With Michel Barnier as PM... Now we have two Brexit wreckers in power

Michel Barnier, who has just been appointed prime minister of France, has long observed a touching tradition when he visits his family estate. Pride of place there goes to an ancient oak and the 73-year-old has a habit of kneeling down in front of it and paying homage to the tree's longevity. If only the French electorate had a similarly reverential attitude to a man who has enjoyed such a long career in politics that he has been dubbed 'the French Joe Biden'. Instead, the appointment of this ­venerable old...