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Should we be a bit more like the French and revolt?

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sodapop Mon 29-Jan-24 19:17:13

Try living here whilst this is going on.Some roads closed for a week now, tarmac damaged by burning tyres, friends can't get to hospitals to visit sick relatives and so it goes on. One of our neighbours was in tears today because she can't find an alternative route to visit her husband in residential care. The point has been made now and the public are losing sympathy.

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Joseann Mon 29-Jan-24 19:16:45

*many not nany

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Joseann Mon 29-Jan-24 19:16:01
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I've had this conservation with French friends for nany years. They tease me that the British are too phlegmatic and cool by nature. One friend sent me a photo this week ..... French farmers certainly know how to go into battle!

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GrannyGravy13 Mon 29-Jan-24 19:15:53

They are protesting about the death of a farmer and his child on another protest last week and EU regulations amongst other things.

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JaneJudge Mon 29-Jan-24 19:11:08

I think too many people in the UK are apathetic

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Dinahmo Mon 29-Jan-24 19:05:12

En route to Bergerac from Perigueux today we passed a long file of tractors - more than 100 - heading north with police motor cyclists escorting them . Also several vans and lorries with placards. I think that they were headed towards Rungis in the southern suburbs of Paris. On roundabouts and roads leading to autoroutes there are piles of old tyres and other rubbish, presumably waiting for the next blockade to take place. There were some police standing around but no sign of any action.

Apparently French govts are scared by the masses because of the possibility of another revolution.

Our govts aren't scared of us but has the time come when they should be?

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