19/11/2006 8:54:35 pm
Casino Royal. Apparently, Ségolène Royal won the primaries to be the candidate for President from the Socialist Party in France. Clearly, there is a strong desire for something new and unconventional, yet electable, in French politics. In terms of ideology and policy, many have said that she has been a moderniser who has abandoned traditional leftist ideas. Well, I have noticed th opposite too, for example when she said that capitalists (owners of companies) should be "frightened" and in her views about globalisation. I guess the next few months will reveal more, but I think few know more than I do for now. And that is not too much. This nomination is, in its uncertainty on policy, a bit of a gambling.