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Protestor dumps lorryload of manure on French parliament building


  • The proverbial hit the Élysée Palace earlier this month — with allegations that French president François Hollande had an affair with an actress.

    And now several tonnes of horse manure have been dumped outside the nation’s parliament in Paris.

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    “Out with Hollande and the entire political class!” read a slogan on the side of the man’s truck.

    The perpetrator, it seems, was not the wronged first lady, Valerie “Rottweiler” Trierweiler, but a disgruntled horse breeder.

    Security staff said his pungent protest was against a VAT hike of 7-20% for riding clubs.

    Monsieur Hollande — who’s been accused of running the country’s economy into the ground — has the lowest popularity ratings of any modern-day French leader. Merde!

     

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