"Let Them Eat Cake," Boris Taunts The French
November 12th, 2009 | 
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London Mayor and recent have-a-go hero Boris Johnson took a few jovial swipes at Britain’s traditional rival, France, yesterday, before going on to describe developments that are making his city a better place for both visitors and Londoners.
Citing an Outer London commercial bakery that annually exports £5million worth of chocolate cake to France as an example of “the intellect, resilience and genius of Londoners”, he challenged French President Nicolas Sarkozy to stop pushing Paris as a financial capital of Europe to rival London and instead, “Look to your cake.”
Opening the 30th World Travel Market at London’s ExCel exhibition centre, the Mayor joked, “I say, let them eat cake…made in Walthamstowe.”
Before that, he had used the occasion, that attracts 5,000 exhibitors and 50,000 senior travel professionals, government ministers and international press, to make several significant Read more…
“Let Them Eat Cake,” Boris Taunts The French originally appeared on About.com United Kingdom Travel on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 04:57:22.
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