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While the British PM was choosing her words carefully, politicians in France were letting their clothes do the talking

While the British government responds to soaring energy prices with the canny distraction-technique of tanking the entire economy, the French - those smooth operators - slip into something warmer and more comfortable. Emmanuel Macron, having lately outgrown his Zelenskiy tribute wardrobe, is still in traditional workwear, but other members of the president's government have been rocking something closer to country-casual this week, in an effort to encourage shivering French people to layer up rather than turn on the heating.