Nigel Anderson
@blinkcursor.bsky.social
Not in the Epstein files.
Prepare for "Stocks bounce on weak jobs data"
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Prepare for "Stocks bounce on weak jobs data"
Some friends came out to visit me in Spain years ago and on the beach I was reading Infinite Jest. They came out the same weekend the following year, we went to the beach, and I was still reading Infinite Jest.
So, yeah, clear out a year :)
So, yeah, clear out a year :)
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Some friends came out to visit me in Spain years ago and on the beach I was reading Infinite Jest. They came out the same weekend the following year, we went to the beach, and I was still reading Infinite Jest.
So, yeah, clear out a year :)
So, yeah, clear out a year :)
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And Grazalema is typically the wettest place in Spain even in a normal year 😬
Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
And Grazalema is typically the wettest place in Spain even in a normal year 😬
Gentlemen, it is time to start the lettuce.
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Gentlemen, it is time to start the lettuce.
Eurovision song contest, *cough, cough*
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Eurovision song contest, *cough, cough*
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If a Labour government just didn't spend its time using the bully pulpit to talk about what bastards foreigners are and pandering to anti-trans cranks it'd make a real difference to me. So it's relatively easy for a new leader to significantly shift my opinion. It therefore *cannot* be Wes Streeting
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
If a Labour government just didn't spend its time using the bully pulpit to talk about what bastards foreigners are and pandering to anti-trans cranks it'd make a real difference to me. So it's relatively easy for a new leader to significantly shift my opinion. It therefore *cannot* be Wes Streeting
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We thought Morgan McSweeney would be gone by now – but we have to wait while Keir Starmer asks political genius Morgan McSweeney what he thinks he should do
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
We thought Morgan McSweeney would be gone by now – but we have to wait while Keir Starmer asks political genius Morgan McSweeney what he thinks he should do
I hope Angela Rayner et al are using their time in opposition preparing for power productively
Very bumpy in short term given City assumption is new leader would borrow borrow borrow, so they reallllllllly need to get tax message out quick
Hhhmmm.
Can’t see any of the likely successors making *major* changes to borrowing. You might get more taxes & more spending.
And don’t rule out a more pro-growth attitude to immigration.
www.ft.com/content/c855... Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
Can’t see any of the likely successors making *major* changes to borrowing. You might get more taxes & more spending.
And don’t rule out a more pro-growth attitude to immigration.
www.ft.com/content/c855... Starmer camp warns leadership challenge risks economic chaos
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I hope Angela Rayner et al are using their time in opposition preparing for power productively
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The UK's political order may collapse over this Epstein stuff and the US is just shrugging this shit off like it's any given Tuesday because it is now the country equivalent of the guy who goes into Walmart without a shirt on
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The UK's political order may collapse over this Epstein stuff and the US is just shrugging this shit off like it's any given Tuesday because it is now the country equivalent of the guy who goes into Walmart without a shirt on
I'm all-in Bitcoin October 5th.
February 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I'm all-in Bitcoin October 5th.
The MO's were a little different but Peter Thiel showed as a billionaire you can just shut down media you don't like.
I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The MO's were a little different but Peter Thiel showed as a billionaire you can just shut down media you don't like.
Yorkshireness is dialectical: it depends solely on how you say "bath".
Goodwin saying he does not accept that Shabana Mahmood can be English. "Britishness is a nationality, Englishness is an ethnicity" (Sept 2025)
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Yorkshireness is dialectical: it depends solely on how you say "bath".
Check the attic.
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Check the attic.
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Man, imagine having a prime minister with a spine
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Man, imagine having a prime minister with a spine
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People have lost site of just how much money 15bn is. You can build 10-15 shards for that. You could build a fair sized city for that! That’s enough for 100,000 social homes.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
People have lost site of just how much money 15bn is. You can build 10-15 shards for that. You could build a fair sized city for that! That’s enough for 100,000 social homes.
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It's almost as if making key political and cultural institutions dependent on the erratic largesse of a handful of oligarchs means that democracy dies in darkness
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It's almost as if making key political and cultural institutions dependent on the erratic largesse of a handful of oligarchs means that democracy dies in darkness
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The Sánchez 🇪🇸 government has
- built Europe's boom economy
- hiked minimum wage from €736 to €1221
- cut insecure work from c.30% to c.13%
- regularised, not demonised, migrants
- stood up for human rights
- refused to humiliate itself before Trump
No wonder Musk hates it.
- built Europe's boom economy
- hiked minimum wage from €736 to €1221
- cut insecure work from c.30% to c.13%
- regularised, not demonised, migrants
- stood up for human rights
- refused to humiliate itself before Trump
No wonder Musk hates it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The Sánchez 🇪🇸 government has
- built Europe's boom economy
- hiked minimum wage from €736 to €1221
- cut insecure work from c.30% to c.13%
- regularised, not demonised, migrants
- stood up for human rights
- refused to humiliate itself before Trump
No wonder Musk hates it.
- built Europe's boom economy
- hiked minimum wage from €736 to €1221
- cut insecure work from c.30% to c.13%
- regularised, not demonised, migrants
- stood up for human rights
- refused to humiliate itself before Trump
No wonder Musk hates it.
Nevermind, I got other answers.
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Nevermind, I got other answers.
I asked Gemini and it tells me he was selfishly committed to his own work to the neglect of others. Is that it?
February 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I asked Gemini and it tells me he was selfishly committed to his own work to the neglect of others. Is that it?
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
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Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
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"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Senate Democrats’ ICE Proposals Are a Huge and Inexcusable Whiff
Their opening bid should have been eight or 10 bold proposals. But as usual, the Democrats start by negotiating with themselves.
newrepublic.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...