Bonkers Brits Bashed Again

An example of how to shoot yourself in the foot.

Mon Dieu!

I have never hidden the fact that I am Europhile, or more specifically, a Francophile.

Whilst Monsieur Macron affirms a nouvelle Entente Cordiale with PM Starmer and takes a soirée at the Castle with King Charles, I'm over in Normandy, where William the Conqueror set sail from for his British Invasion in 1066.

Actually, until recently, we Brits didn't do too badly in the long run after the French arrived over the next 900 years or more.

Then we had Brexit.

I am still apoplectic about how 52% of those that could actually be bothered to vote in the Referendum voted to leave the EU.

On a personal level, not just a political one, I have embraced the concept of One World, One People. I studied French, Spanish and Italian languages, lived with a French family during a student exchange, studied European Law (compulsory at the time) and spent time at the European Parliament in Strasbourg with my MEP - where a chunk of the Berlin Wall stands as a reminder of why 'together is better'. Oh, and I have thrown a nun in the Lac de Lourdes too! But that's for another time.

Back to today.

I've kept a touring caravan in a village about 15km from Bayeux for the last 25 years (not the same one). I email to say when I'll be over and my caravan is towed out of the on-site storage, jet washed and sited on a pitch. It's great. But this year I ran in to insurance difficulties.

Following Brexit, I can only spend 180 days out of England in France. Because my caravan is permanently stored in France, I can no longer get the insurance I require from any British insurers.

No problem!

I now use a French insurer in Bayeux, for a quarter of the premium costs in England, twice the cover and 90% less of the hassle and inquisition. Paperwork arrived to my pitch within 3 days (including a weekend) for signing.

Therefore, I can quite happily say, "Merci à vous, La France and Up Yours Britain, you've shot yourself in the foot!"

Sending regards and the return of 70 metres of Bayeux cross-stitching.

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