Day 1,826: wallop, loopily

That is three years earlier than he needed to and just three weeks after the hard-right opposition National Rally of Marine Le Pen walloped him at the European elections, normally seen as only a protest vote. Remarkably, his move has also united the fractious left-wing opposition, which runs from the traditional Socialist centre-left to the loopily radical Unsubmissive France party, led by a former Trotskyist.

Macron has done well by France. But he risks throwing it all away

Artwork of the day 
Manhattan Bridge Loop
Edward Hopper
Date: 1928
Style: Social Realism
Genre: cityscape

Word of the day 
wallop: to hit someone hard, especially with the flat part of the hand or with something held in the hand:
loopily: in a strange, unusual, or silly way:

Quote of the day
“Apparently the complete works of Shakespeare packed quite a wallop. To think, my mother said I'd never find use for an English degree. Ha! I'd like to see her knock someone silly with an apron and a cookie press.”

― Rachel Vincent, Stray