Marine Le Pen has no future so what next for the French right?

There have been few debates in recent political history as disastrous as the one that unfolded in May when Marine Le Pen faced Emmanuel Macron on live TV. This was the big chance for the leader of the National Front to demonstrate to her people she was presidential material four days before the second round of voting.

Boy, did Le Pen blow it. Snarly and sarky, she was the spitting image of her odious father. All Macron had to do was sit tight, correcting her when she got her facts wrong, and voilà, he won the second round by a landslide.

Since then Le Pen has rarely been seen and in her absence the far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has positioned himself as the symbol of resistance to all things Macron.

Le Pen finally re-emerged on Thursday evening, appearing on television to tell France that ‘we’re committed to a profound reform of the National Front’.