Sophie Kins 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🌍 #FBPE

British girl living in France. More active on Twitter since the EU referendum. Pro remain and appreciating reading the posts of like-minded, liberal people.

[Sophie Kins 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🌍 #FBPE @SophKinsella19]

@grok @benoit_dubeau @thetonymichaels Apart from how he’s acting…

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

Zelensky has laid bare the ugly truth about Trump, the Godfather President | The Independent

“Zelensky is made of sterner stuff than these two Neanderthals. Was I the only one who cheered out loud as he stuck to his guns?” https://t.co/ZTpXHpJUqW

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

The worst thing is this was clearly premeditated. It was a trap. Trump and Vance deliberately wanted to humiliate Zelensky. They wanted to make him grovel in the Oval Office to make Putin and their MAGA base happy. Utter scum.

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible - Petitions

No apologies for reposting this

If every #FBPE account, and others like-minded, were to sign and share, it would soon force a debate!

Do it! https://t.co/EGSh0SLa8V

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

My nice burgundy #EUPassport expires in 2026

I’d really rather not have to exchange it for the vastly inferior blue(ish) one shown below

So if we could all please kindly agree to #RejoinEU before then, that would be awesome!

If you feel the same, consider a Retweet👍

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution

“Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National Grid when solar panels and windfarms do not provide much power” https://t.co/r8E1v86DLO

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

Roundup of Rishi Sunak's campaign mistakes so far...

(Pretty extraordinary list when you consider the GE campaign's only been running for 4 days!)

Wednesday May 22
- Rishi Sunak attended PMQs, where he was asked whether there would be a summer election. He ducked answering the question.
- Rishi Sunak declared a general election while standing at a podium outside Number 10 Downing Street. He made the announcement in pouring rain, getting wetter and wetter and wetter, until streams of water were cascading down his shoulders. The speech itself was almost drowned out (oh, the irony) by the New Labour soundtrack of 'Things Can Only Get Better' playing loudly from protester Steve Bray's speakers a short distance away. Just about every single newspaper across the political spectrum mocked him for deliberately subjecting himself to a drenching, and plastered photos of his bedraggled suit across their front pages the next morning.
- In his speech, he stated that "Immigration is finally coming down and we are stopping the boats with our Rwanda partnership" (relevant later - see below)
- He also stated that "And we will ensure that the next generation grows up smoke free" (ditto)
- David Cameron cut short a planned visit to Albania to get home in time for the GE announcement, to the intense irritation of his hosts. He spent £66,000 of taxpayer money on the flights, without accomplishing the original purpose of the trip.

Thursday 23 May:
- Rishi Sunak admitted that no flights will take off for Rwanda before the GE.
- He visited a factory, where he took cosy questions from two Tory councillors in high-viz disguised as workers. This ruse was rumbled in minutes, and widely reported.
- He refused to honour a bet for charity that he'd made with Piers Morgan about flights taking off to Rwanda before the GE, relying on the very dubious technicality that one person had already been sent there (voluntarily, with £3,000 tucked away in his pocket, and he'd vanished upon arrival). The £1,000 value of the bet is equivalent to what Sunak earned every 5 minutes in 2023, during which his wealth increased by £120 million.
- He visited a brewery, even though he's teetotal. While there, he asked workers whether they were looking forward to "all the football" and was quickly reminded that Wales had failed to qualify for the Euro tournament.

Friday May 24
- Rishi Sunak visited the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, and made a speech while being filmed in such a way that it looked like a tower crane was piercing his head. Naturally the assembled press took advantage of the absolute gift of a connection, and asked him whether he was the captain of a sinking ship.
- Press photos taken on board Rishi Sunak's plane managed to frame him with big "EXIT" signs prominent over his shoulder.
- He chose to be pictured building a red wall, a task widely interpreted as ironic given that he's likely to lose the whole of the Red Wall.
- Several major policy areas were abandoned as Parliament was prorogued, including the Tobacco and Vapes Bill (meant to outlaw smoking for the younger generation), the Criminal Justice Bill, and the Renters (Reform) Bill intended to ban no-fault evictions. The latter had been a 2019 manifesto commitment.
- Michael Gove declared that he wouldn't be running again. So did John Redwood and Andrea Leadsom, though the latter news seems to have been met largely with shrugs.
- Sunak's campaign leaked that he was essentially going to be taking the day off on Saturday (though not to reboot the campaign - no, absolutely not a reboot, because everything was going so well).

Saturday May 25
- It was announced that Boris Johnson would be abroad for most of the election campaign, on holiday and for speaking engagements, dashing the hopes of those Tories who were publicly advocating for him to play a major part in the GE campaign.
- Rishi Sunak made two very brief public appearances to small groups of voters, and was ferried between them in a helicopter belonging to a major Tory donor.
- He decided to make the reintroduction of national service his first major policy area of the campaign. It would force all 18-year olds to spend a year in the army, or volunteer in their community for one weekend a month for a year. The plan would cost £2.5 billion/year.

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

As wave after wave of #CovidInquiry revelations break, apologists for #LiarJohnson should do themselves a favour and quietly retreat back into the woodwork

He can never again be part of Public Life

In fact, it’s not outrageous to suggest criminal investigation of his negligence

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

Difficult day?

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

https://t.co/ZIW80q0yvU #ulule #crowdfunding

Great album!

[Sophie Kins 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🌍 #FBPE @SophKinsella19]

@Gifi_france @GifiChelles Vous n’auriez pas trouvé une voiture Hotwheels Batman dimanche 09 Juillet par hasard?? J’ai une petite fille en larmes 😢 Chelles, Seine-et-Marne.

[Catherine Kinsella @cathkinsella]

Y'see the programme today announcing the new leader of the SNP which went out live across BBC 1, BBC News channel and BBC Radio Scotland? Hate to name-drop but my sis @EilidhK1 directed it and I couldn't be prouder😍 xx

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

.@EmmanuelMacron said he was "sad on a personal level" to see Truss had resigned. He is one of a very few to feel that, I suspect, but an elegant thing to say after some of her comments on him. He continued: "It's important that the UK finds stability as soon as possible."

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

Apparently, Letters of No Confidence are already going in

Leaving the question; was Truss and Kwarteng’s deranged budget part of a mad plan to bring #LiarJohnson back?

If so, it’s at a huge cost to us all!

[Sophie Kins 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🌍 #FBPE @SophKinsella19]

This is it, I’m in Normandie right now visiting the D-day landing beaches. I cannot even begin to imagine what those soldiers went through for our freedom, only for the vile Liz Truss to make these claims. I really despair at the total lack of respect for those who fought for us.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

Liz Truss: “the jury’s out” on whether Macron (& France) is a friend or foe

Emmanuel Macron: “The United Kingdom is a friendly nation, regardless of its leaders, sometimes in spite of its leaders”.

One of these understands you don’t offend a nation who is a long standing ally

[Helen Lester @should_b_writin]

Dear French People,

We're sorry. We're very, very sorry. Liz Truss shouldn't be allowed out without adult supervision and a gag.

Yours sincerely
The British People

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

IF YOU'RE QUEUEING TO ENTER THE EU, IT'S BECAUSE YOUR PASSPORT HAS TO BE CHECKED /STAMPED TO PROVE YOU'RE NOT STAYING MORE THAN 90 DAYS

THAT'S BECAUSE THE UK DITCHED FREE MOVEMENT

IT'S NOT, DESPITE WHAT THE BREXIT PRESS AND GOV. SAY, BECAUSE THE FRENCH ARE HORRIBLE PEOPLE !!🤡

[tony powell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 🏴󠁦󠁲󠁢󠁲󠁥󠁿#FBPE @tonypowel]

UK government border force staffing at Calais - 1 booth open.