News Round-Up
23 October 2024
by Will Jones
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22 October 2024
by Will Jones
In a post-election misery fest, the talking points are the injustice of Labour winning with just 20% of the vote, the even-more-outrageous French election result and Noel Gallagher's glorious anti-Glasto rant.
France has been so distracted by keeping out the "far Right" that it failed to see it was letting in a far Left that poses a real threat to the French economy and the survival of the eurozone, says Matthew Lynn.
Here's something the BBC won't tell you: Marine Le Pen's National Rally was the only party to increase its vote share in the second round of the French election, says Nick Rendell.
Le Pen's National Rally won the popular vote in the French election with 37% – higher than the 34% that gave Keir Starmer his UK landslide. But the party came third thanks to being shunned by the Right-wing Republicans.
Hard left activists and their Islamist allies rioted in France's major cities last night following the surprise victory of the New Popular Front – a coalition of far Left activists and Islamists – in yesterday's election.
In the latest episode of the Weekly Sceptic, the talking points are whether the Tories really are facing wipe out, Channel 4's dodgy exposé of Reform and Macron's humiliation.
Marine Le Pen's Right-wing National Rally party has taken a commanding lead in the first round of France's parliamentary elections, bringing it closer to the gates of power than ever before.
Rishi Sunak called for a change in global refugee laws in Rome last week. Or did he, asks Alp Mehmet – the message was not repeated in any official communications and there is a notable lack of concrete action.
In this week's London Calling, the talking points are Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, Boris's uncertain future and whether Marine Le Pen's 42% of the vote means France is more racist than Britain.
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