France Elections. I am an immigrant

Yes, not straightforward as the alliance is new, with differing views. From a UK POV however probably better to work with.

I dont thinking that its that simple. The far left leader is as eurosceptic as le pen and is calling for Macron to resign. May be performance politics but this isnt straightforward.

Wyllow3

Dinahmo

Excellent news about the French result.

Fantastic news, live on I player atm

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck7gydwgvy8t

Basically the far right has been kept out by a first ever coalition between the left and centrist right.

thousands of people flood Paris

I am hoping that the same would happen in the U.K. if ever Farage became a threat to our way of life.

Can we not share our views without resorting to personal insults, we are all grown ups

Goodness! What a picture.

Thank goodness.

Goodness that’s an amazing picture - the power of the people.

Dinahmo

Excellent news about the French result.

Fantastic news, live on I player atm

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck7gydwgvy8t

Basically the far right has been kept out by a first ever coalition between the left and centrist right.

thousands of people flood Paris

Joseann

At least you had the advantage of speaking French, pascal30, if I assume correctly. It's ridiculous how many Brits go to live in France but can't be bothered to master the language.

Ditto Spain!

Dinahmo

Freya I was surprised, having lived in or close to Brixton not to see any coloured faces. I remember when we lived in Brixton an old friend and her young daughter came to stay for a few days. They lived on the coast in Pembrokeshire and I met them at the railway station to accompany theme on the tube. There were several black people heading south and the little girl just stared. She had never before seen a person of colour in her life.

Well thank goodness things are different now. We are an ethnic mix and the richer for it!

zakouma66

Indeed a majority white country. A minority racist country too, at the moment.

Vive La France Liberté, égalité, fraternité

👏👏👏👏

Excellent news about the French result.

Freya I was surprised, having lived in or close to Brixton not to see any coloured faces. I remember when we lived in Brixton an old friend and her young daughter came to stay for a few days. They lived on the coast in Pembrokeshire and I met them at the railway station to accompany theme on the tube. There were several black people heading south and the little girl just stared. She had never before seen a person of colour in her life.

zakouma66

Freya, you never let a chance go by do you to spread your poison?

Disgraceful.

A family near me has just been savagely attacked , hate crime.

I have reported you. I have nothing to do with the attack on those poor people. You are a hate monger, have been warnd about you by other GN
All I spoke was the truth.
Hateful person.

Joseann

At least you had the advantage of speaking French, pascal30, if I assume correctly. It's ridiculous how many Brits go to live in France but can't be bothered to master the language.

It's not a question of can't be bothered, rather than a question of where we live.

Many Brits, including myself and DH live in the countryside. our nearest neighbours are 100 plus metres away. Out of the 7 houses around us, 3 of them are holiday homes. Two are occupied by elderly people and the other two by people out at work all day. In a rural area like ours the elderly often don't want to mix with incomers tend to socialise with their families.

If you live in a town or village you would have immediate neighbours whom you would probably see most days which make it easier to just pass the time of day. The English people that I know who are the best at speaking French live in the middle of our village or similar villages. All the French people that we do know are incomers.

If you move to a village in England the best way in which to get to know people is by having children in the local school and/or by going to church. When we lived in Suffolk we did neither of those things. We met people by my DH volunteering to build sets for the local am dram group after having been to their annual performance not long after we moved in.

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A cause for celebration in France tonight!

MaizieD

Freya5

Dinahmo

There is a large divide between those living in cities or large towns and those living in the countryside. When we moved to rural Suffolk we only ever saw white faces whereas in Ipswich there are about 10 ethnic minorities living in and around the town.

In London in the 60s and 70s there was a wide range of food shops and restaurants of other nations which were enjoyed by everyone.

Why do you make " only ever saw white faces" sound like a resounding insult. We are a majority white country. If you went to rural Africa, as I did, you would only ever see black faces, as I would expect.

It doesn't sound like an insult at all. It sounds like a fact. At much the same period in NE Essex we very rarely saw anything but a white face, too.

It's the same in the part of the NE (Durham) where I live today.

All factual, no insults... You are too ready to be offended...

Not offended,just amazed that people seem to think it's wrong that you only see white faces, or are amazed by it.

Joseann

At least you had the advantage of speaking French, pascal30, if I assume correctly. It's ridiculous how many Brits go to live in France but can't be bothered to master the language.

Ridiculous how many people come to live here and never learn the language. Still we do provide interpreters at no cost to the immigrants, believe they have to pay for them in France.

I’m pleased with this result.

So glad the Media got it wrong. 3rd place for Marie Le Penn

Just back from counting and out of 214, 200 were for backing the President.

Good news

Indeed a majority white country. A minority racist country too, at the moment.

Vive La France Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Oh, also I'm pleased to hear the prediction for today's voting in France. 🤞

Freya5

Dinahmo

There is a large divide between those living in cities or large towns and those living in the countryside. When we moved to rural Suffolk we only ever saw white faces whereas in Ipswich there are about 10 ethnic minorities living in and around the town.

In London in the 60s and 70s there was a wide range of food shops and restaurants of other nations which were enjoyed by everyone.

Why do you make " only ever saw white faces" sound like a resounding insult. We are a majority white country. If you went to rural Africa, as I did, you would only ever see black faces, as I would expect.

It doesn't sound like an insult at all. It sounds like a fact. At much the same period in NE Essex we very rarely saw anything but a white face, too.

It's the same in the part of the NE (Durham) where I live today.

All factual, no insults... You are too ready to be offended...