tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post4096090411302615242..comments2023-08-11T09:56:34.039+01:00Comments on timrollpickering: French photographersTim Roll-Pickeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post-25445541724790046192007-05-07T23:26:00.000+01:002007-05-07T23:26:00.000+01:00I suppose it's the way the photographes were so de...I suppose it's the way the photographes were so determined, jostling to get shots, riding alongside - there was even a journalist trying to conduct an interview at 50 kmph! Whilst Sarkozy is a legitimate target, the determination of the photographers did remind me of the stories of that night in Paries ten years ago (on what was also a Bank Holiday weekend).Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post-66584330956285331762007-05-07T22:42:00.000+01:002007-05-07T22:42:00.000+01:00The Diana comparison didn't cross my mind. What di...The Diana comparison didn't cross my mind. What did suprise me though was the seeming complete absence of security protection for the President-Elect; it would be very different in the US. Also the veyr ordinary car he was being driven in. I applaud his supporters'/friends' choice of Fouquet's to celebrate though, I often had coffee and meals there when I lived in Paris. Perhaps it is just a reflecion that France is, generally speaking and despite the culture of civil unrest, a pretty civilised place.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post-33516189373775325222007-05-07T03:07:00.000+01:002007-05-07T03:07:00.000+01:00I'm current watching the coverage of the riots.I'm current watching the coverage of the riots.Manfaranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16672026288937285646noreply@blogger.com