The French are revolting.

[Mottie]

Bordeaux town hall set on fire in France pension protests

Fire engulfs the building's front as violence flares in several cities during pension reform protests.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Brigadier]

Scoundrels

 

[transam]

Scoundrels

Exactly

 

[fillyboy]

Bloodshed, violence, arrests and civil unrest on an unprecedented scale.

Sunlit uplands.

 

[securespark]

I tell you what, at least they have kahunas.

We Brits just roll over and take it up the R's.

Our Govt has continually moved the goalposts around retirement. Next, it'll be 70.

We're getting shafted.

 

[ellal]

I tell you what, at least they have kahunas.

We Brits just roll over and take it up the R's.

At least the French do something when their version of democracy is subverted...

In the UK 'democracy' no longer exists, and the right to protest will soon be no more...

But most of the dumbed down population just give that a Gallic shrug

 

[Justin Passing]

Well he said in his election campaign that he'd unite France.
And that he's done.

In addition to raising the retirement age, the proposal from Macron would require workers to wait until age 67 for their pension if they have worked for fewer than 43 years. Since the 1970s, the average retirement age in France has slowly declined, against the trend in other countries. Serves 'em right.

 

[securespark]

Ell, have you been on the sauce tonight?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Ell, have you been on the sauce tonight?

In this case 'jus'.

 

[Brigadier]

We Brits just roll over and whinge about it on social media

Corrected for ya, Secure

 

[securespark]

I'm sure the French did too. Then they went out and protested.

 

[Brigadier]

I'm sure the French did too. Then they went out and protested.

Zut alors

 

[securespark]

Sacre bleu!

 

[Fred Blogs]

That's the way to do it.

 

[blup]

French police much more violent than ours, but even they are being overwhelmed.

Is it really a fundamental democratic right to get your state pension at 62?

Is this what the french revoltuion was about?

Blup