In Conjunction with the cartoon ‘Si Vous Avez le ‘Bling-Bling…’

Several weeks ago, I enjoyed lunch at a Chelsea brasserie with an acquaintance, accompanied by his Parisian boyfriend. Eventually, the topic of discussion drifted to contemporary French politics, and I asked the boyfriend, Phillipe, what he thought of the Sarkozy presidency.
Phillipe quickly responded in English, thankfully, because my spoken French is ghastly embarrassing, that [...]