Yet more suspicions of dubious dealings by Sarkozy

[NormanH]

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2014/09/04/la-nouvelle-affaire-qui-menace-nicolas-sarkozy_4481795_3224.html#xtor=AL-32280308

and

http://www.marianne.net/Comment-le-Qatar-s-est-offert-Nicolas-Sarkozy_a240982.html

and he might well be back in 2017!!http://www.marianne.net/Comment-le-Qatar-s-est-offert-Nicolas-Sarkozy_a240982.html

[woolybanana]

And one more Socialist minister bites the dust tonight as he resigns for income tax 'irregularities'.

Either French politicians are totally corrupt or British poiticians are getting away with a bit more than we know about.

Or French politicians need their bottoms smacking.

Or British politicians need some lessons in working the system.

Or a plague on all their houses.

Norman, I am sure you would vote Sarko if you could!

[Racerbear02]

The cynical part of me notes the fortuitous timing of the release of this information as being remarkably close to the launch of the book on Hollande, could it possibly be an attempt at misdirection?? surely not. [:D]

[NormanH]

Well even your favorites are having their little squabbles

What do I think of Farage? Well it now seems that he has replaced

democracy with his casting couch. Apparently if you fit the bill he will

slip you into the position of his choice. Now that Douglas Carswell is Nigel’s bitch, he will perpetually be picking up the political equivalent of prison soap. Trust me on that one.

[:P] [:D]  [:-))]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/04/nigel-farage-candidate-ukip-clacton-douglas-carswell

[woolybanana]

Sorry, Norman, my old luvvie, I am not a UKIP fan.

[NormanH]

Fulsome apologies. I will wash my orifices out with soap and water..

[mint]

[quote user="NormanH"]Fulsome apologies. I will wash my orifices out with soap and water..

[/quote]

Ugh, Norman, far too early in the day to talk about your orifices[:-))]

[NormanH]

OOps I think I meant orisons...[8-)]

[YCCMB]

I think it says as much about journalists and politicians in general as it does about Sarko or Hollande that they seriously believe the general public to be so gullible and suggestible that if they suddenly publish a story saying "OK, Hollande may be a numpty, but Sarko is even worse, look!" everyone's going to say "Oooh, yessss, well, in that case, we'll stick with the lovely Francois...."

It's the same the world over. If they'd concentrate on playing the ball and not the man, things might get somewhere.

[Clark Kent II]

[quote user="You can call me Betty"]It's the same the world over. If they'd concentrate on playing the ball and not the man, things might get somewhere.
[/quote]

Indeed.

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
 
Eleanor Roosevelt

[NormanH]

But there was no comparison between two people in this thread, and I reckon that these accusations about Sarkozy go beyond 'people'  (unlike the recent detestable book about Hollande) since they touch on 'ideas' or 'values' such as honesty, corruption or the idea that a foreign power can buy influence.