The French are Revolting

[Gargamel]

Zoot Alors, le Francais est 'kicking off'

Has Sarkosy threatened to make the public sectors work from 11:00 until lunch sans Cafe' ?

Sacre Bleu

[SplatSpeed]

the goverment will capitulate within a month

CESM

[MonkeyHanger]

In answer to the thread title.

We know they are.

[tinman0]

Dunno, but I'm about to start a book on number of cars that will be torched when they start rioting:

0. (As the won't have any petrol).

Any advances on 0?

[Puggit]

Supposed to be going out on Saturday for half term

[Gargamel]

Puggit said:

Supposed to be going out on Saturday for half term

Pay for the trip by taking about a dozen five litre cans of super unleaded ?

[andy_s]

They are pretty good strikers the French, it has to be said. The Gallic charm of sheep roasts, the whiff of Molotov in the air, ah oui, all very a la mode...

[driver67]

Fires started :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11567457

[Mr_B]

Wonder if those close to to Calais will be jumping on a cheap day return ferry just to get some petrol.

[davepoth]

Mr_B said:

Wonder if those close to to Calais will be jumping on a cheap day return ferry just to get some petrol.

Fishermen will be out by Tuesday I imagine, so no chance of that.

[Fittster]

Unlike the spineless Brits the French know who to deal with their political class.

madame guillotine will get better results than an e petition ever will.

[DonkeyApple]

SplatSpeed said:

the goverment will capitulate within a month

CESM

It will be here by Christmas. The Unions are all going to turn on Britain and attack every working man and make their final drive to destroy us all.

[Corsair7]

Black days ahead for us all.....

If this Tory led coalition has the gonads to force its cuts through, I can see the coalition founder within 12 months and a general election witin 18 months. Then Labour will be back in with a land slide.


If they cut dramatically they'll be tossed back into the wilderness of opposition, if they dont they wil struggle to ever form a powerful government

[Iain328]

Just to put it into perspective - half the Gallics are kicking off because the Gov't is proposing to raise the retirement age to...


(Wait for it)


......62



The other half are just "demonstrating against authority" as usual.

You have to love the French people for their realistic approach to these things.....or not as the case may be.

Edited by Iain328 on Monday 18th October 23:32

[Corsair7]

Iain328 said:

Jst to put it into perspective - the half the Gallics are kicking off because the Gov't is proposing to raise the retirement age to...


Wait for it!


......62



The other half are just "demonstrating against authority" as usual.

You have to love the French people for their realistic approach to these things.....or not as the case may be.

Thing is, the UK government just want us all to retire the week before we die, where as the french beleive (rightly imho) that 40 odd years paying taxes to the government is enough to deserve 15 years resting and enjoying life a bit before your're too old.

What do you think you'll be capable of doing when your what, 67, 68, 69? Fek all probably. What kind of 'retirement' will it be going from full time employment straight to needing someone to help you wipe your own arse ?

[perdu]

Corsair7 said:

Iain328 said:

Jst to put it into perspective - the half the Gallics are kicking off because the Gov't is proposing to raise the retirement age to...


Wait for it!


......62



The other half are just "demonstrating against authority" as usual.

You have to love the French people for their realistic approach to these things.....or not as the case may be.

Thing is, the UK government just want us all to retire the week before we die, where as the french beleive (rightly imho) that 40 odd years paying taxes to the government is enough to deserve 15 years resting and enjoying life a bit before your're too old.

What do you think you'll be capable of doing when your what, 67, 68, 69? Fek all probably. What kind of 'retirement' will it be going from full time employment straight to needing someone to help you wipe your own arse ?

T

wat

I've made it all the way to 63

I ain'tn't dead yet

Sore knees yes

bad back, had it for yonks

I've noticed it before

you've a sad tendency to utter complete borrox

unless I'm to suddenly fall apart in two or three years time

Which will be a blow, I have a date at Le Mans in 2012

and 2013

and 2014

and...

well you get the picture


(two injudicious postings here, mine and yours)

[ATG]

I particulary love it when the students go on strike complaining about ... the retirement age. As if they knew what they were talking about ... as if anyone gave a flying fk. A reality check for all those studying now: by the time you get to retire you or one of your peers will have spent the last five years of your career wiping my geriatric arse in a nursing home. I can't wait. Enjoy getting a job and paying your taxes in the meantime. See you in forty years.

[scenario8]

Corsair7 said:

Black days ahead for us all.....

If this Tory led coalition has the gonads to force its cuts through, I can see the coalition founder within 12 months and a general election witin 18 months. Then Labour will be back in with a land slide.


If they cut dramatically they'll be tossed back into the wilderness of opposition, if they dont they wil struggle to ever form a powerful government

Can I wager you on this? You'll probably need to remind me in April 2012 as I'm rubbish at remembering things, but I'm confident that even if there is a foundering before Oct 2011 and another General Election before April 2012 Labour will not "be back in with a land slide."

Call it a tenner against?

[tinman0]

Corsair7 said:

Black days ahead for us all.....

If this Tory led coalition has the gonads to force its cuts through, I can see the coalition founder within 12 months and a general election witin 18 months. Then Labour will be back in with a land slide.

If they cut dramatically they'll be tossed back into the wilderness of opposition, if they dont they wil struggle to ever form a powerful government

The unions don't have the sympathy of the public. It's all very well to think that the public will bite the Tories, but the union members are the exact people who are costing the general public an awful lot of money right now.

A fireman goes on strike because he wants £45k, he'll see little sympathy from someone in the private sector who had another pay freeze for the third or fourth year running.

[Ross1988]

I know there revolting, they eat frogs legs and horse meat.

Disgusting.