“it is true that there are Frenchmen coming here because their bureaucracy prevents them getting jobs but they are matched by Brits going there because our bureaucracy prevents us building houses.”
– Neil Craig
It reminded me slightly of Gavin Lyall in The Secret Servant: “The French let their buildings flourish but keep the trees very much pruned and in their place. In Britain it’s the other way round: it’s an offence to enlarge your house or cut down your trees. What a basis for entente.”