Marine Le Pen has come out with the best political line of the year

It was the best line of the night. The best line of the campaign, in fact. It might even prove to be the best political line of the year, though it’s unlikely to be acknowledged as such, because of who uttered it. It was Marine Le Pen. Fixing Emmanuel Macron in a surprisingly friendly glare during last night’s televised debate, the last one before the ballot boxes open in Sunday’s presidential election, she said the following: 

‘France will be led by a woman – it will be either me or Mrs Merkel.’

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Wow. And also: ouch. It’s the definition of a killer line. It had it all. It instantly emasculated her opponent, who was already looking even more boyish than normal (too much make-up, Emmanuel!). He’s the plaything of a powerful, foreign woman, Merkel’s obedient pup, Le Pen was suggesting.