Niall Ó Conghaile
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
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European.
Views my own; RT = interest, not endorsement.
European.
Views my own; RT = interest, not endorsement.
Pinned
I understand. We understand.
We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.
We understand what Brexit has done.
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We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.
We understand what Brexit has done.
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Agree talking is essential, also agree with @kathylove.bsky.social that we need to be sanguine in our expectations but then again and as I have often said, never to say never:
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I agree, but I hope I'm proven wrong in the fullness of time just as I was just four years after I visited Berlin in 1985 (my photo) and feared the Wall would never come down.
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Agree talking is essential, also agree with @kathylove.bsky.social that we need to be sanguine in our expectations but then again and as I have often said, never to say never:
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On Starmer, he knew the issues with Mandy from the start, but felt he needed someone to open doors in Washington. He has to hang Mandy out to dry, or be hanged alongside him
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
On Starmer, he knew the issues with Mandy from the start, but felt he needed someone to open doors in Washington. He has to hang Mandy out to dry, or be hanged alongside him
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As a commissioner, giving financial pieces of information to an adversary superpower ($ against €) is high treason.
First, he should be prosecuted for that.
Secondly, it proves that he’s been an enemy of the EU, from the beginning.
Thirdly, Starmer called that guy in his close team.
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First, he should be prosecuted for that.
Secondly, it proves that he’s been an enemy of the EU, from the beginning.
Thirdly, Starmer called that guy in his close team.
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🚨🚨 #Mandelson falls even more in disgrace as @ec.europa.eu is examining and will likely conclude that British politician broke the EU Ethics code due to his contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey #Epstein. This is welcome news: 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/mand...
www.politico.eu/article/mand...
Mandelson should lose pension if he broke EU rules in Epstein scandal, campaigners say
European officials are “assessing” whether the ex-commissioner contravened the ethics code.
www.politico.eu
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
As a commissioner, giving financial pieces of information to an adversary superpower ($ against €) is high treason.
First, he should be prosecuted for that.
Secondly, it proves that he’s been an enemy of the EU, from the beginning.
Thirdly, Starmer called that guy in his close team.
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First, he should be prosecuted for that.
Secondly, it proves that he’s been an enemy of the EU, from the beginning.
Thirdly, Starmer called that guy in his close team.
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There seem reasonable grounds for prosecution, like indeed with Andrew. It's tawdry stuff, to be honest
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
There seem reasonable grounds for prosecution, like indeed with Andrew. It's tawdry stuff, to be honest
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It is entirely up to 450 million of us and our elected representatives to decide what is acceptable. In any case and as I have said before, relations with a third country like the UK aren't even on the radar screen:
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Indeed Kathy and as I have said before, EU-UK relations simply does not appear as an issue of concern to Spaniards in opinion polls, is simply not mentioned in statements from the PM's office or Foreign Ministry here (I read them all), in parliamentary debates or media coverage.
February 5, 2026 at 7:37 AM
It is entirely up to 450 million of us and our elected representatives to decide what is acceptable. In any case and as I have said before, relations with a third country like the UK aren't even on the radar screen:
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That's not the view this on side of the Channel, from where I've been reporting on EU affairs for decades. Above all the perspective is different.
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM
That's not the view this on side of the Channel, from where I've been reporting on EU affairs for decades. Above all the perspective is different.
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Maybe George Peretz KC Jacob Öberg Steve Peers and Stephen Kinsella have other theories or could flesh it out.
Either way, the UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight. (so let's hear no more shite about the ECJ)
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Either way, the UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight. (so let's hear no more shite about the ECJ)
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February 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Maybe George Peretz KC Jacob Öberg Steve Peers and Stephen Kinsella have other theories or could flesh it out.
Either way, the UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight. (so let's hear no more shite about the ECJ)
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Either way, the UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight. (so let's hear no more shite about the ECJ)
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Theories as to why this UK excellent performance?
Excellent independent courts, good application of the ECHR internally, and implementation of judgments to prevent systematic human-rights abuses by the authorities. (all despite precious UKGs spending years attacking the system)
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Excellent independent courts, good application of the ECHR internally, and implementation of judgments to prevent systematic human-rights abuses by the authorities. (all despite precious UKGs spending years attacking the system)
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February 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Theories as to why this UK excellent performance?
Excellent independent courts, good application of the ECHR internally, and implementation of judgments to prevent systematic human-rights abuses by the authorities. (all despite precious UKGs spending years attacking the system)
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Excellent independent courts, good application of the ECHR internally, and implementation of judgments to prevent systematic human-rights abuses by the authorities. (all despite precious UKGs spending years attacking the system)
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And the figures for judgments against the UK in 2025, let's take a look at the vidiprinter*******
********************* 4 (four) *
(for a country the size of the UK, remarkable, a brilliant performance)
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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********************* 4 (four) *
(for a country the size of the UK, remarkable, a brilliant performance)
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
And the figures for judgments against the UK in 2025, let's take a look at the vidiprinter*******
********************* 4 (four) *
(for a country the size of the UK, remarkable, a brilliant performance)
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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********************* 4 (four) *
(for a country the size of the UK, remarkable, a brilliant performance)
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
Annual report from the European Court in Strasbourg indicates that the UK has the *lowest* rate of applications proportionally in Europe in 2025
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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Annual report from the European Court in Strasbourg indicates that the UK has the *lowest* rate of applications proportionally in Europe in 2025
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
Annual report from the European Court in Strasbourg indicates that the UK has the *lowest* rate of applications proportionally in Europe in 2025
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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Annual report from the European Court in Strasbourg indicates that the UK has the *lowest* rate of applications proportionally in Europe in 2025
The UK has nothing to fear from international court oversight.
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Talking is essential. The current annual Euro-UK summit I'd expand to biannual. Regular exchanges at civil-service level with the Commission. And formalised contacts with subnational entities (like London, Wales, etc.) could help, albeit more politically difficult
February 5, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Talking is essential. The current annual Euro-UK summit I'd expand to biannual. Regular exchanges at civil-service level with the Commission. And formalised contacts with subnational entities (like London, Wales, etc.) could help, albeit more politically difficult
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I agree with both you and Niall. Current situation is short term but chatting will allow a faster resolution in the future, when the UK is ready. My guess? After 2036. But if they are ready in 2036, having had regular meetings, it'll be faster.
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
I agree with both you and Niall. Current situation is short term but chatting will allow a faster resolution in the future, when the UK is ready. My guess? After 2036. But if they are ready in 2036, having had regular meetings, it'll be faster.
What is inevitable?
You seem to think that we're trying to engineer the UK's joining. We're not Brexit happened, and we're dealing with it.
You seem to think that we're trying to engineer the UK's joining. We're not Brexit happened, and we're dealing with it.
February 5, 2026 at 6:23 AM
What is inevitable?
You seem to think that we're trying to engineer the UK's joining. We're not Brexit happened, and we're dealing with it.
You seem to think that we're trying to engineer the UK's joining. We're not Brexit happened, and we're dealing with it.
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The UK is not a moral organisation. Today it is debating legislation to defrock a noble. That describes the UK perfectly.
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The UK is not a moral organisation. Today it is debating legislation to defrock a noble. That describes the UK perfectly.
Did not know that, thanks
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Did not know that, thanks
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Why chat when nothing has changed and when every thing that might eventually be agreed to is unlikely to survive past 2029.
The UK is not even among our top 5 most important issues.
Sideline the UK. Make them think and improve while we take on more pressing issues.
The UK is not even among our top 5 most important issues.
Sideline the UK. Make them think and improve while we take on more pressing issues.
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Why chat when nothing has changed and when every thing that might eventually be agreed to is unlikely to survive past 2029.
The UK is not even among our top 5 most important issues.
Sideline the UK. Make them think and improve while we take on more pressing issues.
The UK is not even among our top 5 most important issues.
Sideline the UK. Make them think and improve while we take on more pressing issues.
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In no functioning country is this allowed.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
In no functioning country is this allowed.
Not forgetting, Sam Gamgee, the magic of the chip
February 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Not forgetting, Sam Gamgee, the magic of the chip
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The question my wife asks me the most
“what kind of potatoes do you want today?”
Actually the second most frequent, the most frequent “what are you doing on your phone?”
“what kind of potatoes do you want today?”
Actually the second most frequent, the most frequent “what are you doing on your phone?”
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The question my wife asks me the most
“what kind of potatoes do you want today?”
Actually the second most frequent, the most frequent “what are you doing on your phone?”
“what kind of potatoes do you want today?”
Actually the second most frequent, the most frequent “what are you doing on your phone?”
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There are always lower depths for him to descend to
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
There are always lower depths for him to descend to
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Every nation (including the EU) could learn from that.
1/ bursting of the media bubble and awakening awareness,
2/ defense of democratic institutions,
3/ organization of resistance,
4/ votes (midterms for the USA).
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1/ bursting of the media bubble and awakening awareness,
2/ defense of democratic institutions,
3/ organization of resistance,
4/ votes (midterms for the USA).
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February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Every nation (including the EU) could learn from that.
1/ bursting of the media bubble and awakening awareness,
2/ defense of democratic institutions,
3/ organization of resistance,
4/ votes (midterms for the USA).
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1/ bursting of the media bubble and awakening awareness,
2/ defense of democratic institutions,
3/ organization of resistance,
4/ votes (midterms for the USA).
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Great point.
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Great point.