“All the people staying on are doing now is legitimising Corbyn,” said one Free French officer. “It’s no longer possible to argue that they’re serving as part of a big tent. Corbyn’s shown that the big tent is just some tiny plastic thing stuck in the corner of a muddy field.” The response from the fighters of the Maquis is an angry one. It’s all right for them, they’re not having to put up with this crap day in, day out, they say of the Free French. I’d much rather be at home with my wife and kids, but someone has to try and manage this madness.