Niall Ó Conghaile
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
🇪🇺
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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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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I don't think being English has legal status either.
The only definition of English I can find is about sport.
The only definition of English I can find is about sport.
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I don't think being English has legal status either.
The only definition of English I can find is about sport.
The only definition of English I can find is about sport.
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Well, that's two of us identifying as EU citizens.😂
But he isn't allowed to identify as "the bloke from Liverpool" 😈
But he isn't allowed to identify as "the bloke from Liverpool" 😈
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Well, that's two of us identifying as EU citizens.😂
But he isn't allowed to identify as "the bloke from Liverpool" 😈
But he isn't allowed to identify as "the bloke from Liverpool" 😈
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You say useful ——— we say desperately necessary
You say cherrypicking ——— we say red lines
Useful-necessary
Cherrypicking-Red lines
Please don’t call the whole thing off
Apologies to Ella & Louis
You say cherrypicking ——— we say red lines
Useful-necessary
Cherrypicking-Red lines
Please don’t call the whole thing off
Apologies to Ella & Louis
February 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
You say useful ——— we say desperately necessary
You say cherrypicking ——— we say red lines
Useful-necessary
Cherrypicking-Red lines
Please don’t call the whole thing off
Apologies to Ella & Louis
You say cherrypicking ——— we say red lines
Useful-necessary
Cherrypicking-Red lines
Please don’t call the whole thing off
Apologies to Ella & Louis
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Article 49 defines how you apply. They should familiarise themselves with it.
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Article 49 defines how you apply. They should familiarise themselves with it.
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Every time I see a new topic from Niall, it makes me think of this picture, representing the level of Brexintelligence.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Every time I see a new topic from Niall, it makes me think of this picture, representing the level of Brexintelligence.
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Yep. Niall is more sanguine than I re the evolution of UK awareness. I sig because the discussion is so repetitive: the same UK-centric proposals that the EU rejected during the Brexit negotiations, and has rejected consistently since, seem to go round again and again. Maybe I need it to be spring!
February 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Yep. Niall is more sanguine than I re the evolution of UK awareness. I sig because the discussion is so repetitive: the same UK-centric proposals that the EU rejected during the Brexit negotiations, and has rejected consistently since, seem to go round again and again. Maybe I need it to be spring!
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This looks like yet another example of Britons arguing with each other over the best way forward, and assumes a CU deal is there for the taking.
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This looks like yet another example of Britons arguing with each other over the best way forward, and assumes a CU deal is there for the taking.
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Vu que l’UE, de son côté, est en train de prouver que « l’union fait la force », le retour des Britanniques à la philosophie d’il y a une vingtaine d’années nous laisse un peu froids.
L’écart entre « eux et nous » n’a pas diminué.
L’écart entre « eux et nous » n’a pas diminué.
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Vu que l’UE, de son côté, est en train de prouver que « l’union fait la force », le retour des Britanniques à la philosophie d’il y a une vingtaine d’années nous laisse un peu froids.
L’écart entre « eux et nous » n’a pas diminué.
L’écart entre « eux et nous » n’a pas diminué.
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Europe's job is to look after MSs' and citizens' interests.
There is no reason that Bxl interests have to coincide with bursting UK delusions.
Dealing with delusions is the UK's problem
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There is no reason that Bxl interests have to coincide with bursting UK delusions.
Dealing with delusions is the UK's problem
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EU has ‘open mind’ on UK customs union talks, says official
Valdis Dombrovskis says bloc is ‘ready to engage’ amid meetings with ministers including Rachel Reeves
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Europe's job is to look after MSs' and citizens' interests.
There is no reason that Bxl interests have to coincide with bursting UK delusions.
Dealing with delusions is the UK's problem
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There is no reason that Bxl interests have to coincide with bursting UK delusions.
Dealing with delusions is the UK's problem
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Dear @nialloconghaile.bsky.social can you see any moral progress in the UK since 2016 ?
I personally don’t.
The sincere pro-EU minority is still a small minority.
I personally don’t.
The sincere pro-EU minority is still a small minority.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Dear @nialloconghaile.bsky.social can you see any moral progress in the UK since 2016 ?
I personally don’t.
The sincere pro-EU minority is still a small minority.
I personally don’t.
The sincere pro-EU minority is still a small minority.
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4 February 1941 | French Jewish girl, Pauline Pelcman, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 10 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her older brother Maurice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 10 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her older brother Maurice.
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
4 February 1941 | French Jewish girl, Pauline Pelcman, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 10 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her older brother Maurice.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 10 February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with her older brother Maurice.
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Unfortunately the ghost of the past is a clear and present danger and while he probably won’t win the next GE outright he will continue to have an exaggerated influence over the country
February 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Unfortunately the ghost of the past is a clear and present danger and while he probably won’t win the next GE outright he will continue to have an exaggerated influence over the country
Eh, maybe stop treating the May-Johnson redlines as a bloody hadith
The EU and U.K. must overcome historic gripes and "reset" their relationship to be able to work together in an increasingly uncertain world, the bloc's top parliamentarian said.
EU parliament chief calls for ‘exorcism’ of ghosts in UK ties
The “ghosts of the past” cannot be allowed to derail future cooperation, said Roberta Metsola.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Eh, maybe stop treating the May-Johnson redlines as a bloody hadith
Don't think there is malice in this, but it displays the problem with a wholly anglocentric view of the world.
Europe's job is not to "fix Brexit or the economic damage from being outside the single market".
Europe's job is not to dissuade Britons of notions.
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Jack Smyth
Europe's job is not to "fix Brexit or the economic damage from being outside the single market".
Europe's job is not to dissuade Britons of notions.
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Jack Smyth
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Don't think there is malice in this, but it displays the problem with a wholly anglocentric view of the world.
Europe's job is not to "fix Brexit or the economic damage from being outside the single market".
Europe's job is not to dissuade Britons of notions.
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Jack Smyth
Europe's job is not to "fix Brexit or the economic damage from being outside the single market".
Europe's job is not to dissuade Britons of notions.
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Jack Smyth
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Well it's independent to the extent that they presumably couldn't import or allow for sale in, say, Norway stuff that's against rules and standards set by Brussels.
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Well it's independent to the extent that they presumably couldn't import or allow for sale in, say, Norway stuff that's against rules and standards set by Brussels.
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Important to state that even if the LDs consider this a "first step", Europe doesn't or would not
Each step is potentially final. So the responsibility of Europe is to consider that as an end state and to advantage citizens and MSs as much as possible.
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Each step is potentially final. So the responsibility of Europe is to consider that as an end state and to advantage citizens and MSs as much as possible.
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Lib Dems want a customs union as the first step towards joining the EU.
We want the UK back at the heart of Europe, but we're realistic enough to accept it'll take time.
We want the UK back at the heart of Europe, but we're realistic enough to accept it'll take time.
February 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Important to state that even if the LDs consider this a "first step", Europe doesn't or would not
Each step is potentially final. So the responsibility of Europe is to consider that as an end state and to advantage citizens and MSs as much as possible.
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Each step is potentially final. So the responsibility of Europe is to consider that as an end state and to advantage citizens and MSs as much as possible.
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But an awful lot of Brits appear to believe when it comes to qualification for membership that they're an exception that the EU is willing to overlook..
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
But an awful lot of Brits appear to believe when it comes to qualification for membership that they're an exception that the EU is willing to overlook..
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It turns out that “having your cake and eating it too” is exactly as difficult as expected 😉.
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
It turns out that “having your cake and eating it too” is exactly as difficult as expected 😉.
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Yeah, they see Europe as some sort of charitable system for hard-up countries that they can draw on when they're not trying to blame us for their life choices.
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Yeah, they see Europe as some sort of charitable system for hard-up countries that they can draw on when they're not trying to blame us for their life choices.
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You will find he is, I could have bet money on that.
Downing Street has rejected the prospect of rejoining an EU customs union after an official from the bloc said Brussels would have an “open mind” to discussing it
No 10 says customs union still ‘red line’ after EU suggests bloc ‘open’ to talks
Downing Street has rejected the prospect of rejoining an EU customs union after an official from the bloc said Brussels would have an “open mind” to discussing it. European commissioner for finance Va...
nation.cymru
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
You will find he is, I could have bet money on that.
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dessen Ziel die Zerstörung Europas 🇪🇺 ist."
"The release of the Epstein files makes it clear that there is a network - of American and European right-wingers (MAGA, Bannon, Farage, Le Pen, etc.) - with Russia, Silicon Valley, and the crypto industry, ...
"The release of the Epstein files makes it clear that there is a network - of American and European right-wingers (MAGA, Bannon, Farage, Le Pen, etc.) - with Russia, Silicon Valley, and the crypto industry, ...
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
dessen Ziel die Zerstörung Europas 🇪🇺 ist."
"The release of the Epstein files makes it clear that there is a network - of American and European right-wingers (MAGA, Bannon, Farage, Le Pen, etc.) - with Russia, Silicon Valley, and the crypto industry, ...
"The release of the Epstein files makes it clear that there is a network - of American and European right-wingers (MAGA, Bannon, Farage, Le Pen, etc.) - with Russia, Silicon Valley, and the crypto industry, ...
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Need to look at this from the EU's point of view and not the UK's point of view. That is if you claim to be pro-Europe.
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Need to look at this from the EU's point of view and not the UK's point of view. That is if you claim to be pro-Europe.
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Does that mini crankshaft still cross La Manche trois times? www.theguardian.com/business/201...
A Mini part's incredible journey shows how Brexit will hit the UK car industry
Multiple cross-Channel road trips highlight how carmakers and suppliers in Britain and the EU are intertwined
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Does that mini crankshaft still cross La Manche trois times? www.theguardian.com/business/201...