The word on the streets

To be democratic, really democratic, listen to the people not the ""elected"" politicians. It's not a complicated thought at all - sorry. Here is Xavier on the streets of Paris during the demo against the attack on French working conditions, June 17

"The left is not acting to bring down the government either; it’s taking a soft line to get people behind it. The attacks we’re suffering in France are international. In general the world is in a bad way, but the more things are bad the more some people are doing fine. Sarkozy’s policies are international, we need an international struggle.”

Even allowing for translational ambiguities, this is crystal and spot on. As for the politicians, see what fuckAshdown is vomiting up (below).