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A cool handshake - 21st March 2003, 7.13

It's what the Victorians would have called maintaining a front. Blair and Chirac have hit bottom in their personal relationship, almost as low as MacMillan and de Gaulle.

The last time this happened Britain and France tried to waste public money on grand projets such as Concorde. Look for joint funding of Son of Concorde or something similar as a symbol of amity a few months from now.