England play Spain tonight in Berlin in the final of the European Championships. Emmanuel Macron is a football fan so he may tune in. Then again, it might all be a little too painful for him.
If football was in keeping with history it would be France in the final. It’s their day, after all, July 14, and no doubt Macron had kept the evening free in the hope of flying east to cheer on his boys.
But there’ll be no jolly to Germany. Worse, England may be crowned champions of Europe. Oh Mon Dieu, non. Anyone but perfidious Albion.
A week after the elections, the country is without a recognisable government and politicians of all stripes are fighting like rats in a sack
Macron has held a grudge against England since the day he was elected president in 2017. Not Britain, just England, for it was they who led the UK out of Europe.
They did it on ‘lots of lies and false promises’, according to Macron, who made this claim in his New Year’s Eve address in 2020.
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