[pau1f0rd]

These young people in France really believe that they should be able to be hired at their tender ages and that a company must not be allowed to fire them from their first day at work

What a leap - from 2 years to 1 day! When the truth is so powerful, why does the author need to lie?

The country that supported the USA most in Iraq was the UK, which had a socialist government. How does that fit into his theory?

[agere_contra]

a company must not be allowed to fire them from their first day at work

This means "as soon as they start work they cannot be fired", not "their first day at work is the decision period". The author used a rather ambiguous form.

As for the UK: it is certainly less socialist than the basketcases of western europe. Plus it has a military tradition which makes a real difference. But taxes keep going inexorably up and up to feed the giant moloch of the NHS, so it doesn't look good. Hopefully the dreadful example of France will stop that twat Gordon Brown from tanking the country.