Lapalissades, language errors and auditory hallucinations

One of the usual winners was Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a former Prime Minister whose salvos fell into a different category: the raffarinades. His phrases range from hackneyed-“The road is straight but the grade is steep”-to the strangely bizarre: “ Winning ‘yes’ requires ‘no’ to victory against ‘no’! », Stated in English during the European referendum debate. One of the specialties of Mr. Raffarin is the obvious, or facts, like “Young people are destined to become adults”. These photographs ...