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Tim Kinsella #FBPE

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You might know me as @51TJK from the other place! Toe in the water over here to see if it’s more…civilised (and less MuskTrumpian)

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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 8h
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “#Brexit is foremost among those problems. If we are to bring back hope, we must be honest about the disastrous costs of our decision to leave the EU. And we must be honest about the fact that reversing it is the best chance we have to get Britain back on track”
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Burnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU | Sadiq Khan
Brexit was a disastrous act of national self-harm. Britain needs EU membership to bring growth and security in an increasingly volatile world, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 8h
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Crucially, though, the public now knows all too well what #Brexit means They won’t be fooled twice by the snake-oil salesman…
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The battle lines for the next general election have already been drawn
Nigel Farage believes Andy Burnham’s decision to open the door to returning to the EU could benefit Reform. Regardless, the decision to reignite the Brexit debates will play a central role when Britai...
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 8h
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “Weirdly he has achieved some consensus. Thanks to him, most of the country now thinks #Brexit was an idiotic idea. Quite the achievement”
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex... “A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And #Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake. It made us poorer and lonelier. It robbed us of a global role” #Rejoin
inews.co.uk
The Brexit years were grim and hateful - it's time to rejoin
Ian Dunt: Leaving the EU was a terrible, terrible mistake
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “A megapoll conducted by YouGov suggesting Labour could more than double its seat total if it went into the next election promising to #Rejoin” At last, politics is beginning to catch up with public opinion…
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sorry Nigel, but the polls show you’ve had it - The New World “The appetite for tactical voting is huge, most of all to stop Reform. We have seen this in recent by-elections. It is likely to play a big part when the general election comes” #NeverVoteReform
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.reuters.com/world/china/... "We would ​open our arms [to Britain]," Sanchez said. #Rejoin
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Spain, France align on welcoming UK back to EU, strengthening China trade defences
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and France's President Emmanuel Macron expressed enthusiasm on Wednesday for Britain rejoining ​the EU, and agreed Europe must strengthen its trade defences ‌again...
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito... With that speech and the follow-up interviews, the #Brexit tide has finally turned The country can now come to its collective senses and start to look constructively at some form of #Rejoin It’s the only way out of the hole we’ve dug for ourselves…
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The way back to Europe is rocky – but it is a road well worth taking
Editorial: Andy Burnham talks of going ‘all the way’ as the government reviews relations with the bloc – he is right to put rejoining back on the table
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... “Burnham confirmed that, when he told delegates yesterday he would be looking at ways of having a better relationship with the EU, rejoining would be one of the options” It’s taken longer than it should have, but #Rejoin is on the table at last…
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Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU among all ‘the options’ being considered – UK politics live
The prime minister says he wants to open a debate about the UK’s future relationship with Europe
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
inews.co.uk/opinion/brit... “An asylum system that works more transparently and openly is the most evidence-based way to deter irregular journeys”
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Britain's asylum seeker 'crisis' is a lie
Mathilda Mallinson: It's time to start writing policy for real problems, not perceived ones
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... When even #AI CEOs are saying “Hit pause”, we should all be worried…
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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... “I look at Made in Europe, and I'm really worried. I think again, the Brexiteers want to keep taking us back to having a debate about 2016. I'm not interested. I'm interested in what's happening in 2026” #Rejoin
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Burnham warned he cannot wait until election to start process of rejoining the EU
Stella Creasy, chair of the influential Labour Movement for Europe, has said Mr Burnham only has six months to start taking action ahead of a pro-EU rally at the Labour Party conference
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... “Neither party matters as much any more and both leaders would be “also rans” in a general election”
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Britain’s pro-Brexit parties are becoming increasingly irrelevant
The YouGov MRP poll points to a leftwing coalition and an end to Brexit Britain – and all the Tories and Reform can do is blame each other from the sidelines, writes political editor David Maddox
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... “The obvious point of cohesion is that Labour, Lib Dems and Greens could all offer the double promise of rejoining the EU and bringing in proportional representation” #Rejoin #ProportionalRepresentation Two big policies to restore our fortunes…
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Reform would win fewer seats than Labour and Tories in major blow to Farage — poll
Reform UK slide from first place to third in latest YouGov MRP polling – with the UK headed for a hung parliament
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... “He cannot stand not being the centre of attention and that’s dangerous…I don’t care much about his verbal lashing-out; I don’t think that helps him at all. But who knows what crazy things he might do to reassert attention on him? And that’s frightening”
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‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026
Our megapoll with YouGov shows that more than 99% of GB constituencies want to rejoin the EU. We spoke with people in Holborn and St Pancras, where a by-election is taking place next week. They confirmed that a party that putting EU membership in its manifesto would win their votes.
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202... “A combination of #Brexit, war in the Middle East and US tariffs dented deliveries overseas while imports soared” Can you spot which is the one we can do something about? #Rejoin
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UK food and drink trade deficit largest since 2000 at £21bn
Industry leaders call on government to protect homegrown produce in the interest of national security
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
inews.co.uk/news/politic... “Dropping Labour’s red lines would “absolutely” open up associate membership or “something new” to the UK” More importantly, it would open up #Rejoin Which is, after all, the most popular option…
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EU Brexit chief: UK can get a Canada-style membership deal
The Brexit reset which began under Sir Keir Starmer can go much further, senior EU figure says
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Better be prepared for #TacticalVoting, then! And, above all all, #NeverVoteReform
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Tactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll finds
Polling suggests Andy Burnham is attracting progressives back to Labour, motivated by desire to stop Nigel Farage
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Whenever yet another poll puts #Rejoin well ahead, the knee-jerk reaction of the average Brexiter (a dwindling band) is to rubbish said poll Do they seriously expect us to believe that Every. Single. One is wrong, though? The trend has been obvious for years…
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... “EU membership is the only policy lever that takes Labour close to a majority at the next election and keeps the architects of #Brexit out of power” #Rejoin
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Burnham’s only path to victory is through pledging to rejoin the EU, research reveals
As Andy Burnham refuses to rule out a pledge to rejoin the EU in Labour’s next manifesto, new YouGov polling for Best for Britain suggests he has no choice but to make the commitment if he wants to re...
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... True enough, but you have to reach back further Putin actually covertly bankrolled and facilitated the #Brexit vote in the first place He knew it was a cheap way to destabilise Europe as a whole…
independent.co.uk
Putin exploiting Brexit to sow disinformation in Britain, Burnham tells UN
The prime minister unveiled plans for a new National Centre for Information Defence at the United Nations General Assembly in New York
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/water-bi... Please take note and sign&share
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The People’s Sewage Refund
💷🌊 We pay for sewage to be properly treated. Yet our waterways are still being polluted. If the service isn’t being delivered, why should we keep paying for it? Demand The People’s Refund. Add your na...
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... “The survey provides the party a “clear opportunity” to boost support in the next general election by growing closer to Brussels” #Rejoin
independent.co.uk
All but four constituencies would support reversing Brexit and rejoining the EU
New in-depth polling finds 35 per cent of voters would choose EU membership as their preferred policy option – with just 11 per cent wanting looser ties with the bloc
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... ‘Abolish the State Pension’ doesn’t sound like much of a vote-winner to me Not with Reform’s demographic, anyway… #NeverVoteReform
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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... It’s quite simple, really One easily pays for the other #Rejoin
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Ed Davey promises income tax cut and a return to EU single market
Ed Davey argues tax threshold freeze is ‘holding back teachers and nurses’ as he lays out plan to rejoin EU’s single market and customs union
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... “All effects from El Niño are magnified by global #ClimateChange…The northern summer of excess heat and wildfires in Europe, North America and Asia are but a sample of what is to come.” #NetZero
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “It’s almost as if there’s a pattern emerging. That the job of Reform leader in Wales is somehow cursed. Otherwise law-abiding men and women suddenly find themselves accused of all sorts of things” #NeverVoteReform
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Another day, another Reform Wales leader. Grumpy Nige seems to miss the old one | John Crace
At a low-key event, Helen Jenner replaces Dan Thomas, who was arrested on suspicion of assault and gets warm words from Farage
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
theconversation.com/granting-a-n... “Rather than simply managing the decline of oil and gas industries, we must use their geological and infrastructure expertise to build the energy system that replaces it” #NetZero
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Granting a new gasfield licence does not guarantee energy security
Any additional emissions from a UK gasfield are incompatible with climate targets.
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a... This latest cut comes on top of the threat to the iconic Jodrell Bank facility U.K. science is imperilled by the very government department that’s supposed to support it! Another example of our shrinking role in the world…
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Brian Cox: Physics in Britain is facing a crisis
The celebrity physicist has joined officials in condemning the UK’s decision to withdraw £45 million in funding from the Large Hadron Collider
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... “With an aggressive Putin and unpredictable Trump undermining global security, sticking to outdated red lines is no longer just timid; it is a risk to our national security” #Rejoin
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Four in 10 Brexit backers want UK to strengthen defence ties with Europe
Exclusive: Impact of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on global security means Andy Burnham’s Brexit ‘red lines’ are putting the UK at risk, Lib Dems say on the first day of their annual conference in ...
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#RejoinEU
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... “Clearly huge risks to our national security and society if the right guardrails are not put in place” #AI
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‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks
Andy Burnham’s focus on domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar
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Awatha @mudjokivis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please help:- Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito... Of course, the two crypto-billionaires whose enormous largesse has been showered on Farage have no expectations in return Nothing to see here… Pull the other one #NeverVoteReform
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Reform UK’s crypto policies are making the party look out of touch
Editorial: Nigel Farage needs to end the impression that his party is the political wing of the crypto industry
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie... “Notably, he [Curtice] highlighted the fact that public opinion had shifted in spite of a relative silence from various political parties” #Rejoin - the true, unforced ‘will of the people’
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Record-high support for rejoining the EU. But what now?
Record-high support for rejoining the EU has been highlighted by University of Strathclyde polling expert Sir John Curtice. But if opinion on Brexit…
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/voices/canad... “Canada is first, but Britain can be the second associate member – if it can only decide what it wants and clearly ask for it” Not sure ‘associate’ really cuts it Unless it’s as a stepping stone to #Rejoin
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Europe has just unveiled its new anti-Trump weapon: Canada
While the UK is still struggling to reset ties with the EU, baggage-free and mineral-rich Canada has easily walked away with a deal that has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic, says Anchal Vohra
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... “A new deeper relationship between the EU and Canada could be a blueprint for other countries, including the U.K.” And a worthwhile stepping stone to #Rejoin? Quite possibly…
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Is EU’s offer to Canada a blueprint for Britain – or a reminder it is out in the cold?
Ursula von der Leyen has opened door for Canada to become associate member to deepen links in ‘openly hostile world’
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... We need to watch this closely What is ‘Associate Membership’, what does it offer and why hasn’t our own government already stated looking at it? If a country 3000km from the EU can forge a good partnership, why not one 30km away? Or just #Rejoin…
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Trump threatens to stop trading with EU over ‘laughable’ membership offer to Canada
US president responds as Mark Carney seeks to move closer to Europe and diversify defence ties
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “An incoming Reform government would declare a “national emergency” to enact a radical agenda within the first 100 days and tolerate no objection from parliament, the courts or Whitehall. No one can say they weren’t warned” #NeverVoteReform
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To understand the threat to our real democracy, watch Putin's fake one | Rafael Behr
As Russians vote this weekend, remember that Britain is not immune to the cynical tactics and corrosion of trust that keep him in power, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.wsj.com/world/uk/elo... “no other foreign nation has drawn such frequent, sustained attention from the world’s richest man as the U.K.” And it’s all malign… Musk has made Twitter into a political weapon
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Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the U.K.
Using his social-media megaphone to roil the waters, Musk is promoting a new anti-immigration party.
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The generation betrayed by #Brexit: ‘A decision was made about our future by people who are no longer here’ - The Independent “If we had another referendum, I’d absolutely vote to #Rejoin. It’s really stupid that we ever left and I don’t think this is a temporary thing, either”
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “If Mr Burnham has the imagination and courage to outline an ambitious new model of UK-EU relations, he will have the majority of British voters on his side” #Rejoin
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The Guardian view on UK-EU relations: voters would reward greater ambition | Editorial
Editorial: The architects of Brexit know it has failed. That presents Andy Burnham with an opportunity to set a bolder new agenda
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “We have to ask the question, is this healthy for our democratic process to have more money coming from fewer people in bigger lumps?” Obviously not!
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Ministers seek law change to make £72m donations to Reform illegal
Plans to strengthen legislation already going through parliament might mean donors having to meet stricter UK residence requirements
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “This is just the way life ought to be. Who wouldn’t want a country where two billionaires can attempt to buy the democratic process” #NeverVoteReform
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Who better to defend Reform’s latest millions than Honest Bob Jenrick? | John Crace
The man who once helped Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond save a load of tax was wheeled out to face Laura Kuenssberg
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The misanthrope party economist.com/britain/2026... from The Economist “Reformers tend to be less trusting of the state, more suspicious of their fellow citizens and less engaged in Britain’s cultural life” So just don’t be one! #NeverVoteReform
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The misanthrope party
Reform UK’s miserabilist streak is Nigel Farage’s asset, and his problem
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Brexit was like Battle of Hastings defeat – rejoining EU body will fix it, says George Osborne - The Independent “#Brexit has been a mess. Britain has basically gone off a cliff. It has had a huge impact on the British economy. It is clearly poorer than it would otherwise be.” #Rejoin
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... ‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown The #AI penny is beginning to drop Hope it’s not too late… 🤞
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record If anything should bring about a hard cap on any political donations, and retroactively at that, this is surely it! Political power, influence and electoral success should not be allowed to go to the highest bidder!
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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.euractiv.com/news/uk-rejo... UK rejoining EU electricity market 'absolutely essential' for lower bills In almost every sector, examples continue to come to light of how #BrexitBreaksBritain Renegotiating them all separately is futile nonsense Just #RejoinEU
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UK rejoining EU electricity market 'absolutely essential' for lower bills | Euractiv
Undersea cables to England could deliver more power to the island if talks with Brussels go well, a key industry figure says
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