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Nick Cohen 
Journalist and author.
I produce Writing From London, an independent newsletter about politics, culture and authoritarianism.
nickcohen.substack.com
I produce Writing From London, an independent newsletter about politics, culture and authoritarianism.
nickcohen.substack.com
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| Quote | 3,009 | 18.4% |
| Tweet | 1,694 | 10.4% |
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| URL | 3,340 | 20.5% |
| Photo | 543 | 3.3% |
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| #ukraine | 34 | 0.2% |
| #russia | 21 | 0.1% |
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What I like most about this illustration from a magazine of historical counterfactuals, is that even if Catherine of Aragon had had a son, and there'd been no break with Rome, and we had Christ the Redeemer in Trafalgar Square, there is still a rail replacement bus service...
There's a quiet desperation here. Brexit wasn't proposed as "a project that by necessity is to some degree a leap of faith", requiring a "cheerleader". The DT "hope the revolution is only just getting started" but it's clear that dealing with its failure is the only game in town.
The heads of Vote Leave and the IEA, whose ideas have helped wipe billions of pounds off the UK economy, to be handed peerages in Liz Truss' resignation honours.
Quite extraordinarily, @johnredwood has contacted me and published this blog both saying I wrongfully accused him of voting for the protocol in @HouseofCommons this week.
He claims he abstained on the protocol on the 30th December 2020.
Well, I have news for John. 1/6
He claims he abstained on the protocol on the 30th December 2020.
Well, I have news for John. 1/6
"She never said she's sorry, because she's not sorry."
The Albanian PM says Suella Braverman has never apologised for her "Albanian criminals" comments and tells Albanians living in the UK to ignore her attempts to win votes by scaremongering about them.
The Albanian PM says Suella Braverman has never apologised for her "Albanian criminals" comments and tells Albanians living in the UK to ignore her attempts to win votes by scaremongering about them.
Morrissey's Brexit. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog analysing this week's developments, including the Windsor Framework vote & Privileges hearing, and what they mean for Brexit populism, organized via The Smiths' song titles (read it to find out why): chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/morris…
An incredible amount of buck passing going on to avoid answering questions about how a sanctioned Russian criminal could sue me in UK courts for saying the thing he was sanctioned for in the UK on Twitter. Perhaps because the current PM was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 49% (+3)
CON: 23% (-4)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 6% (=)
RFM: 6% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 21-22 Mar.
Changes w/ 15-16 Mar.
LAB: 49% (+3)
CON: 23% (-4)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 6% (=)
RFM: 6% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 21-22 Mar.
Changes w/ 15-16 Mar.
CEO of TikTok just has no idea whether China persecutes Uyghurs or not and can’t say one way or the other. Just like how Mark Zuckerberg thought Holocaust denial on Facebook should be allowed. I have some adjectives to describe these tech titans but I’d be de-platformed.
Except that as @DrHannahWhite of @instituteforgov points out, this isn't about 'Boris', it's about the core principle of ministerial accountability to parliament. That used to matter, even (some Conservatives would say especially) to Conservatives: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/privil…
The commentators on the French radio are not kind to Emmanuel Macron, observing that the violence in the streets has now gone beyond a union-led movement against the pension reforms, but is now a wider revolt and upheaval against him and his government.
Ah, but we DO have a peace proposal:
1. Russian armed forces immediately withdraw, completely, from all Ukrainian territory (including Crimea, which Russia illegally stole from Ukraine in 2014)
2. Russia lives up to its 1994 pledge (contained in the Budapest Memorandum) to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1. Russian armed forces immediately withdraw, completely, from all Ukrainian territory (including Crimea, which Russia illegally stole from Ukraine in 2014)
2. Russia lives up to its 1994 pledge (contained in the Budapest Memorandum) to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Lefty, elitist, North London lawyer buys Mum donkey sanctuary and sister house scandal. It's sickening. How out of touch can you be?
MPC raised rates even tho Bank staff continued to expect GDP to decline by 0.1% in 2023 Q1, and for there to be zero growth for three years....and for inflation to collapse
so why raise rates? ERROR
so why raise rates? ERROR
OK so here is MPC FEB forecast for no growth for years
Why would you raise rates to make growth even slower
Beats me sorry
Why would you raise rates to make growth even slower
Beats me sorry
Viktor Orban’s head of office just now, when asked about the ICC’s arrest warrant on Putin:
“In Hungary, Putin would NOT be arrested.”
They’re spitting the rules-based international order in the face, every chance they get. Shameful.
“In Hungary, Putin would NOT be arrested.”
They’re spitting the rules-based international order in the face, every chance they get. Shameful.
The first nail in the coffin of an enfeebled Israeli democracy: Knesset passes the 'anti-incapacitation law' preventing the attorney general from declaring PM Netanyahu unfit to serve, even if the on-trial premier fiddles with obvious conflicts of interest
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Knesset passes law preventing AG from declaring Netanyahu unfit for office
haaretz.com
Israel's 'shutting down the country' day of protest against Netanyahu gov't: Prominent protest leader arrested, clashes with police in Tel Aviv, handmaids on the march, Herzl's pithy dictum updated, defense industry workers strike
Live updates @haaretzcom
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Live updates @haaretzcom
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Israelis launch 'National Shutdown Day' against Netanyahu's judicial coup
haaretz.com
During my first year as a solicitor, a quarter of a century ago, I had to sit in court watching my witness give evidence in a big commercial dispute. I’d drafted his statement and we’d spent a lot of time together. Great guy. He’d done well previously.
Best of times, worst of times: Our graph on the profit margin explosion today on the front page of the @FT, just next to falling life expectancy.
That’s why this is an important day for the British democracy. No matter whether Johnson gets away with it in the end or not. 👇
Interesting insight into how No10 reacted to ITV News breaking the story of the PM's birthday bash - the one event he was fined for.
"Blows another great gaping hole in the PM's account doesn't it?" said his Director of Comms.
"Blows another great gaping hole in the PM's account doesn't it?" said his Director of Comms.
Monmouth shows Trump continuing to gain in the presidential primary, with Trump up 41-27.
This is longest-long-term trend from a high-quality poll in the race. Since December, Trump has gained 15 points while DeSantis has lost 12 points=
This is longest-long-term trend from a high-quality poll in the race. Since December, Trump has gained 15 points while DeSantis has lost 12 points=
“Rupert Murdoch succeeded where Vladimir Putin failed. He turned Americans against each other, promoting anger, hatred and lies. Murdoch knew Trump’s claim the election was stolen was a lie but Fox News persuaded millions of Americans that it was true.” smh.com.au/national/murdo…
Murdoch succeeded where Putin failed. Time for a Fox hunt
smh.com.au
This time last year the idea of Russia fielding T55s last used by the 1990s Ethiopian Army was just considered an absurd inside joke among military analysis colleagues. Now it's actually happening.
Interesting take on how little China gave Putin, and how much Russia had to give China to get this small amount.
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism.
Interview with @ThreshedThought who along with @PhillipsPOBrien was among the few UK voices in the spring of 2022 pointing out that Russia was not a military superpower and the Tsar-emperor had no clothes
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/…
Interview with @ThreshedThought who along with @PhillipsPOBrien was among the few UK voices in the spring of 2022 pointing out that Russia was not a military superpower and the Tsar-emperor had no clothes
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/…
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism.
nickcohen.substack.com
One thing is clear. The claim this “bombshell” dossier would exonerate Boris - as his allies were briefing - was itself a complete fabrication.
'Dangerous'
'Extremely troubling'
'Particularly provocative'
The Biden administration is at last taking the gloves off, at least denunciation-wise, in response to Netanyahu gov't policies and personalities. How far further is it willing to go? @haaretzcom
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
'Extremely troubling'
'Particularly provocative'
The Biden administration is at last taking the gloves off, at least denunciation-wise, in response to Netanyahu gov't policies and personalities. How far further is it willing to go? @haaretzcom
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Good piece, not least because it picks up the key issue that post-Brexit loss of access to EU animal disease (etc) notification databases means the often-made claim that 'EU standards are fine so there's no more risk in not having import controls than pre-Brexit' is false.
Why Rwanda really doesn't need the £140m of British aid it's been given to settle unwanted migrants: ft.com/content/ecf898…
"Do not become numb to this" cannot be repeated loudly enough. Put comments like this all over the public space and make people look at them instead of looking away.
If you're looking for the TL;DR on Xi's visit with Putin, it is this: China's domination of Russia is complete.
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Exactly right @MBielieskov , from before February 24 to now in Bakhmut, there has been a consistent underestimation of Ukrainians capabilities and drastic overestimation of Russian capabilities. Certain people/analysts seemed trapped in their mindsets
Interview with Mike Martin @ThreshedThought in advance of the publication next week of his How to Fight a War amazon.co.uk/How-Fight-War-…
If Western governments had understood the weakness of the regime, they would have supplied more weapons and 1/ Maybe deterred Putin or 2/ Stopped as many Ukranians dying.
On the 20th anniversary of 2nd Gulf War, the West congratulates itself on warning of Russian invasion intentions. Deservedly so. But there was still an intelligence failure in the massive overestimate of the strength of Russia's corrupt and appallingly led armed forces.
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism.
Interview with @ThreshedThought who along with @PhillipsPOBrien was among the few UK voices in the spring of 2022 pointing out that Russia was not a military superpower and the Tsar-emperor had no clothes
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/…
Interview with @ThreshedThought who along with @PhillipsPOBrien was among the few UK voices in the spring of 2022 pointing out that Russia was not a military superpower and the Tsar-emperor had no clothes
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/…
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism.
Interview with @ThreshedThought who along with @PhillipsPOBrien was among the few UK voices in the spring of 2022 pointing out that Russia was not a military superpower and the Tsar-emperor had no clothes
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/…
Interview with @ThreshedThought who along with @PhillipsPOBrien was among the few UK voices in the spring of 2022 pointing out that Russia was not a military superpower and the Tsar-emperor had no clothes
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/…
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism.
nickcohen.substack.com
This was just three weeks before he died. These entries in the latter part of his diaries are some of the most honest and succinct writing on the experience of depression that you will ever read.
The most important single factor in feeding the Ukraine war is the supply of artillery ammunition (nb 152mm and 122mm for RU, those plus 155mm and 105mm for UA). I am now thinking Ukraine will get what it needs. The figures are mind boggling... 1/
Germany has changed tack on the unemployed: more generous benefits, more training, less punitive. If you're more worried about skills/productivity/health, this makes sense. The UK meanwhile said last week that "sanctions will be applied more rigorously"... ft.com/content/dd4e04…
This story is the reason I left the Home Office.
Almost ten years ago, I was sitting on the immigration desk in press office when we got word that a BBC Panorama documentary was about to air which exposed English language test cheating on a massive scale.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…
Almost ten years ago, I was sitting on the immigration desk in press office when we got word that a BBC Panorama documentary was about to air which exposed English language test cheating on a massive scale.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…
English test scandal: students and campaigners call on PM to end years of limbo
theguardian.com
An acclaimed political scientist should write a piece for the Mail about what this tells us about the disconnect between Britain's elites and the masses
This powerful short film by @simon_schama explains the exceptional artistic and cultural reasons why Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai should stay in the UK. The Government has today extended the export bar till June - pls consider donating to @artfund to save it youtu.be/3ipWSFM6fRA
Imagine if the media called India, Ghana & Canada post-British nations. Or Latin American states post-Spanish. That’d be nuts, right?
Well so it this. The ‘post-Soviet’ insult advances russian propaganda & entrenches broader ignorance of Eastern Europe & Central Asia. End it now.
Well so it this. The ‘post-Soviet’ insult advances russian propaganda & entrenches broader ignorance of Eastern Europe & Central Asia. End it now.
Trump basically calling on NYPD not to do their job.
We shouldn't underestimate the extent to which Trump and MAGA are going to try to undermine the law-abidingness of law enforcement in the U.S. over the next year and a half.
We shouldn't underestimate the extent to which Trump and MAGA are going to try to undermine the law-abidingness of law enforcement in the U.S. over the next year and a half.
🚨🚨 New great piece and fascinating analysis by @AnthonyBylines examining how PM Rishi Sunak now after a comparatively smooth ride now must face the bleak #Brexit realities. @YorksBylines @BylineTimes @mikegalsworthy @SimonPease1 @NickCohen4 yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/br…
If wages had continued to grow as they were before the financial crash of 2008, real average weekly earnings would be around £11,000 per year higher than they are now: new RF analysis sheds light on what 15 years of economic stagnation have done to our pay and living standards.
I’m incandescent at the Home Secretary’s witless and wicked policies on asylum - but to liken them to the Holocaust, or to tweet photoshopped pictures of her with a backdrop of Auschwitz, is utterly disgraceful and completely undermines your case.
