly opposed to ‘Frexit’,

Cameron thought that about UK voters being opposed to Brexit too, didn’t he?

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

A country of scoundrels big fans of Johnson. Quelle surprise!

That's as accurate as me saying that UK is a country of racists. Quelle surprise!
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

 

[SirGalahad]

The wave of nationalism sweeping through many countries is in response to the neo liberal policies where the benefits accrue to the few. Economic systems / modalities have about 40-50 year shelf life after we exited WW2 rebuilding was the main focus and then we wanted stability with Bretton Woods and then in late 70s and early 80s Neo Liberalism and monetarism of Milton Friedman religiously championed by Reagan and Thatcher.

The EU with its protectionism was a buffer to the neo liberalism of the UK and US, but it was sold as a straight jacket. Well the jacket is off and the fishermen, musicians, farmers and exporters are not liking it.

 

[Vinty]

Neo Liberalism and monetarism of Milton Friedman religiously championed by Reagan and Thatcher

Neo Liberals also support the freedom of movement for cheap labour as does the EU.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Neo Liberals also support the freedom of movement for cheap labour as does the EU.

Therein is the dilemma, or the 'object of blame' whichever way you look at it.
Neo-liberalism wants labour, and free movement can provide it. But that means immigration, which is not welcomed by those especially on the right of politics.
Especially when the neo-liberal policies do not provide for that movement of labour.
But the migration then becomes an object on which to lay the blame for policy failures.