[Youngian]

If Le Pen loses its likely to be on a higher proportion of the popular vote that propelled Trump to victory. One theory I read for the high younger vote is that a whole generation don’t know full flavoured fascist Le Pen of old. Sounds implausible but plenty of yoof in this country who believed Jez was an ardent Remainer who won a Nobel prize for bringing about peace in Ireland.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I wish that I hadn't glossed over a reasonably authoritative grab earlier suggesting that Mélonchon's tribe are fairly evenly split between sanity and that fashy lady with the funny beak.

Time is of the petrol, comment on dit.

Some very high Melenchon scores in cities, Ile de France etc. I don't know if that was expected. I'm reasonably hopeful these aren't Le Pen types.

[mattomac]

Some of the analysis is pretty poor, seems Macron will poll better this time than last some of the opinion polling is out, seems to have done a bit of Miliband closing the polls in the final week thing when in reality they went in and voted Cameron.

A week or so ago the polls seem pretty accurate though they’ve all underestimated Melchanon and all overestimated Zemmour.

[Tubby Isaacs]

You'll never guess who's going for the "left wing Le Pen" bollocks.

[Nigredo]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61073894

Marine Le Pen opposes sanctions on Russian gas, quelle surprise.

[mattomac]

She was coming out with some racism before… leopards don’t change their spots.

[Nigredo]

She was coming out with some racism before… leopards don’t change their spots.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ussia.html

She dropped another pearl of wisdom today.

Bit of an odd one, seeing someone campaign on what an obvious Kremlin stooge they are.

[Nigredo]

I'me somewhat confused by Macron's refusal to state the obvious here, is he trying to portray himself as some great broker of peace?

[Boiler]

Yes.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I fear this is true. Poland was doing well when it went down this road.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Not very many Melenchon voters transferring to Le Pen. Were they ever going to do that?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Debate is happening now.

Le Pen isn't very bright. She's had a moan about Canada exporting chickens. Like Alan Partridge talking to Peter Baxendale-Thomas.

[Boiler]

https://www.france24.com/en/france/2022 ... al-run-off

[Tubby Isaacs]

God, she's shit. Keeps saying "Europe of Nations". Strange obsession with posted workers. Macron points out that it's not unknown for French people to work abroad.

She's now wittering on about being a champion of Africa.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Macron points out that Le Pen's attitude to North Africans wearing headscarves might not go down that well in the actual North Africa.

[kreuzberger]

I am doing my best, here.

Leipzig vs Union in one window. Citeh against Brighton in another. Le Pen trying to be dismissive but clearly struggling to keep up in yet another. I've had to mute the Spotifies.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Le Pen now talking about pensions. Nobody to work past 62. That's a rather expensive commitment.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Macron making a mess of his response, or maybe that's just the translator.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Le Pen's now talking about reducing taxes. Paid for by "economic patriotism". Doubtless this pays for the earlier pensions too.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Le Pen hilariously says that Covid didn't spread through small businesses.