Tag Archives: Palais de Chaillot

Diary Blog, 28 July 2024

[painting by Volegov]

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How much of all that, though, has been caused or made far worse by the invasion of the UK by “migrants” (migrant-invaders)? An invasion which, by the way, has been fully supported and encouraged by Jewish-lobby puppet Yvette Cooper.

Her predecessors as Home Secretary were no better, as seen below— weird Israel fanatic Sajid Javid:

I was last at Sacre Coeur about 30 years ago. Despite it being only a 19thC building (completed in the 20thC— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur,_Paris), for me it has or had a unique atmosphere, and one not experienced (by me, at least) at the much more ancient (12th-13thC) Notre-Dame de Paris [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris].

That atmosphere may be due to the fact that a Roman Catholic mass is perpetually celebrated at Sacre-Coeur: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur,_Paris#Role_in_Catholicism.

[Sacre-Coeur]
[View of Paris from the Basilica of Sacre Coeur]
[Notre-Dame de Paris]

Living conditions in 1940s Paris were certainly austere at times, at least for some, but life went on, e.g. under German military occupation:

[Paris in 1941: an unarmed Wehrmacht soldier relaxedly chats with a stylish Parisienne on the terrace by the Trocadero Gardens, beneath the Palais de Chaillot, and across the river from the Champ de Mars and Eiffel Tower]
[Palais de Chaillot and Jardins du Trocadero, Paris 16-ieme]

In 1970, and 1971, Paris was distinctively not only French but also specifically Parisian. By the 1980s, and especially 1990s, I noticed that it had become less so, more a “convergence” Euro-metropolis. Now? God knows. From what I hear and read, a multikulti nightmare, at least in part and in parts.

Quelle surprise…

Regular readers will know that I have blogged recently about the fact that Starmer-Labour has no real mandate. The electoral system of the UK has been broken beyond easy repair.

At GE 2024, out of every 20 people eligible to vote, and in very rough terms, 8 did not vote at all, 4 voted Labour, 3 voted Conservative, 2 voted Reform UK, 2 voted LibDem, and 1 voted Green.

That is Starmer’s and Labour’s mandate— 4 out of 20. For pedants, arguably, 4 out of 12. Not much of a mandate either way.

Talking point

[Ella Baron/Guardian]

I would not waste my time in any case.

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