It did not take long after the Armistice and Treaty of Versailles for the British to start to believe that an overly domineering France was a bigger risk than eventual German revival.
Here's the challenge, post Versailles, change Britain's estimation French and German potential so that they think that maximal French strength against Germany is a good thing, not a bad thing, and Britain gives a thumbs up to things like Ruhr occupation and France's network of alliances with successor states.