Is this the real reason Macron dislikes Brexit?

As I read The Wet Flanders Plain by Henry Williamson, a veteran of the first world war who encountered hostility from locals when he returned to the western front in 1927, a thought struck me: have I stumbled upon the source of Emmanuel Macron’s Anglophobia?

Let’s not beat around the bush; the president of France does not like us. Politicians and diplomats may gainsay, and claim that Macron has the greatest respect for the United Kingdom. But his behaviour during the last four and a half years indicates that the current resident of the Elysée is the most Anglophobic president since Charles de Gaulle.

Throughout the Brexit negotiations Macron was the most intransigent of the EU leaders, and following Britain’s departure he has been the most embittered. In the last year, Macron has trashed the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine and threatened to cut off electricity to Jersey. Since the Aukus deal was announced, the Gallic contempt for Britain has only intensified and Macron is said to be in a ‘dark rage’.