> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1544115,00.html
> What we can teach the French ... > The French left could deliver a distinctive programme humanising capitalism > if it ever won power, just as the British left arguably has The Poodle's Turd Way is "a distinctive programme humanising capitalism" ?? Rather he's capitalising humanism... > The grandeur of the Elysee Palace depicted in the film has only the > faintest of echoes in Downing Street, and any British Prime Minister > speaking so slowly in public or attempting such Olympian phraseology > would be mocked for ridiculous self-importance. > > For the French the President is the personification of the nation - and > slow speech demonstrates appropriate gravitas. Hutton is comparing orange with apple -- head of state with PM. Mitterrand was head of state, not PM. The British head of state is the Queen, which is allowed to speak slowly and for many Brits is the personification of the nation... Perhaps Hutton's confusion is deliberate, so he can omit that the leftist Président had to cohabitate with right-wing PMs ? Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
