Nick Cohen
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Why the radical right in the UK, US and Europe will work for Putin
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Why Russia loves the radical right (and vice versa)
Nathan Gill and the treason of reactionaries
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Why the radical right in the UK, US and Europe will work for Putin
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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To be clear, if you think that 'objecting to someone who looks at this mural and goes "can't see the problem" is some kind of smear, congratulations, you are a racist!
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
To be clear, if you think that 'objecting to someone who looks at this mural and goes "can't see the problem" is some kind of smear, congratulations, you are a racist!
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Anyone seeing a Cloudflare outage atm?
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Anyone seeing a Cloudflare outage atm?
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Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
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Can those in Commons and media holding govt to account please keep asking this Q until we get a clear answer?
'will you be deporting thousands of children to a place they've never been minister' is a big enough & obvious enough Q that govt has to know the answer to it before they unveil the whole package - it surely has a material effect on costs, numbers, political impact, maybe legality. So either..
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Can those in Commons and media holding govt to account please keep asking this Q until we get a clear answer?
Why the radical right in the UK, US and Europe will work for Putin
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Why Russia loves the radical right (and vice versa)
Nathan Gill and the treason of reactionaries
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Why the radical right in the UK, US and Europe will work for Putin
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Podcast with the brilliant @snellarthur.bsky.social on the betrayals of Farage’s allies open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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The British political system gives every appearance of facing a crisis without precedent, and no one knows where it will end. @nickcohen.bsky.social
Britain goes berserk
Robert Saunders on the great unravelling
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November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The British political system gives every appearance of facing a crisis without precedent, and no one knows where it will end. @nickcohen.bsky.social
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BBC managers may be about to learn what good journalists have always known –
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House?
Trump and the BBC: A question of malice
nickcohen.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
BBC managers may be about to learn what good journalists have always known –
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
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Rod Dreher and the corruption of conservatism
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
The far right can’t fight the even further right
The far right can't fight the farther right
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Rod Dreher and the corruption of conservatism
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
BBC managers may be about to learn what good journalists have always known –
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House?
Trump and the BBC: A question of malice
nickcohen.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
BBC managers may be about to learn what good journalists have always known –
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
Rich criminals can lie all the time and get away with it. But if you make one mistake, they will destroy you.
Piece from me on why Trump may still win his ludicrous libel case
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Must we pay off the criminal in the White House? The most corrupt US president in history can still force the BBC to give him our money.
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House?
Trump and the BBC: A question of malice
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House? The most corrupt US president in history can still force the BBC to give him our money.
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House? The most corrupt US president in history can still force the BBC to give him our money.
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House?
Trump and the BBC: A question of malice
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Must we pay off the criminal in the White House? The most corrupt US president in history can still force the BBC to give him our money.
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
Piece from me on Trump’s shakedown of British taxpayers
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Conservatives cannot fight the thuggery and conspiracy theories of modern fascism unless they confront their own support for the thuggery and conspiracy theories of Trump and his allies.
And they're too corrupted to do that
And they're too corrupted to do that
The far right can’t fight the even further right
Rod Dreher, Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson and compromised conservatism
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Conservatives cannot fight the thuggery and conspiracy theories of modern fascism unless they confront their own support for the thuggery and conspiracy theories of Trump and his allies.
And they're too corrupted to do that
And they're too corrupted to do that
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The European countries with the most comprehensive and best quality welfare states all have very broad tax bases as well as universal services - everyone pays in a lot, everyone receives a lot. That is a better model. Trying to shift everything onto "the wealthy" is a destabilising fantasy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The European countries with the most comprehensive and best quality welfare states all have very broad tax bases as well as universal services - everyone pays in a lot, everyone receives a lot. That is a better model. Trying to shift everything onto "the wealthy" is a destabilising fantasy.
Rod Dreher and the corruption of conservatism
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
The far right can’t fight the even further right
The far right can't fight the farther right
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Rod Dreher and the corruption of conservatism
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
Piece from me on how apologists for Trump and Orban can't fight fascism - even if they want to
Conservatives cannot fight the thuggery and conspiracy theories of modern fascism unless they confront their own support for the thuggery and conspiracy theories of Trump and his allies.
And they're too corrupted to do that
And they're too corrupted to do that
The far right can’t fight the even further right
Rod Dreher, Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson and compromised conservatism
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Conservatives cannot fight the thuggery and conspiracy theories of modern fascism unless they confront their own support for the thuggery and conspiracy theories of Trump and his allies.
And they're too corrupted to do that
And they're too corrupted to do that
Very noticeable how people I know who were desperate for Labour to succeed have given up on Starmer now
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Very noticeable how people I know who were desperate for Labour to succeed have given up on Starmer now
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For all the excitement over Epstein's emails it is quite remarkable how no one has quite managed to establish how a fired private high school teacher managed to amass so much money in financial markets so quickly
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For all the excitement over Epstein's emails it is quite remarkable how no one has quite managed to establish how a fired private high school teacher managed to amass so much money in financial markets so quickly
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This is excellent news. You cannot have democratic accountability when nobody knows who the candidates are, what they stand for, what the job involves or how to measure their success.
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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UK politics live – latest updates
The controversial system of police and crime commissioners is to be abolished by the government, the Guardian has learned.
Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives, all 43 police forces covering local areas across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is excellent news. You cannot have democratic accountability when nobody knows who the candidates are, what they stand for, what the job involves or how to measure their success.
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I wrote a rather choleric piece about elected Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013.
"This crapulous experiment has failed. It is time to pull the flush".
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2013/03/an-e...
"This crapulous experiment has failed. It is time to pull the flush".
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2013/03/an-e...
An Experiment That Failed
Last November, for the first time in my life, I boycotted a national election. I don't suppose anyone noticed - the polling station didn...
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I wrote a rather choleric piece about elected Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013.
"This crapulous experiment has failed. It is time to pull the flush".
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2013/03/an-e...
"This crapulous experiment has failed. It is time to pull the flush".
gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2013/03/an-e...
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This. It's odd how Labour wants to appear businesslike, and yet there's not a business anywhere that avoids advertising itself whilst telling customers that their rivals have a good product.
Breaking the tax pledge is the right call...and politically sulphurous. Reeves must argue, far more forcefully, that taxes are *the* essential downpayment we all pay for a fairer society.
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
Patrick Diamond and I wrote for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Key points in 🧵 👇
renewal.org.uk/blog/if-labo...
If Labour want a fairer society, they must argue for it
Labour must make the political argument: taxes are the critical downpayment we all pay to live in a fairer society.
It now seems all but certain that direct taxes will rise in the forthcoming Budget...
renewal.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This. It's odd how Labour wants to appear businesslike, and yet there's not a business anywhere that avoids advertising itself whilst telling customers that their rivals have a good product.
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🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
youtu.be/FuMcq1HFatQ?...
youtu.be/FuMcq1HFatQ?...
🚨People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
youtu.be/FuMcq1HFatQ?...
youtu.be/FuMcq1HFatQ?...
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"The anti-journalism culture at the BBC"
Piece from me on how BBC management’s lack of concern for basic journalistic standards is threatening the BBC’s future
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Piece from me on how BBC management’s lack of concern for basic journalistic standards is threatening the BBC’s future
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
The anti-journalism culture at the BBC
Deputy heads should roll
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November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"The anti-journalism culture at the BBC"
Piece from me on how BBC management’s lack of concern for basic journalistic standards is threatening the BBC’s future
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Piece from me on how BBC management’s lack of concern for basic journalistic standards is threatening the BBC’s future
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.