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Please pass on our congratulations to Daniele Lebreton-Travis for her Letter of the Month (January edition).

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Published Tuesday 05 February 2019 - 15:33 Modified Tuesday 05 February 2019 - 15:33

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As a Swiss married to an Englishman who has lived permanently for the past 28 years in the lovely Dordogne, her letter expressed clearly the sincere convictions of both of us, so thank you.

The Swiss are, by tradition, in favour of referendums, but not in the way Notre Dame de Landes was treated in France.

Brigitte and Keith DAFFERN, Dordogne

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