Analysis: the prime minister joins Del Boy and Shakespeare in fusing French-English for effect
Boris Johnson may have been channelling his inner Winston Churchill by adopting “franglais” in chiding French president Emmanuel Macron to “prenez un grip” and “donnez-moi un break” over the Aukus military pact.
The prime minister has credited the second world war leader with deploying “superb and menacing franglais” when he warned Gen Charles de Gaulle: “Si vous me double-crosserez, je vous liquiderai.” (Which roughly translates as: “If you double-cross me, I will liquidate you.”)
