Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law.

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Some eye-poppingly bad views on the Le Pen judgment kicking about this morning. Call me old fashioned but if I didn’t want to be declared unfit for public office I just wouldn’t criminally abuse public money on an industrial scale.

Right, having hopefully started everyone's day heading into a rabbit hole of classic Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister clips, I can finally get on with my work after several days of doing the same...

If you can take it, watch Party Games and then A Diplomatic Incident. Enjoy...