brian doherty08

Solicitor. Legal aspects of European Integration specialism; love farming and the countryside.
Et Velle et Perficere
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[Simon Nixon @Simon_Nixon]

Dublin provided a diplomatic masterclass during Brexit, running rings around London. But a decade later, Ireland finds itself increasingly in Brussels’s crosshairs in ways that threaten its economic model. From my latest…

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

UK has yet to learn it cannot have a deal with the EU that is more than it would or could offer its member states. Unless&until UK begins to remove red lines establsed by May&Starmer there will be constraints on what the EU will offer- those cherries will not work
Brigid Laffan

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In many countries, World Communications Day is being marked today, whose theme this year I have chosen as “Preserving Human Voices and Faces.” In this era of artificial intelligence, I encourage everyone to commit themselves to promoting forms of communication that always respect the truth of the human person, on which every technological innovation should be focused. https://t.co/q5SF19caCW

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

@zeegwa @Pontifex https://t.co/cP7aVpp0SL

[Simon Nixon @Simon_Nixon]

It’s funny, when you consider that Brexiteers used to complain that the EU was too bureaucratic, to learn that the UK civil service has ballooned since 2016 from 385,000 to 516,000. That increase of 130,000 compares with an entire EU staff of just 60,000!
https://t.co/rb9N4xIKCd

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

@ConorOd30913944 @BrigidLaffan @MichealMartinTD Not true. The prestigious Channel 4 news had it, and at the top of the programme.

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

I'm now on Bluesky App.
where I'm finding many friends from X.
Pic from the old Venetian Port at Chania, Crete

[NXT EU @NXT4EU]

The EU is the anti-globalist project.

Putting Europe first, and protecting our rich cultures, history, and values.

A Europe without unity would be prey to whatever globalist empire wants to impose its will on our small countries.

A united Europe would have its own voice! 🇪🇺

[Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission @NIHRC]

Register now! The @NIHRC Annual Human Rights Statement 2025 Launch is taking place on Monday 8 December from 12.30pm - 2pm, as part of @NIHRF.

The keynote address will be delivered by Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC (@bricksilk).

Find out more and register to watch the livestream here: https://t.co/BZHJIDLURG

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

Robert Schuman was French PM x2, Minister of Finance & Foreign Minister. Instrumental in building post-war European & trans-Atlantic institutions; one of founders of EU, @coe & @NATO. Who did he call upon as a model for Europe? - St Columbanus/Columbán! Feast Days: 21 & 23 Nov.

[David Anderson @bricksilk]

“ The rule of law: holding the line against tyranny and anarchy” – published at midnight by @UKHouseofLords Constitutional Committee (link below)

[Chris Grey 🇺🇦 @chrisgreybrexit]

From Brexit to Brexitism. New post starting the 10th year of my now retitled Brexit & Brexitism Blog, analysing the current politics of Brexit, this summer's confected crisis, and the new terrain of post-Brexit politics. Long read: https://t.co/GfCkjezH5M 1/2

[Derrick Wyatt's Law and Policy Blog @BlogWyatt]

https://t.co/AJRlgJUpXu
Recognition, writes @bronwenmaddox would not reward Hamas for its attacks and its continued holding of hostages. A two-state solution is an undesirable outcome for Hamas, which has openly – and violently – opposed previous peace processes.

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

@misspaulalondon "Dancing in the Moon Flight, on a long hot summer night"
(Thanks/apology to Thin Lizzy)

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The history here at the Notre-Dame Cathedral reminds us that rebuilding for a stronger, better future is always possible.

I was grateful to have been welcomed for a visit in Paris this morning.

[Stacy Cay @stacycay]

“America doesn’t owe Ukraine anything”

You sure about that?

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

@jonsopel Most likely, drinking ill-gotten Novy Svet from Crimea..

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

The real risk is not that Trump will ethnically cleanse Gaza.
The risk is that after everyone rejects his plan he will use that rejection as an excuse to cripple any chance of reconstruction and peace.

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

“A republic, if you can keep it” 
Benjamin Franklin
This may sound crazy from a trade newsletter, with a global trade war about to begin, but the looming tariffs aren’t the main thing.
It is the corruption of the US state by a president and his cronies
https://t.co/QizQXlQaAO

[brian doherty08 @brianedoherty08]

@peterdonaghy Hahaha.