Journalist. Publisher of Wealth of Nations newsletter on Substack. Previously chief leader writer and columnist @TheTimes, chief Europe commentator @WSJ. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef. https://nixons.substack.com/
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"Actually I didn't even apply to Stanford, yeah, they just wrote to me and said come and study here, yeah, and they weren't the only ones, either, and they said I was so good that I could probably skip a year, yeah. But in the end I went to Sussex because of my allergies."
France's political turmoil is unlikely to trigger an imminent euro crisis. But its inability to tackle its public debt does make it even less likely that Europe will do what is necessary to boost its economic and geopolitical power. In that way, France risks sowing the seeds of the next crisis
France's political turmoil is unlikely to trigger an imminent euro crisis. But its inability to tackle its public debt does make it even less likely that Europe will do what is necessary to boost its economic and geopolitical power. In that way, France risks sowing the seeds of the next crisis
Talk of Britain needing to call in the IMF is absurd. The right-wing political and media class appears to have convinced itself that the country is on the brink of economic and societal collapse. Some even seem determined to bring it about. My latest on what lies behind rising gilt yields
Talk of Britain needing to call in the IMF is absurd. The right-wing political and media class appears to have convinced itself that the country is on the brink of economic and societal collapse. Some even seem determined to bring it about. My latest on what lies behind rising gilt yields
America's transition from global insurance provider to global gangster has destroyed the economic world as we knew it. President Xi's summit with Putin and Modi is evidence of a new order emerging from its ashes - one in which Europe is destined to be the big loser. My latest
Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR. Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says. davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
@nixonsimon.bsky.social as readable and informative as usual, on Trump's assault on the global economy, the potential for a US market crash (buy gold!), the UK's financial situation (not quite as bad as you may have heard) and France limiting European integration. open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
The Coming Crash - my latest
My latest with thoughts on Trump’s ongoing destruction of the economic world as we used to know it, market complacency, is the UK heading for an IMF bailout and will France get there first
Still staggered that Byline has no less than six contributors named on the Kremlin’s latest stop list - way more than any other UK media organisation. But beginning to wonder if this is as much to do with our investigation of the Levedevs (who still control a raft of UK media)
Useful thread that shows that despite a massive incitement campaign by far right media (Times/Tele/DM/Express etc), anti-immigrant protests have been v sparsely attended. Perhaps their readers aren’t as racist as they thought, or maybe just too infirm?
This is pretty sinister on MAGA's man in Greenland - not least for the (no longer surprising) extensive links with Russia
Big worrying scoop from the FT: Trump suggested deploying Chinese troops as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine as part of a peace settlement with Russia, backing yet another idea floated by Vladimir Putin on.ft.com/4mZ4y7y
If you just look at the language here. "Undeterred". This is a judgement of a Court of Appeal. Not a war against a common enemy. It's the small things that are eroding the rule of law in this country. And the Times has become a driving force in it.
Bears repeating that Lowe's position on remigration is to the right of the BNP in the 2000s. And the Telegraph is giving him softball interviews.
Astonishing stuff. The security and prosperity of billions of people hinges on the hurt feelings of a grotesquely egomaniacal man-child www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
Angry at insinuations that judges who granted or overturned Epping injunction were politically biased. I've known both Cons & Lab lawyers who've become judges. Whatever their previous politics they take seriously their judicial oath to do justice without fear or favour
Again, one has to ask, why does Donald Trump (and all the right-wing cranks in Europe) think he can win a 21st century tech race with a 20th (19th?) century energy system? Mad
It’s simply saying that of the 4.5 million who arrived during the last four years of the Tories, more than half are still here. As a result, one in 25 people in the country today arrived during those years…
The Tory refusal to be honest about the scale of their Brexit disaster and associated trade-offs has utterly discredited the party, perhaps permanently, radicalised the right and raised the spectre of a Faragist Trumpian tyranny. The country risks being trapped in a doom loop.
Presumably half the 4.5m have left already (as you would expect since the numbers measure arrivals, regardless of how long they plan to stay). Otherwise it would be 1 in 15 people which would surely be far too high…
Quite. That was my point, and one which comes across clearly from the WSJ’s excellent reporting
Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
When Denmark, despite holding the rotating EU Presidency, wasn't included in the White House meeting last week, I briefly wondered whether it was because of Greenland, and then thought "No, that would be mad". It comes to something when Putin gets the red carpet & the Danes get US subversion.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Trump’s unshakeable belief that America can win a 21st century technological race with a 20th century energy system is one of the more bizarre bets of his presidency. I touched on this in the latest edition of Wealth of Nations open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
'Is it time for the Government to drown innocent human beings for political advantage?' and other questions now apparently deemed acceptable in the British media
My latest with thoughts on the three things that need to happen to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, what’s at stake in Trump’s hyper-politicisation of American capitalism, and why central banks should pay closer attention to climate risks open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
What kind of democracy is it that puts such an ignorant buffoon within a heartbeat of a presidency already occupied by an ignorant buffoon? Can the world’s most powerful country really not do any better?
My latest with thoughts on the three things that need to happen to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, what’s at stake in Trump’s hyper-politicisation of American capitalism, and why central banks should pay closer attention to climate risks open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
This lifted my day
Well said
Chairman Mao touts his state-run economy
Clear national security risk
The crazy part is how obvious it all is, and how dumb they think we all are.
We need less think pieces on how new media is radicalizing the young and more think pieces on how old media is radicalizing the old
Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko said it was his idea for the FBI to go after Bolton, which he voiced months ago on Russian state television. He also praised Trump, Vance & Hegseth for not criticizing Russia's strikes against Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htah...
Pioneering work being done in the Netherlands where they are are testing how many ministers and parties can resign from a government before it physically ceases to exist www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
So many crazy things happening in America today it is hard to keep up. It seems to have gone full banana republic. Seriously alarming
This is an urgent and important question from @adambienkov.bsky.social Again this summer, British citizens are being terrorised by the organised far right and the silence of mainstream media and our political leaders is astounding and dangerous bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Though he can’t even do this right, as Putin is clearly laughing at him
Congratulations to @bylinetimes.bsky.social for coming out a clear winner for the number of journalists sanctioned by Russia. A tribute to its fearlessness and its commitment to exposing malign Russian influence in UK and European politics. Proud to be a columnist for this vital publication
Virtually all major imperialist or colonial wars after WWII has ended with the imperial power withdrawing: The UK: India 1947 France: Vietnam 1954 & Algeria 1962 US: Vietnam 1973, Afghanistan 2021 The USSR: Afghanistan 1988, Eastern Europe 1989. Time for Russia to leave Ukraine!
Yet another retrospective triumph for Cameron and Osborne.
Yes, truly incredible.
Imagine taking tips from Putin on how to run a fair election. Remarkably revealing clip which shows just how spectacularly Putin played Trump - and that Trump is too vain to notice or care
Trump claps for Putin as he greets him on the red carpet in Alaska.
"Highly respected"? By whom?
That’s the genius of the right-wing media: to make you feel sorry for people vastly richer than yourself
Your domicile is the place you *consider* to be your real home. Your residence is the place you actually live. A ridiculous arcane distinction introduced for the benefit of 19th century British oligarchs and abused by the global oligarchy ever since
Haha. How The Times must have choked on this headline having done more than anyone to spread the non dom fake news which was based on the patently flawed Henley Partners data extrapolated from 200 LinkedIn accounts
UK economy grew 1% in first half of 2025 US economy grew 0.6% I present these figures without comment
Abduction and forced disappearances are human rights abuses we used to condemn in other countries.
Plenty of signs that Trump's successors will want to hold on to tariffs, and unwinding this is going to be a big global problem. Even while they won't have brought back manufacturing or closed the deficit. Stale WTO 'reform' talk won't be enough.
Trump threatens a lawsuit against Powell over the building renovations, in case you thought that pretext had been put to bed.
According to the Watson School of International and Public Affairs in Rhode Island, US, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the war in Afghanistan combined.
The pathetic and craven weakness of the United Kingdom (via Private Eye).
This is a man who has no idea what he's talking about, & no understanding of his interlocutor's motivation, about to sell out Ukraine to Putin, who knows exactly how to manipulate Trump. Europe cannot let this stand, if it wants to save itself as well as Ukraine.
Deeply shocked by Israel’s deliberate killing of the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, his colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Israel has now killed at least 186 journalists in this war.
Can this be true? Scandalous if so.
Letter of the day (in the Times)
If the argument is that the EU had no choice in the trade talks but to reward the US for breaking the law, because we need its security support, then a consequence should be that if the US takes Russia’s side in demanding that Ukraine give up land, then all bets will be off as regards trade.
Hard to see what is different about this Putin peace proposal to all his previous ones
Important argument from Simon Nixon here about the role well designed standards can play in reducing the cost of capital.
Rowback on EU green rules will harm companies and investors - my latest for @financialtimes.com
Rowback on EU green rules will harm companies and investors - my latest for @financialtimes.com
Rowback on EU green rules will harm companies and investors - column here from @nixonsimon.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/5345...
Any media outlet reporting that Trump is punishing Russia with his moves today is either lying or stupid.
"It's the end of the affair..." The US/UK 'special' relationship in #Trump era @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @heidicuda.bsky.social @nixonsimon.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...
My latest with thoughts on what next for Europe after the surrender, the high price of the latest Brexit benefit, the end of the Swiss model, and how Canada shaped the modern world
Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.
NEW EPISODE: #Trump and the Transatlantic Rift... Can the US still be considered a 'special' ally of the UK? @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social hears from @heidicuda.bsky.social and @nixonsimon.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...
Virginia Giuffre’s brother: "I think we were shocked by it, especially to use the term stolen, Because she's not an object. She's a person who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago, his property, a place where she was looking forward to having fun that summer. And it just makes us wonder, how much he knew."
My latest
Trump’s EU-US Trade Deal Could Cost Europe for Years to Come - my latest for @bloomberg.com
Delighted to talk to @lemonde.fr for this great piece on what Trump’s tariffs may mean for the global trading system and Europe’s place within it.
How far the Tories have moved. Impossible to imagine Badenoch or Jenrick saying that.
The most broken of broken clocks.
"The UK now has almost enough offshore wind capacity in the construction pipeline to support its 2030 clean power mission, after plans for a huge 4.1GW project off the east coast of Scotland were given the conditional green light." www.businessgreen.com/news/4517115... via Michael Holder 🔌💡
TRANSITION? WHAT TRANSITION? Wind and solar, pet hates of the populist right, will meet >90% of global electricity demand growth to 2026, helping renewables topple King Coal's reign as the world's top power source www.carbonbrief.org/...
Amazing. It's going to be funny watching Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage going into the next election pledging to reverse this, or whatever their incoherent policy will be by then
🔴Paying to Play: Europe’s Costly Concessions in Trump’s New Trade War The US-EU trade deal is a “hopelessly one-sided” agreement, which will ultimately harm the economy on both sides of the Atlantic, argues @nixonsimon.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/p...
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Delighted to discuss the EU-US trade “deal” with @thanosdavelis.bsky.social for the @kathimerini.gr daily podcast this morning
Thank you!
🔴Paying to Play: Europe’s Costly Concessions in Trump’s New Trade War The US-EU trade deal is a “hopelessly one-sided” agreement, which will ultimately harm the economy on both sides of the Atlantic, argues @nixonsimon.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/p...
Very true
Well at least we have confirmation that the files contain something that is really bad — bad enough to make him worried that he can’t spin it or that it would turn his base against him (and considering that they will pretty much forgive him for anything, it means it’s REALLY bad)
Euro falls sharply against dollar after US-EU deal https://on.ft.com/4mdV3RF
Presumably the EU, as the great great promoter of international rules that we know it is, will offer these 0% tariffs to all WTO members?
'For a bloc that prides itself on being a trade powerhouse to have folded so easily and accepted such a one-sided deal is a blow to its standing and hands a huge win to Trump'. H/T @nixonsimon.bsky.social nixons.substack.com/p/europes-su...
That the Henley Partners data was bullshit was obvious even without the help of forensic accountants. I wrote about it in March, as did others including @tortoisemedia.bsky.social, but obviously not our fearless right-wing papers that have been splashing with this crap every week for months
Did anyone - apart from the entirety of the right-wing media, that is - ever believe that these millionaire migration reports would stand up to the slightest scrutiny? Perhaps that is why they weren't scrutinised...
The Tories may be flatlining, but at least one former minister's stock is rising. Why is Jeremy Hunt being feted as an elder statesman when he was arguably the worst chancellor in recent times? From my latest newsletter open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Trump is tilting at windmills just as new research finds that renewables are now the cheapest form of electricity generation everywhere. How is the US going to win the AI race when his own DOE is warning of a 100-fold increase in blackouts over the next 5 years? My latest
Europe should learn the lessons of last week's disappointing EU-China summit. Europe is no longer a priority for Beijing, which is now more focused on the Global South. Europe needs to make a counter-offer or risk being sidelined completely
America should learn from imperial Britain - splendid isolation is not a winning strategy. My latest newsletter
Why Trump is winning his trade wars - and why America is likely to be the ultimate loser. My latest