politics come into play in this? i dare say a certain amount. i think there is sometimes an impression in the uk that here in france we have tabloid newspapers that are sort of cheering macron to the hilt in the same way that some tabloid newspapers in britain quite enjoy the french bashing and are cheering borisjohnson in his campaign. there are no tabloid newspapers of that genre here. and this is not playing big in the press at all. so it s not as if there is an equivalent rally and chorus of voices saying, go for it, macron, over here at all. that said, you know, he doesn t want to lose this fight. certainly, he sees himself as a european champion, and he believes that in standing up for the rights of french fishermen he is standing up for the rights of europe in this, and with elections approaching next april he will not want to be seen to be backing down. but there isn t this kind of whoop whoop of