François Fillon was renamed Prime Minister of France yesterday in time for today’s reshuffle. Details will trickle in over the course of the day but the early announcements are showing that the government is taking a right turn. What it all shows is that Sarkozy is trying to appeal to his base. He’s in a [...]
I have been working for our French colleagues in the Parti Socialiste for 6 months now, and though I don’t know what a Jedward is, I have been able to experience ‘continental democracy’. The debate about electoral reform in Britain has always been “PR or not to PR”, with the third way of AV or [...]
French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand was fighting to keep his job last night, having been ensnared by a scandal of his own making. The row began with his defence of famous film director Roman Polanski, (arrested with charges of paedophilia) where he said that the affair was “absolutely horrifying” before launching an attack on the [...]
While covering up unfortunate remarks made by his colleagues, David Cameron told us again that he wants to reduce the number of MPs. The logic is, on the face of it, that fewer MPs will claim fewer expenses. It true in absolute figures, less so in proportion. Members of Parliament are quite unpopular at the [...]
