Why are British Conservatives so Hostile to France?

Why are British patriots so rude and dismissive about France? It has been fascinating to watch the sour, grudging reaction to one of the few sensible things done by any British government ��� the deepening of co-operation with Paris, to slow down people-smuggling across the Channel.

It is in fact already working. Anglo-French joint efforts prevented more than 23,000 crossings in 2021 and have stopped over 30,000 this year. Not enough, you rightly say, but could it also be that we have not done ...