French Socialists at war

Evil g brings good news from France: the socialist party is in disarray.  

Lille Mayor Martine Aubry, the former Minister who masterminded the legendary 35-hour week, won 42 votes more than her bitter rival, 2007 Presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, in the Socialist Party leadership battle.  

Royal, whose allies claim her rival cheated, won 49.98% of the 134,784 votes cast, and is now demanding another ballot.  

According to Julien Dray, an MP and Royal backer, “The only possible solution is another vote.” Manuel Valls, another MP and one of Ms Royal's top lieutenants, claimed there was fraud, and called for the membership to "rebel."

The Socialist Party has not won a Presidential election since 1988.  

The café where French socialists come to bicker after doing their 35 hours of work

Labour feminists continue war on men

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today announced plans to criminalise men paying for sex with "a person controlled for another person's gain". She has not yet announced any plans to help those women trapped in prostitution, or alternatively to criminalise the whole industry.

It seems the entire raison d'etre of many of Labour's female ministers is their war on men. Harriet Harman, Jacqui Smith, and Vera Baird seem to live in a parallel universe, unaware of womens liberation, and unaware of the fact that the vast majority of law students and medical students are female.

Perhaps the chips on their shoulders are due to the sexism in the Labour Party, in stark contrast to the Conservatives, who had a female Prime Minister for 11 years.

The picture below of Solicitor General Vera Baird has not been doctored in any way. She really is this pretty.