Andrew Neil – 'I don't see how Macron recovers from this' | SpectatorTV

The first round of Macron’s snap election gamble has put Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party in pole position for a majority in France’s lower house. With the second round of voting still to come, can Emmanuel Macron come back from this? And with Jean-Luc Melenchon coming second, what kind of picture does it paint for the future of politics in France? Spectator Chairman Andrew Neil and journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet speak to Freddy Gray.

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[curryscott]

What a ridiculous thing to say that there is “no good outcome for France”. Le Pen winning and getting rid of Macron would be incredible!!!!

[markyboybify]

Populist is just a word Neil likes to use for the working class.

[bacburrito]

Describing the current Tory party under Sunak as right wing is laughable.

[sn]

"It's time to punish the unvaccinated" - Andrew Neil

Never forgive. Never forget.

[BuddysSeeds]

We need Reform in the UK.
Vote Reform Uk this coming Thursday

[DarthQueefious]

Describing the Conservative Party as "the right" is laughable.

[Brookspirit]

There was a lot of fearmongering over Georgia Meloni, how did that work out?

[michaelfoley]

Hopefully Marine Le Pen will make big head way in the elections

[Willopo]

france is simply protecting borders. markets will love it.

[kalanos]

The managerial class are being given a bloody nose, and they're being reminded that power lies with the people.

Whether they listen, or double down on their insanity, remains to be seen.

[rmnair]

@11:04. "All the major cities are labor ..."
Were they not so for the past 200 years? The factories came up in towns and cities. Any villages they came up in did not remain villages. That's what the Industrial Revolution did. The communist manifesto was not meant for an agrarian economy. Not much labor in the countryside to pay for labor unions .

[robbie_]

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet is rather good isn't she.

[RichardEnglander]

😂😂😂 the Centrist Global Uniparty Hegemony is smashed 😂😂😂

[philiper]

netzero, high immigration are not center positions...they're far left. The center have gone far left. They can bugger off as far as I'm concerned

[Eric_]

God Save the King and let’s f’ing go Nigel!!! 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

[julianchase]

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet is wonderful… lifts my heart :)

[davidharrington]

Labour will have only one disastrous term in the UK

[okoremarcellinus]

Absolutely fantastic news... VOTE REFORM

[JD-Media]

His gamble made 0 sense to begin with, there was no evidence they would win.

[livenoob]

How you can possibly blame this on America instead of the Islamic influence, or the French is wild. Ya know what. You get what you deserve for not calling it what it is.