Monday, December 03, 2007
France vs. England
Apparently, they see the same things quite differently.
The Brits are known to be a bit stuffy, you know...
The Brits are known to be a bit stuffy, you know...
In the UK's Telegraph, Anne Elizabeth-Moutet reports from France:
"If it had been Britain, it would clearly have been an attempt to hide a politician's embarrassing matrimonial breakdown. Not in France. Media-savvy Sarko was using his high-profile divorce to deflect attention from the much more harmful consequences of an industrial dispute. That is a key difference between our two countries.
The truth is that while we voters here in France like a good gossip, we're about as likely to judge our leaders on personal transgressions as to expect them not to have affairs. It's when they don't have any that we worry."
