Philip Coggan

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

Two things of note in today's announcement of the 2025 Nobel physics prize (besides the work being honored).

1: The US institutional dominance of the prize continues.
2: 2 of the three laureates are immigrants, drawn here decades ago by the then-unmatched opportunities for science here...

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Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
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Don't rely on the markets to save democracy If profits are rising and interest rates are falling, they don't care about the rest

Don't rely on the markets to save democracy. April was a blip; investors won't stand up to Trump. New post
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She literally says immigrants should "go back to where they came from" - the oldest racist jibe in the book

The Board of Deputies’ response to the Israeli government inviting Tommy Robinson to visit

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

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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Cant even have men archbishops any more

because of Woking

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

The questions seemed a little leading to me but I returned it on the grounds that, if liberals boycott it, the results will be presented as showing that most Britons are white nationalists

Anyone else been sent an opinion survey by the University of Kent? It was from the psychology department, not the politics department previously associated with Matthew Goodwin. But it focused very heavily on attitudes towards immigration, and ethnic nationalism. 1/2

Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity The time to act is now

Now is a good time to start worrying about Fed dollar swap lines.

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Labour has decided to stop punching its own voters Sir Keir Starmer has embraced peace and love of the party’s hippy base

No more hippy punching. Starmer decides to stop punching its own voters in the face www.economist.com/britain/2025...

No, I noticed that everyone taking care of me was a highly competent professional who had emigrated here from another country to fill our vast need for healthcare workers. Why were you asking fellow patients for their papers, you invasive weirdo

Private payrolls declined in September by 32,000 in key ADP report coming amid shutdown data blackout Private payrolls saw their biggest decline in two-and-a-half years during September, ADP said.

Time for Trump to sack whoever's in charge of ADP. They're in the private sector, you say? At this rate, they will lose their job anyway
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The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World eBook : Coggan, Philip: Amazon.co.uk: Books

"The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump" is one of Amazon's Kindle book deals for October. Buy now before he puts a 100% tariff on books, or knowledge
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President Irump here makes clear that, in his view, the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech applies to American citizens alone, and to an unconstitutionally narrow view of citizenship at that. This case -- perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court -- squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally "yes, they do." "No law" means "no law." The First Amendment does not draw President Trump's invidious distinction and it is not to be found in our history ....

BREAKING: Judge William Young finds that Noem, Rubio, DHS, and State "deliberately" sought to restrict non-citizens' First Amendment rights.

"'No law' means 'no law.' The First Amendment does not draw President Trump’s invidious distinction ...."

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Memo for Labour: globalisation is good, actually This government is in many ways the party returned to its factory settings. But the product was faulty in the first place

Very good point from Stephen Bush in this excellent piece: people may dislike globalisation in theory but are happy to benefit from it in practice. It takes the world to produce the stuff that fills our homes www.ft.com/content/2fa3...

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Team Europe trolling Trump after winning The Ryder Cup 🤣💀

Since Trump turned up to inspire the US Ryder Cup team at Friday lunchtime, the European lead has widened from two to seven points.

Perhaps sacking the highly successful Forest manager and replacing him with the man whose club finished 17th last season wasn't a smart move? Another loss

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The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World Buy The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World Main by Coggan, Philip (ISBN: 9781805227687) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

"The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump" is being reprinted! So there is plenty of opportunity to buy the book in shops or online. As a bonus, it will probably annoy Trump if you buy it..
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As recounted in my book, US farmers spent years building up Chinese demand for soybeans, after the turbulence of the 1980s. Tariffs have pushed up their costs (fertilisers, seeds etc) and now demand has slumped

Princess Awesome vs. the United States of America

The practical impact of tariffs on small businesses. In the end consumers will pay more because many goods cannot be produced cheaply in the US
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What really made America great And how Trump is undermining its greatness

What really made America great, and how Trump is undermining that greatness. New piece
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