THE

brave French gendarme who was murdered after offering himself in exchange for a hostage in a terrorist siege has been buried with full honours and posthumously awarded France’s highest military and civil accolade, the Legion d’Honneur. This would be the same Legion d’Honneur awarded to Financial Times editor Lionel Barber for his heroic efforts to keep Britain in the EU. Vous ne pouvez pas le faire. ( That’s ‘You couldn’t make it up’ in French.)