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Marine Le Pen: Lessons for the Anglosphere

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In 2013, Marine Le Pen made an appearance at England’s Cambridge Union Society. Although in the lion’s den (mostly left-leaning, elite British university students are hardly her demographic), she gave a passionate defence of the Front National (FN) platform and its vision for France in the 21st century. Rather than focusing on her reception, I want to talk about some interesting distinctions between the French and the Anglosphere Right which become evident in her speech. The Anglosphere – English-speaking populations with a British cultural and political heritage – often tends to be less aware of these distinctions than our European […]