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Macron’s move angered many Algerians, who view the award to Daoud as a political rather than a literary gesture.

The prime minister made a gesture to this strategy in the summer, pledging £84m for education and employment opportunities in Africa and Middle East.

The gesture appears to be a mix of delight and disbelief, as if to say, “Tell me he did not just go there.”

As the final whistle was blown, there were some small sporadic boos around the stadium but that was a token gesture.

The firm that installed the spray foam, SealSixty, gave the family £400 as a gesture of goodwill and said the work met all the requirements set out by the Green Homes Grant scheme at the time.