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France, not Britain, is the real angry and divided nation

23 December 2019

8:00 PM

23 December 2019

8:00 PM

Remember when Boris Johnson met Emmanuel Macron for the first time as Prime Minister? It was in August and, as the Guardian made clear to its readers, it was the French president calling the shots. The newspaper illustrated its point with a photograph of the two leaders at their lecterns, the French president looking statesmanlike and the British Prime Minister with a hand clasped to his head.

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron on the Guardian website

How different the fortunes of the leaders are four months on.

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