Macron lost in Calais: the great irony of the French election

The first statistics from the French election are in.

Have a look at the following map, which shows how well the mass immigration candidate (Emmanuel Macron, light purple) and anti-immigration candidate (Marine Le Pen, dark blue) performed across France:


Now let's find a little place called 'Calais, which lies in the middle of the patch that voted for the anti-immigration candidate (Le Pen):


Calais, France


Calais has been in the news for quite some time now. It is the site of the now-deconstructed, immigrant-dominated shanty town.

So now we know: the mass immigration candidate won everywhere across France - except the place dealing with mass immigration the most.

What does that tell us?

It tells us that French people do not want mass immigration when they actually have to live surrounded by it. I sense that the next twenty years are going to be quite an eye-opening experience for the rest of France.