France hopes that Brexit will weaken Britain and London's role as a financial centre, according to the City of London's envoy to the EU. In a leaked memorandum, Jeremy Browne said French authorities were seeking "disruption". "They are in favour of the hardest Brexit," he wrote. "They are crystal clear about their underlying objective: the weakening of Britain, the ongoing degradation of the City of London." Mr Browne a former Liberal Democrat minister and since 2015 the City's special representative to the EU, attended talks with various French authorities earlier this month. The memorandum, which was leaked ... (full story)