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Editor of The Local France, co-host of Talking France podcast. Paris resident, Yorkshire born, Castres Olympique 🏉 fan - [email protected]
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love it! 😂
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Fascinating! Thank you, language geekery and swearing- what a perfect way to start the day 😁
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Sure! If you email [email protected] our lovely support team will help you out
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Fingers crossed for you 🤞
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And if you enjoy hearing about dodgy politicians getting their comeuppance, check out the new Talking France episode
pod.fo/e/2e7f41
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That's certainly how I see it - obviously it's not great that people break the rules but it shows that France is willing to tackle corruption among the powerful (albeit slowly), and some of the convictions are for things that aren't even crimes in some countries
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It's been quite a week for dodgy Frenchies - Fillon sentenced, Nicolas Sarkozy stripped of his Légion d'honneur and (week before) Marine Le Pen losing the latest round of her legal battle to get her ban on holding political office suspended
www.thelocal.fr/20250604/mar...
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Just 3 hours? That's the short version!
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Never look a gift rosé in the mouth 🥂
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I find strike days are particularly good for learning new phrases!
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But I do truly enjoy listening to someone exercise the creativity and elegance of French swearing
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C'est la vasque!
www.franceinfo.fr/les-jeux-oly...
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I was distracted by you threatening to take away my British citizenship!
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More details on that personhood bid