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JE said the team were providing "on-the-ground support, focusing on repairing overhead power lines and restoring critical supply to affected homes".

Living in Paris for a year certainly had its share of stresses, mostly because my French language skills never really advanced beyond me saying, Je parle français un petit peu, before switching to English.

This has in turn led to accusations aimed at the far-left that it has betrayed the free-speech spirit of Je suis Charlie in order to curry electoral support among French Muslims.

And what - if anything - survives of the great outpouring of international support, whose clarion call in the days after the murders was Je suis Charlie?

Perhaps your dear great-aunt knitted one for you à la A Christmas Story, and although it’s not your style, it does have a certain je ne sais quoi that comes with the earnestness in production and then irony in wearing.