Isabel Arriaga Cunha

Portuguesa de nascimento, Europeia de coração. Ex-correspondente do em Brusssels (1990-2014). Entre muitas outras coisas 🇪🇺

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@hellorita97 @EmmaBat_ Eu gostava mesmo era de saber de quem estão a falar 🤣

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@theluisribeiro Não sei se estou surpreendida…

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@Justdoit1959 @pedroml Não faz a ponta de um corno quem quer. Como em qualquer outro “emprego”. Quem quer, trabalha, e muito!

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@Custodia915067 Tenebrosa, mazé!

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

Grande discurso sobre um grande homem!

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@luisjorge Já tem uns anos, mas sim, vale a pena relê-lo com a perspectiva actual

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@theluisribeiro Que história é essa??? (Vivo no “estrangeiro”!! 🤪)

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

Miguel Sousa Tavares, Expresso 5/6/2026:
“Passos Coelho recebeu um país cujo Estado tinha falido, arrastando tudo e todos para uma crise sem precedentes, mas, em contrapartida, com uma oportunidade e uma disponibilidade únicas para, de facto, reformar o Estado e pôr um travão ao seu regabofe. Em vez disso, porém, sem sacrificar um único posto de trabalho público, sem extinguir um só instituto ou empresa pública que fosse, ou uma só fundação, isenta de impostos a troco de nada, preferiu atacar os outros, a quem recomendou que “empobrecessem alegremente”, começando pelos jovens que convidou a emigrarem, abandonando o “conforto” do desemprego. Olhem só que grande reformador!”

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

Que tristeza. Morreu uma grande mulher

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@donocooperativa JMA, um idiota chapado

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

Para os comentadeiros de serviço que acham que não é preciso para nada falar bem inglês, é tudo uma questão de importância que se dá à mensagem a passar. Se não há mensagem, pode-se à vontade fazer figuras destas, é indiferente. Mas se se quer passar uma mensagem importante, é bom que as pessoas se façam, no mínimo, compreender

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@insoniascarvao Estou na mesma.

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@theluisribeiro Amanhã também é o dia da Europa! 🇪🇺

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

Brilliant description of the bully-in-chief

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@JamesTate121 @pdegrauwe This is brilliant!

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@theluisribeiro Hehrhe, acabei de perceber que também estou bloqueada pelo professor. Estou muito orgulhosa!

[Isabel Arriaga Cunha @iaciac]

@LilianaValente Não vale a pena perder tempo e energia com esta pessoa pequenina, Liliana, não vale mesmo!

[European Democrats @democrats_eu]

The chant “Europe, Europe, Europe” rising from the banks of the Danube, in front of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, where Péter Magyar @magyarpeterMP is celebrating his electoral victory, is a cry that shakes the conscience of us all. It lifts our spirits, fills us with joy, and gives us hope that this era of sovereigntism and populism may soon be consigned to the past. Long live a united and democratic Europe!