“I ‘ave arrivee in the UK pour le 50% tax as opposed to le 75% tax,” Mr Sarkozy told the BBC news service on Tuesday.
Mr Bling Bling as he is affectionately known in France, may also be fleeing le fraud charges from his own country.
Mr Sarkozy will be accompanied by his lovely plasticened wife Carla Bruni, who is sure to liven up the rather droll party circuit in London.
The former French president once proclaimed that there were too many foreigners in France, looks like he’s the Johnny foreigner now.