Where would Telegraph readers rather live - socialist France or coalition Britain?
City AM’s Allister Heath is just the latest person to hit out at the French socialist government of Francois Hollande.
The bad news is coming thick and fast for our Gallic neighbours. The country is back in recession, unemployment is rising and, as a consequence, President Hollande’s poll numbers are at rock bottom.
This Heath blames on the country’s “overbearing state, horrendously high tax levels, insane regulations, absurd levels of inefficient public spending and generalised hatred of commerce, capitalism, success and hard work”.
“France’s socialist experiment is turning into a tragedy,” he adds.
It appears that Hollande has taken messages of this sort to heart, for he is promising supply-side economic reforms which have been branded a “betrayal” by the French Communist Party, among others.
It is perhaps predictable that the right should gloat at the failure of Hollande’s socialist party to kick-start the economy. But is France really as bad as City AM says it is?
Let’s ask readers of the Telegraph, shall we? Where would they rather live – socialist France or coalition Britain?
Will the last person to leave France please turn out the lights. Oh but wait. What’s this?
Dear French men and women, if you should happen to catch any Telegraph readers washing up on your handsome shores, please be sure to send them stright back. We wouldn’t want them leeching off your country’s generous (socialist) welfare state, after all.
10 Responses to “Telegraph readers would rather live in socialist France than in the UK”
subtleknife
France is “GAELIC”??? How illiterate is that???
guidofawkes
Gallic.
uglyfatbloke
Dear French people…if you find tories washing up on your shores please don’t send them back…we’ve got more than enough of them already.
swatnan
garlic?
Apparently his poll rating has gone up with revalations of his sordid affairs.
Monsewer Normale was just a socialist in wolf’s clothing. An absolute disgrace.
swatnan
In Britain, he would have had to resign, but on the Continent the Press allow them to carry on. In Britain the Press would not allow that First Lady, not even married, to continue sponging off the State. Both would have been kicked out of the Party, and fresh elections called.