timoconnorbl.bsky.social

18 October 2026 19:10

The correct answer, btw, is more or less: “Go ahead, try it, crash your economy even worse for the midterms, tell us how your congressional hearing goes after.”

Pascal Jacquemain

jacquep.bsky.social

18 October 2026 19:09

Under pressure, Emmanuel Macron addressed the French at 20:00. The head of state promised that the executive would be "intractable" against the rioters, adding that Prefects would "take the necessary decisions" to protect cities, going so far as to "ban" if necessary "certain gatherings."

Pascal Jacquemain

jacquep.bsky.social

18 October 2026 19:09

Yesterday's protests: Emmanuel Macron expresses "his shame" after the violence, assures that "those who destroyed must pay" and that the government will respond to the "legitimate demands" of the protesters

Chris Grey

chrisgrey.bsky.social

18 October 2026 19:02

I don't see any credit to Farage in this at all. He just shrugs the issue off as either 'academic' or as something 'personal' (to Braverman). But he knows full well that it's a very live issue within his circles. So his response shows moral cowardice and a total absence of leadership.