Simon Nixon

Ducks for cover....

The Tories will not return to government until they wear Union flag trousers to match the jacket. At the moment it's like they don't even love our country.

Conservative and Unionist Party, you say?

CBI welcomes Tory shadow chancellor's calls for fiscal prudence but adds: “Business will however be concerned by reactionary proposals to scrap key pieces of legislation, like the Climate Change Act, that have done much to boost confidence and underpin investment in high growth sectors."

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Love this image by @nixonsimon.bsky.social: what Europe needs is a drone wall for economic security and reducing dependencies.

(As we currently don't have clarity on what a drone wall would actually entail, the comparison perhaps works a little too well)

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Brave New World Thoughts on Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution, and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like kings

Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like Kings - my latest

Looks like Lecornu's government may be stillborn. And Macron may find it impossible to name a 6th prime minister in less than three years

This detailed demolition of @gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social's "75 Brexit Benefits" by @alanbeattie.bsky.social deserves wider circulation.

Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!

Why the Democrats were right to force the Republicans hand on the gov't shutdown. Trump is freaking out because the GOP will be blamed for bankrupting many Americans over healthcare. The Democrats should force a full and humiliating climb down on Trump and the GOP.

Barely a fortnight has passed since Kemi Badenoch’s reflexive and incredibly OTT hostility to the government’s proposals for digital ID.

Latest post from by far the best analyst of global economic issues

Thank you Chris. You have just made my day. Much appreciated

Brave New World Thoughts on Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution, and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like kings

Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like Kings - my latest

This is why they want all human rights restraints removed. #ECHR

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up? We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

Yeah, I know fact-checking will convince no-one on her side of the argument, but kudos to the Grauniad for doing it anyway.

Here we have the Treasury secretary saying explicitly that economic policy is being made based on who voted for Trump. So now all of us will be paying for a farm bailout caused by Trump's idiotic trade war. Congrats, America!

I wrote about this here: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-farm...

Very interesting piece.

Loss of Faith Thoughts on where next for the gold price, what lies behind Trump's anti-climate change rant, and could a European moment be in sight

Gold investors have lost faith in fiat currencies, Trump has lost faith in American clean energy technology, but Europe may have just discovered enough self-belief to do something game-changing. My latest

So, to be clear, Reform UK want a state strong enough to carry out mass deportations but identity cards would be a step too far in terms of state power?

Amazing.

In Smolensk region, Russia, a truck collided with a freight train at a railway crossing, causing 18 gasoline tankers to derail. A massive fire broke out as 12 of the cars were loaded with fuel, according to Moscow Railway. Emergency crews are working at the scene.

Russian forces have reportedly fallen into three simultaneous encirclements. Ukrainian troops cut off retreat routes while drones track reinforcements. Ukraine’s Dnipro command confirms advances, saying Russian logistics near Dobropillia are collapsing and retreating troops are trapped under fire.

Perhaps that’s what they’re worried about - that it will make it easier for young people to vote

The sheer hypocrisy of this.

You have to "show your papers" to vote in a general election.

I have to "show my papers" to examine a PhD thesis.

I can't sing evensong down the road without "showing my papers".

The Mail backed all these Tory changes. But suddenly Labour is turning us into Stasiland

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.

Soybeans were the single largest U.S. export to China by value. Now it’s zero.

U.S. agriculture secretary says farmers need to stop relying “on a country that isn’t aligned with our values.”

(Trump proposed sending tariff proceeds to farmers)

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

Some may be wondering whether he hasn't already marched into DC 🙃

Sadiq Khan bringing Sharia Law to London like