{"id":1441446,"date":"2022-04-16T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441446"},"modified":"2022-04-16T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:16:29","slug":"british-deep-stater-angered-that-pro-brexit-le-pen-wants-defence-alliance-with-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-deep-stater-angered-that-pro-brexit-le-pen-wants-defence-alliance-with-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"British Deep Stater Angered that Pro-Brexit Le Pen Wants Defence Alliance with UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritish-deep-stater-angered-that-pro-brexit-le-pen-wants-defence-alliance-with-uk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-682003328-e1649934430834-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has been denounced by a former British ambassador to France for talking up a military alliance with post-Brexit Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Right-wing populist Marine Le Pen\u2019s desire for a defence alliance with post-Brexit Britain is \u201cignorant\u201d and \u201csuperficial\u201d, according to British deep stater\u00a0Peter Ricketts, a former ambassador to France.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The career diplomat went on to claim that Le Pen\u2019s France would be a \u201cdangerous\u201d ally for the United Kingdom, while also stoking fears about the presidential candidate\u2019s alleged desire to boost strategic ties with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/13\/le-pen-plans-post-brexit-treaty-ignorant-dangerous\">report<\/a> by\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>, Ricketts believes that Le Pen sees a Britain free from the European Union as a natural ally to her reformed version of France, with the candidate openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/france\/20220413-le-pen-wants-france-out-of-nato-integrated-command-backs-nato-russia-links\">calling<\/a> for France to leave NATO\u2019s integrated command in favour of smaller defence agreements.<\/p>\n<p>However, the former ambassador has denounced such suggestions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is a recipe for disaster for France,\u201d the publication reports Ricketts as saying, quoting the diplomat as going on to claim that Le Pen\u2019s supposed plans are \u201cignorant, superficial and completely [misunderstand] the basis of France\u2019s cooperations with all her allies\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Populist Coalition: Orban, Le Pen, Morawiecki Vow to Defend National Sovereignty from EU Overreach<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8sVJkoiCL5\">https:\/\/t.co\/8sVJkoiCL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1487757485431828481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lingering assumption in her proposals that a Brexit Britain will be a natural ally for a nationalist Le Pen France,\u201d Ricketts said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what her proposals bring out is that France under her leadership would be a very dangerous ally for the UK with her plan of leaving the NATO military command structure, renegotiating its alliance with America, being much more nationalistic in its purchase of defence equipment and continuing a strategic partnership with Russia in all sorts of areas,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is frankly inconceivable that she would be able to drive a wedge between the U.S. and the UK,\u201d he went on to say, as if it was an established fact that this was her goal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cApart from her relationship with Russia, I don\u2019t see how any of France\u2019s traditional alliances would survive her presidency. It would have been far better if she had been honest in her defence manifesto and replaced the Union Jack with the Russian flag, because that is the only potential ally she is likely to find,\u201d he concluded, continuing the long tradition of establishment figures accusing anyone who challenges the globalist status quo of being a Russian stooge \u2014 whether during the Brexit campaign, the 2016 U.S. presidential race, or the recent Hungarian elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marine Le Pen Calls For \u2018Referendum Revolution\u2019 To Hand Power Back To The People<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1NQOpHU4nf\">https:\/\/t.co\/1NQOpHU4nf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1514185494577532937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ricketts is far from the only person who anticipates the trumpets of Armageddon sounding should Marine Le Pen be elected.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen\u2019s only remaining opponent in the race for the\u00a0\u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, incumbent president Emmanuel Macron, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/04\/06\/france-election-macron-targets-le-pen-s-indulgence-of-putin-as-hard-right-rival-closes-gap\">repeatedly<\/a> beating the anti-Russia war drum, arguing that the populist\u00a0Rassemblement National candidate has been too friendly towards Russia \u2014 even as NATO allies like Poland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/04\/poland-upbraids-macron-over-putin-negotiations-you-would-negotiate-with-hitler\/\">accuse him of the same<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, while Macron and many others have denounced Le Pen for her perceived position towards Moscow, the French electorate does not seem to be all that concerned, with Le Pen \u2014 who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/01\/le-pen-reveals-immigration-referendum-plan-ahead-of-presidential-elections\/\">vowed<\/a> to hold a referendum on immigration should she be elected \u2014 having seen considerable electoral gains since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Both Macron and Le Pen are now only within a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/europe-poll-of-polls\/france\/\">percentage points<\/a> of each other in a number of polls, with the possibility of the veteran populist becoming France\u2019s first woman president seemingly becoming less remote by the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU&#8217;s Brexit Negotiator Barnier Fears Le Pen Victory in 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FfGNbS64oo\">https:\/\/t.co\/FfGNbS64oo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1386233623603462146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_caddle\"><span>@Peter_Caddle<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has been denounced by a former British ambassador to France for talking up a military alliance with post-Brexit Britain. 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