On a busy street in the centre of Montauban in southern France, with roadworks blasting the pavement nearby, there is a spot earmarked for a new statue of France's last national dictator.
Once Europe's biggest problem, Napoleon Bonaparte is still posing a dilemma for France, 200 years after his death in exile on the Atlantic island of St Helena.
I was wondering if anyone had actually read beyond the dogwhistle headline. I thought the views of the mayor of Montauban might have been of interest.
Not to mention the sculpture itself. I think it's fair to say that Lucy Williamson is not a historian