Macron offers to loan Bayeux Tapestry to Britain AGAIN as he's accused of trying to stitch us up on migration
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People look at the 'Bayeux tapestry' or 'Queen Mathilde tapestry' which relates Britain's conquest by William the Conqueror
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The Bayeux tapestry depicts the events of the Norman Conquest
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But Reform UK leader Nigel Farage warned last night: 'Thanks for the Bayeux Tapestry but don't even think about trying to stitch us up for more migration cash.'
Experts believe the tapestry was made in England following William the Conqueror's 1066 invasion and shipped to Normandy.
Mr Macron had agreed to loan it to us in 2018, although it never materialised.
The deal came as the President and wife
They later joined the King and Queen for a procession in Windsor town centre.
But the tapestry announcement has been eclipsed by crunch talks on the Channel migrant crisis, which are going right down to the wire before a summit between Mr Macron and Sir Keir this week.
A deal is expected to confirm new French tactics of
That arrangement is likely to centre on small boat migrants being returned to France in exchange for asylum-seekers who have family in the UK.
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The deal has provoked a fresh row over cash, with Mr Macron expected to demand more money on top of the
Despite the costs to taxpayers mounting as crossings reached a record rate this year, No10 has refused to rule out stumping up more cash for the French.
Migrant camps brace for impact as UK-France deal fuels crossings
Yesterday, Mr Macron said illegal migration had become a burden for both Britain and France and promised 'tangible results'.
Addressing Parliament, he said: 'The hope for better life elsewhere is legitimate.
'But we cannot allow our rules for taking in people to be flouted by criminal networks cynically exploiting the hopes of so many individuals.'
He promised the 'best ever cooperation between our two countries in order to fix today, what is a burden for our two countries'.
But the Euro-fanatic President — who could not resist branding Brexit as 'deeply regrettable' — insisted that only continental-wide cooperation would stop the people-smuggling gangs.
Last night,
Gabriel, 17, from
He told The Sun: 'It's not safe for us here. I will do anything to get out. Macron won't stop us.
'He has done nothing and doesn't care about us.'
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His pal, Jarang, 19, said: 'If Macron makes a deal with England, it will only make us more desperate to arrive before it is put in place.'
President Macron and the PM meet today.
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