Yellow vests - fuel protest day of action in France

[Tony427]

BlackLabel said:

Tony427 said:

Are we sure that these riot police are even French?

All dressed in black. Masked. Impossible to identify.

Well it wouldn’t be the first time someone impersonated a French riot police officer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benalla_affair

So Macrons got form for liking to use overzealous freelance security people...............

[Turbotechnic]

Come on France, Frexit all the way! fk the EU and the global elite!

[Don Roque]

Tony427 said:

As I said its a bit worrying to have 9,000 armed, unidentifiable riot police in Paris

I'd only be worried if I were a rioter.

[anonymous-user]

Lefty, conspiring BBC avoid the disorder!



Although they've not attributed it to Macron perpetuating 'false' climate change theories, so they're not off the hook. Instead they've attributed it to being multi-faceted as the evidence indicates.

[smifffymoto]

Bordeaux faces a big clean up tomorrow,multiple wheely bin fires,lots street furniture smashed up,traffic lights pulled down,shops have been looted and in the last hour Apple has been broken into.
It is thugs and scum on the streets now,genuine gilet jaune have gone home.

[The Dangerous Elk]

La Liga said:

Lefty, conspiring BBC avoid the disorder!



Although they've not attributed it to Macron perpetuating 'false' climate change theories, so they're not off the hook. Instead they've attributed it to being multi-faceted as the evidence indicates.

Try BBC News 24...

[grumbledoak]

More than 1,300 people have been detained!
https://www.france24.com/en/20181208-live-hundreds...

If this was happening in the Middle East we would be offering to fund and arm the rebels against the evil Macron "regime".

[The Dangerous Elk]

1300 more votes to rid the world of Mummies boy then

[anonymous-user]

The Dangerous Elk said:

La Liga said:

Lefty, conspiring BBC avoid the disorder!



Although they've not attributed it to Macron perpetuating 'false' climate change theories, so they're not off the hook. Instead they've attributed it to being multi-faceted as the evidence indicates.

Try BBC News 24...

Feel free to provide a URL.

The chaps at bbc.co.uk obviously haven't got the conspiracy memo and have inadvertently put it at the top!

[The Dangerous Elk]

Link needed for news 24, your having a larrf chubby.

[funkyrobot]

Don Roque said:

Tony427 said:

As I said its a bit worrying to have 9,000 armed, unidentifiable riot police in Paris

I'd only be worried if I were a rioter.

Or someone with a Genius Bar appointment tomorrow.

[johnxjsc1985]

It certainly seems to be the case that Politicians in most European Countries have become condescending smug bds who simply have lost touch with the reality of how hard some people find everyday life.
I saw a commentator make a response to Attenborough's doomsday speech she said that most people are concerned with getting through the week and not what happens in 100 years.

When David Icke is starting to make sense you know there is a problem

[sunbeam alpine]

johnxjsc1985 said:

I saw a commentator make a response to Attenborough's doomsday speech she said that most people are concerned with getting through the week and not what happens in 100 years.

There's a great deal of truth in this. I don't think the PH demographic is representative of the whole of society.

I do volunteer debt counselling, and know from personal experience that a lot of people are having trouble keeping a roof over their heads and putting food on the table. When you're in this position, I can quite easily believe that very little else matters.

[glenrobbo]

Pericoloso said:

Are these protests /riots mostly at weekends ?

Anyone?

[Wobbegong]

glenrobbo said:

Pericoloso said:

Are these protests /riots mostly at weekends ?

Anyone?

They seem to be. Most of those protesting have jobs.

[Pericoloso]

Thanks for confirming what I thought.
Just seems odd ,a proper demo should be 7 days a week.

[The Dangerous Elk]

Paris is not France, Yellow jackets are there but also there are the "activists". The Yellow vest are strongly supported by many many local communities.
Macron will try to make this about the violence in Paris, that is only a 10th of his problems.

Marcon will fall, it is not just his Mum who will spank him at the end of this...don't let the BBC stories make you think it is just the capital.

Edited by The Dangerous Elk on Saturday 8th December 22:23

[Trolleys Thank You]

The Dangerous Elk said:

Paris is not France, Yellow jackets are there but also there are the "activists".
The Yellow vest are strongly supported by many many local communities. Macron will try to make this about the violence in Paris, that is only a 10th of his problems, Marcon will fall, it is not just his Mum who will spank him at the end of this...

Half arsed attempt at revolution if they only turn up at the weekends.

If you try to overthrow a democratically elected president then you probably don't belong in a democracy.

[dandarez]

sunbeam alpine said:

johnxjsc1985 said:

I saw a commentator make a response to Attenborough's doomsday speech she said that most people are concerned with getting through the week and not what happens in 100 years.

There's a great deal of truth in this. I don't think the PH demographic is representative of the whole of society.

I do volunteer debt counselling, and know from personal experience that a lot of people are having trouble keeping a roof over their heads and putting food on the table. When you're in this position, I can quite easily believe that very little else matters.

You are one hundred and ninety-nine per-cent correct. Most people, including those not on the breadline, are more concerned about immediate matters, work, family and 'their' lives, not the planet which is not going to disappear - there's too much f money to be made for it to!

Attenborough said stupidly, 'the collapse of civilisation and the natural world IS ON THE HORIZON.'
Really? I watched an Airbus A400M Atlas this morning. This huge aircraft was just a tiny blob ...on the horizon.
Under one minute later it was passing over the roof of my house (low too!).

Attenborough scares me.
Not with his forecasts though, they're about as predictable as the weather forecast next Tues given by the Met Office today.
I watched Question Time on the beeb the other night and the audience discussed so-called climate change. A 16 yr old girl (she said so) in the audience participated and looked, was, is absolutely traumatised by 'climate change', she really thinks the 'end is nigh'. Poor lass.

[Trolleys Thank You]

dandarez said:

sunbeam alpine said:

johnxjsc1985 said:

I saw a commentator make a response to Attenborough's doomsday speech she said that most people are concerned with getting through the week and not what happens in 100 years.

There's a great deal of truth in this. I don't think the PH demographic is representative of the whole of society.

I do volunteer debt counselling, and know from personal experience that a lot of people are having trouble keeping a roof over their heads and putting food on the table. When you're in this position, I can quite easily believe that very little else matters.

You are one hundred and ninety-nine per-cent correct. Most people, including those not on the breadline, are more concerned about immediate matters, work, family and 'their' lives, not the planet which is not going to disappear - there's too much f money to be made for it to!

Yes, what we need now is more short termism...