The French Strikes

The manner in which the UK media patronise the French never ceases to surprise me.

OK, so the people have taken to the streets to protest against the polics of Nicholas Sarkozy.

But the media have latched onto the President's "worrying out loud" and the fondness of the French for the upheaval.

"The French guillotined the king," said NS before adding "a symbollic measure is enough to make the country turn upside down."