"The next president of France will be a brilliant product of that country’s elite....."

"Savour those drops of champagne while you can, because you’ve already drained the glass"

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Good lord, after reading the opening paragraphs, I found the sudden urge to vote for the repugnant Le Pen myself. If the rising trend is "populism", then the status quo is "snobbism" if this writer is any example.