May 07 2007
THE LEFT IN FRANCE DON’T LIKE DEMOCRACY
We had scarcely learned that the centre right had won the Presidency of France than we heard??his opponents??were rioting on the streets in some districts.
The President elect was just making a speech saying he wished to govern for all the people of France, and that he understood the need to unify the country.
In a democracy you have to accept defeat with a good grace, and seek to mobilise public opinion through democratic means to change the things you do not like. That’s what Conservatives have been doing for the last ten years here in the UK.
John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
Now, now, you aren’t being fair. The left are highly in favour of democracy.
Of course, to protect people from injured feelings and racism, we have to ban certain parties.
Like for example the BNP (nazis), UKIP (nationalist), Conservatives (name too long won’t fit on the new ballot paper), Liberal Democracts (silly name not taking politics seriously)
You have a free vote of all the remaining party however.
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There were two redundant words in the title: “in France”. Political violence was seen here during the last Conservative governments, at Wapping, vvarious mines and during the Poll Tax demonstrations. Violence is also a feature of the anti-globalisation protests.
The left doesn’t like democracy, and is the home of political violence.
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Having watched parts of BBC Parliament’s re-run of the 1997 election night today, it was pleasing (if depressing) to see just how gracefully and dignifiedly the Tories took defeat that night.
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