Anne Hidalgo well surrounded in Lille: it may be a detail for you – archyde

All smiles

Don’t believe the polls. Don’t be fooled by media silence. Do not listen to the scoffers and Parisian taxi drivers. Anne Hidalgo is doing well, very well. Last weekend, at the Grand Palais in Lille, on the occasion of an investiture convention that looked like a big meeting, the mayor of Paris was even radiant, surrounded by her friends from the Socialist Party and a crowd of militants pumped up. Let’s call it country air.

In the name of the Rose

Anne Hidalgo appeared on stage, a flower in her hand, a rose of course. The opportunity to remember that this year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the symbol. It was in 1971, during municipal elections in Paris that the rose was used for the first time by the PS. At the time, the flower had been chosen at the expense of two other avenues: a pretty carnation and a bouquet with a more aesthetic flower power which could have given rise to false hopes of victory.

Gray area

Last Saturday, in Lille, the entire Socialist Party was behind Anne Hidalgo. On stage, in the shadow of the candidate, we first noticed Olivier Faure, his discreet smile, his worried look and his graying temples. A few months away from a presidential election very badly started, it should be remembered that a theory affirms that the temples, whose name is derived from the Latin word tempus, are the parts of the body which bear witness to the passing of time the most? Useless, no doubt.

Political color

In the process, a yellow Perfecto, located not far from Olivier Faure, jumped out at us, and reminded us that this leather jacket has come a long way. Invented in 1928 by Irving Schott at the request of a Long Island motorcycle dealer, eager to provide his customers with a jacket that could protect them in the event of a fall in a Harley-Davidson, it is today the preferred jacket of women. politicians wishing to display a young and dynamic air. Like what.

British touch

Finally, at the end of this socialist overview, it is Bernard Cazeneuve that we experience. That day, the former prime minister wore a shirt-jacket (the English, smart kids, sometimes say shacket, contraction of words shirt and jacket) cut from wool with a window tile pattern (windowpane, in English). A rare jacket, which will undoubtedly not contribute to rejuvenate the image of the party but for which we are happy to vote. Sorry, dear Anne, for breaking the mood in this way.