The French Embassy has taken French-born Allister Heath’s column on their government’s “failed socialist experiment“ personally. Since there is definitely nothing else interesting going on in France at the moment, they took the time to condemn the piece as an “ideological mix of prejudice and error” with a contender for the worst ‘listicle’ ever made. Best of all, they lay into the NHS as “ailing” and suffering from “years of under-investment”. William Hague is no doubt summoning the French ambassador to the Foreign Office as we speak. Journalists may be of a different breed across the channel, though maybe the Embassy should sort out their own philandering, partner-traumatising President before they start having a pop at us…