It hasn’t taken long for the Tories to try to turn Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France to their advantage in this election.
At first glance, the triumph of the pro-EU Macron—the warm up music for his victory address was the Ode to Joy, not the Marseillaise—who has talked about luring British business and research to France post-Brexit doesn’t seem like a great result for Theresa May. Indeed, at very senior levels, the UK government wanted the more pragmatic Francois Fillon to win the French presidency.
But when life gives you lemons, claim that Macron’s election shows that Britain needs a leader with just as strong a mandate and someone who can stand up to powerful EU leaders. In other words, Theresa May, not Jeremy Corbyn as Boris Johnson argues in a fundraising letter the Tories have sent to their supporters this evening.
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