It boils down to this - how do Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron make the case for what they see as the virtues of patience, nuance, subtleties and trade-offs in an era of growing impatience at the perceived repeated failures of those in high office?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are finalising a “one in, one out” scheme to curb crossings of refugees and migrants in small boats across the English Channel.

By Elizabeth Piper and Elizabeth Pineau LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hope to win agreement from President Emmanuel Macron on tougher measures to control migration on Thursday,

Macron blames Brexit for rise in migrant crossings as Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ small boats deal: Latest - French president says Britons ‘sold a lie’ as plan to tackle small boat Channel crossings

President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which begins Tuesday, will be heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

Macron’s three-day visit, at the invitation of King Charles III, is the first state visit to the UK by a European Union head of state since Brexit.

French president leaves No 10 after crunch migration talks with Starmer - French president visits Downing Street as UK pushes France to do more to stop migrant crossings

French President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an EU head of state since Brexit. The first state visit by an EU head of state since the UK's acrimonious 2020 departure from the European Union,