Car politics

Published Wednesday 24 January 2018 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 24 January 2018 - 15:00

In Margate the day after Brexit, I spotted two youths heading towards my French-registered car muttering about ‘smashing up a Frenchie’s car’.

On discovering I was British, they turned away. I was so shocked I wanted to scurry to the safety of France. This alone convinced me Brexit is a bad idea!

Yvonne Chappell, Strasbourg

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