King Charles III Has Postponed His State Visit To France. Is He Afraid of The Guillotine?
The French resistance and its consequences for the wider world.
A few months ago, I published an article that the French public had given the Brits a masterclass on how to bring a nation to its knees.
Back when I wrote it, I was half facetious and half serious.
But things have escalated extraordinarily since then with our neighbours across the channel.
The anger and fire on the streets of Paris, Bordeaux and other parts of the country are showing no signs of abating and the police have been working overtime with very little success. In some cases, we have seen policemen, firemen and other public sector workers downing their tools to support the protesters.
The French people are profoundly determined to have their way and get their political leadership to backpedal on its decision to raise retirement age from 62 to 64 but the government is standing firm.
The ferocity of the anti-reforms movement is a bit reminiscent of the protests of the late 1960s, when les peuple Francaise took to the streets and brought the government of the day to its knees, which led to Charles de Gaulle coming out of retirement to end the fourth Republic and create a new constitution, which…