tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post7101803381124347173..comments2024-02-15T17:04:14.226+01:00Comments on Jane Is The One: Valerie Trierweilerjanestheonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-71577941592994280652015-01-10T11:33:52.514+01:002015-01-10T11:33:52.514+01:00Valerie is an inspiration to me. I too have read h...Valerie is an inspiration to me. I too have read her brilliant book. Yes, it expresses her pain, her humiliation at being so cruelly dumped in public - but also casually denigrated in private. Why, Hollande asked, did she think she ought to be attending such and such a function? How long did it take her to look so beautiful? Well, he supposed, she had nothing else to do. Valerie was and is an extremely talented political journalist who has brought credit to a profession not always notable for its dignity, honesty and grace. The Guardian reviewer is a case of the nefarious trashing of people who, like Valerie, ,put their heads above the parapet and are not inherently part of the pre-decided-pre-agreed political 'elite' - in this country as in France - and who are invariably, incompetent, unappealing and simply not up to the job. I say no more, but there are so very many parallels in the United Kingdom Labour Opposition party. Above all, the memoir that Valerie has written is incisive, shrewd and knowledgeable. An extremely unpopular President should have recognised her as the asset she was. No matter - she is on song now and long may she remain so. I hope that she soars. Who knows, when Hollande has sunk into political obscurity and Segolene Roayle is but a name wreathed in the mists of time, enlightened personnel in Le Partie Socialiste may decide that it is time for a woman to be President of France - and who better than the people's Valerie - who knows more about 'the people' than Hollande and his crew will do in the course of a lifetime. Long may she soar. Long indeed, may she reign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-50135017338433806302015-01-09T17:54:08.317+01:002015-01-09T17:54:08.317+01:00although I don't like being mean about the Fre...although I don't like being mean about the French establishment today of all days. Big up the French security forces.janestheonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.com