I don’t say this very often, but I think the French are on to something.

Listen to this article

Several French seaside towns - Deauville, La Grande-Motte, Sables d'Olonne and Narbonne - have introduced €150 (£130) fines for men who go topless in the summer heat.

And, arguably, men are getting away lightly. Under the French penal code, women who go topless anywhere other than a beach face prosecution for ‘sexual exhibitionism’, which carries a fine of €15,000 and possible imprisonment. Zut alors!

I think we should import this brilliant idea to the UK tout de suite.

Certainly Britain may be lacking a Côte d’Azur of its own, but - in the summertime (or even just on a mildly less inclement day) - I have never noticed a shortage of men willing to shed their shirt and proudly go........

© LBC