Not the case for me with French and UK passports, they haven’t been bothered, but maybe that is changing. I have always travelled with both of my passports anyway.
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Could well be anotherBrexit benefit? Previously both countries in same freedom of movement block so no-one gave a rat’s arse which one was used, but now more interested. If used my French passport to enter the UK I could be accused of overstaying ifI didn’t leave again. (Not that I could imagine wanting to be therefor more than a fleeting visit to family/friends)
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Way back in the 60s when I went overland to India, and beyond, we arrived via Turkey and Syria in Beirut intending to head south again to Israel before turning east through Jordan. Fortunately we were advised there not to do so as our journey would have come to a complete stop. So we turned left to Damascus and then south into Jordan. A lucky escape. 
Most interesting the discourse on dual passports though, and I didn’t know the Israeli restrictions still applied, given the easing of relations with some Middle Eastern countries nowadays.
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So… we should leave France using our French ID cards, present our UK passports when arriving in the UK, leave on the UK passports and enter France on our French ID cards, which is what I planned to do to make life easier. If I’ve missed something please put me right!
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My brother was in charge of the works for the CWGC war graves in Israel and the former Palestine for a while after being transferred from the north of France and he had to change numberplates on his works vehicles to enter different states in the middle east (Israeli ones were not allowed elsewhere).
Aaahhh… Damascus.
Even with two country passports my little family wasn’t able to voyage from Jordan to Damascus at Christmastime in 2010, usually a very doable ~3hrs by road. However, Syria were by then demanding one had a visa to enter and that visa could only be obtained at their consulate in our country of residence. Of course. Our residence was Hong Kong and the Syrian consulate for the country was in Beijing. We decided to wait and planned our trip to Beirut and Damascus (and Palmyra) for spring.
March 2011 war in Syria began and the rest is a tragedy.
My take is to always, always seize the day because there may not be a second chance. And to always have both passports and every available ID on me, no matter how big the pile
When I was an undergraduate any time any of us did an Arabic course in the ME and also went to Israel not only did you have to think quite hard about where you went in and out but also any stamps etc in your passport were done on a loose bit of paper. In Egypt people tended to assume you were Israeli if you spoke Arabic anyway.
I needed a visa in the 1980s, it was necessary for either of my passports.
No, that’s seems exactly right to me.
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Yes, that procedure is actually what is stated on the UK / visit France website. 
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Thats what I do, albeit my passports are uk and irish, never had any problems yet.
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