Le Pen’s plans for post-Brexit treaty ‘ignorant and dangerous’

Peter Ricketts, former UK ambassador, says presidential hopeful's plans would completely isolate France

Marine Le Pen's plan for a new partnership with a post-Brexit Britain is dangerous for France, ignorant and completely misunderstands the basis of British alliances, Peter Ricketts, the former UK national security adviser and UK ambassador to France, has told the Guardian.

He said the far-right presidential hopeful's proposals represented a plan for French isolation from its main strategic partners, the US, Germany and the UK.