Though Napoleon Bonaparte, Ho
ratio Nelson and the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar are long-ago history, France and the United Kingdom are apparently still doing battle. In fact, Boris Johnson's likely successor as UK prime minister and assorted French politicos have recently been exchanging shots.
David A. Andelman David A. Andelman While Russia is launching accelerating salvos at neighboring Ukraine, even threatening nuclear Armageddon, it seems the UK and France -- both NATO members -- have somehow still not managed to patch things up.
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who is in the middle of a bitter intra-party battle against Rishi Sunak for leadership of the ruling Conservative party, was recently asked whether French President Emmanuel Macron is "friend or foe?" Her response, offered to applause from her clearly partisan audience, was simple and direct. "The jury's out.
" Then she continued, in a hardly more conciliatory fashion, "But if I become Prime Minister, I'll judge him on deeds not words."
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