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I'm cackling behind my desk here as I imagine some British bureaucrats gleefully hopping in their chairs as they drink tea with their pinkies up, round spectabled, shouting "well done chaps" to each other.

It's just like Old Times.

Edit: To all the downvote. The line which OP used and my reply are reference to Yes Minister.

Well spotted. I can see Humphrey's smile already.

Just like the times before World Wars.

But isn't France our allies?

> But isn't France our allies?

Geopolitics isn't a simple binary alignment of fully-aligned teams.

Is France our ally? Yes. Is France our rival for arms sales, especially to our other allies? Also, yes.

Just trying to echo Mr. Hacker