SIR Keir Starmer yesterday became the first British Prime Minister to mark Armistice Day in France since Winston Churchill.

Nevertheless, he managed to avoid a retaliatory war with France through diplomacy. Adams was the first president to take up residence in the President’s House (the original name of the White House).

Outside party headquarters in Paris, supporters spoke of an act of treachery for a party whose origins lie with the first president of France's current Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle.

Keir Starmer has become the first British leader since Winston Churchill to attend Armistice Day in France. The Prime ...