of thing that would bring countries together, to work cooperatively to prevent that kind of thing happening again. but, as i say, the asylum seekers are caught up in a much bigger canvas between france and the uk. post—brexit relationship has been terrible. overfishing, over northern ireland, you've got the defence pact between the australians and the americans and the british in which the french were left out. you've also got two leaders who, at the moment, feel they've got to play to the gallery. president macron has got a big election next year and borisjohnson hasjust come through one of the worst periods of his premiership. his opinion poll ratings are at their lowest since he became prime minister. they both have to give red meat to those on the right in their parties. and as a result, you don't have two leaders who are necessarily looking for compromise. so the idea that borisjohnson might float that british police could be helping the french patrol the beaches of northern france, it's