TonyB wrote: Sarkosi and his wife both play away. and his party loses an election last weekend.

Says who - the Sun? I think that's a bit of a funny syllogism.
Oh well,maybe they do play away, I don't know, but most people in France wouldn't think that's a reasonable argument for putting someone in power, or empeaching them for that matter.
It's the second time the regions swing left, still, the majority of people elected Sarkozi president,knowing full well he was divorced and remarried. Who cares. He also has the majority "in the house", again,representatives who were elected by the people.
In my opinion, people back home think the left does quite well at local level, but can't be that bothered anyway since only 40% of them decided to turn up on election day. Nationaly though, our labour has no program to speak of. Anyways, I digress
Still, I don't think Sarkozi is shooting guns in l'Elysee, bloody expensive stuff in there.
In summary, and back on topic : in France, shooting something you don't intend to eat = bad.
