Lesson for Cameron from Sarkozy defeat

[Gromit]

France has rejected a Conservative Austerity Government. A weak economy and rising unemployment just like here has been ditched by the French people. A desperate lurch to court the far right failed miserably.

Many are urging Cameron down the same path. That can only lead to failure. The British Coalition Government has to listen and not resign a generation of young people to long unemployment. The Coalition must go for growth and not let us wallow in a double dip recession.

Can Cameron Survive? Will the Coalition run the full term? Will they learn the lessons from France?

[DTCwordfan]

jno - I have heard that before, your com- have you forgotten that the FN gained its biggest-ever first-round vote last monthment //

I do not think that this is true - 2002 Marie Le Pen outstripped the left wing candidate in the first round and went up against Jacques Chirac - a Chirac massacre as the left bound in behind him to avoid a FN presidency.

[jno]

DT, I think the statistic refers to the share of the first-round vote. Le Pen pere won 4.8m votes or 16.86% (a bit more than Jospin); Le Pen fille won 6.4m or 17.90%.