Simon Nixon
@nixonsimon.bsky.social
European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
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I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Great to see that debate over Britain’s iniquitous student loan scheme finally rising up the agenda. I wrote about this in one of my last columns at @thetimes.com. At the time, there was zero interest at the paper which instead preferred to attack massively indebted junior doctors for striking
January 29, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Great to see that debate over Britain’s iniquitous student loan scheme finally rising up the agenda. I wrote about this in one of my last columns at @thetimes.com. At the time, there was zero interest at the paper which instead preferred to attack massively indebted junior doctors for striking
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The problem surely is that to win back the liberal vote, they would need a leader willing to acknowledge that Brexit was a disastrous mistake - and a party membership willing to elect such a leader. Neither is likely…
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The problem surely is that to win back the liberal vote, they would need a leader willing to acknowledge that Brexit was a disastrous mistake - and a party membership willing to elect such a leader. Neither is likely…
Looking forward to moderating this panel tomorrow on digital money, monetary sovereignty and financial fragmentation. Alongside AI and the energy transition, this is another technological shift with potentially profound global consequences. Still time to register!
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Digital Money, Monetary Sovereignty, and Financial Fragmentation - NIESR
The global monetary system is undergoing a period of experimentation and strategic competition. Many central banks, including the Bank of England, are testing digital currency architectures; private s...
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January 28, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Looking forward to moderating this panel tomorrow on digital money, monetary sovereignty and financial fragmentation. Alongside AI and the energy transition, this is another technological shift with potentially profound global consequences. Still time to register!
niesr.ac.uk/event/digita...
niesr.ac.uk/event/digita...
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Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
January 28, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
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After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...
After the TACO
Thoughts on the economic consequences for Europe of a tumultuous week
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January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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The big danger for Europe now is complacency - that having apparently seen Trump off for now, that political leaders retreat back to their comfort zone."
After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...
After the TACO
Thoughts on the economic consequences for Europe of a tumultuous week
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The big danger for Europe now is complacency - that having apparently seen Trump off for now, that political leaders retreat back to their comfort zone."
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Europe’s Greenland Moment Exposes a Misread Lesson of Appeasement -- via @nixonsimon.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Europe’s Greenland Moment Exposes a Misread Lesson of Appeasement
Invoking the 1930s to confront Donald Trump over Greenland misses the real lesson of how Britain and France prepared for a world sliding into disorder.
www.bloomberg.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Europe’s Greenland Moment Exposes a Misread Lesson of Appeasement -- via @nixonsimon.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...
After the TACO
Thoughts on the economic consequences for Europe of a tumultuous week
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM
After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...
After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...
After the TACO
Thoughts on the economic consequences for Europe of a tumultuous week
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM
After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...
Europe is congratulating itself for standing firm against Trump. But history suggests it’s drawing the wrong lessons from the 1930s, and still failing to prepare for a harsher world - my essay for @bloomberg.com
Europe’s Greenland Moment Exposes a Misread Lesson of Appeasement
Invoking the 1930s to confront Donald Trump over Greenland misses the real lesson of how Britain and France prepared for a world sliding into disorder.
www.bloomberg.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Europe is congratulating itself for standing firm against Trump. But history suggests it’s drawing the wrong lessons from the 1930s, and still failing to prepare for a harsher world - my essay for @bloomberg.com
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This piece by @nixonsimon.bsky.social is good:
"The lesson of the 1930s is that in such a contested world, containment is not enough. Europeans also need to build their deterrence, so they are better able to resist military and economic coercion"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The lesson of the 1930s is that in such a contested world, containment is not enough. Europeans also need to build their deterrence, so they are better able to resist military and economic coercion"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Europe’s Greenland Moment Exposes a Misread Lesson of Appeasement
Invoking the 1930s to confront Donald Trump over Greenland misses the real lesson of how Britain and France prepared for a world sliding into disorder.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This piece by @nixonsimon.bsky.social is good:
"The lesson of the 1930s is that in such a contested world, containment is not enough. Europeans also need to build their deterrence, so they are better able to resist military and economic coercion"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The lesson of the 1930s is that in such a contested world, containment is not enough. Europeans also need to build their deterrence, so they are better able to resist military and economic coercion"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What Europe needs now is a Neville Chamberlain - an essay I wrote for @bloomberg.com on how Europeans are missing one of the key lessons of the 1930s
Europe’s Greenland Moment Exposes a Misread Lesson of Appeasement
Invoking the 1930s to confront Donald Trump over Greenland misses the real lesson of how Britain and France prepared for a world sliding into disorder.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
What Europe needs now is a Neville Chamberlain - an essay I wrote for @bloomberg.com on how Europeans are missing one of the key lessons of the 1930s
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social disagree over when media outlets should publish military secrets. Plus, we revisit Simon Nixon’s take on Mark Carney.
Mark Carney v the ‘American bully’
Plus: when should journalists publish military secrets?
prospectmagazine.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social disagree over when media outlets should publish military secrets. Plus, we revisit Simon Nixon’s take on Mark Carney.
This is a great piece
A saner take:
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
President Trump “is now basically running our country the way he ran his companies — as a one-man show free to make terrible deals. That management style led to six bankruptcy filings by his companies,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
President Trump “is now basically running our country the way he ran his companies — as a one-man show free to make terrible deals. That management style led to six bankruptcy filings by his companies,” our columnist Thomas Friedman writes.
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 AM
This is a great piece
As Mette Frederiksen meets Keir Starmer in Downing Street, where no doubt she will be implored to agree to a deal with Trump that concedes some Greenland sovereignty, here's my latest for @euractiv.com on why Britain is Europe's weakest link
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January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
As Mette Frederiksen meets Keir Starmer in Downing Street, where no doubt she will be implored to agree to a deal with Trump that concedes some Greenland sovereignty, here's my latest for @euractiv.com on why Britain is Europe's weakest link
I’ve skimmed all the major UK and US papers today and can confirm that you will not find anywhere a more obsequious piece of Trump sane-washing than this. Reassuring to see that the readers aren’t buying it…
Davos delegates can’t ‘speak Trump’. Here’s what they should know
World leaders trying to work out if the president was serious about seizing Greenland should study his business strategy — and listen to what he actually says
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I’ve skimmed all the major UK and US papers today and can confirm that you will not find anywhere a more obsequious piece of Trump sane-washing than this. Reassuring to see that the readers aren’t buying it…
Here is another statement by a western leader, this time Friedrich Merz, that it is hard to imagine Keir Starmer or any other UK political leader making. Brexit has left Britain completely adrift, with nothing useful to say and no idea what to do as the old world order crumbles
January 22, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Here is another statement by a western leader, this time Friedrich Merz, that it is hard to imagine Keir Starmer or any other UK political leader making. Brexit has left Britain completely adrift, with nothing useful to say and no idea what to do as the old world order crumbles
Mark Carney's Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned – my latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
Mark Carney's Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister's powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues Simon Nixon
bylinetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Mark Carney's Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned – my latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
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🔴Mark Carney’s Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues @nixonsimon.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues @nixonsimon.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
Mark Carney's Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister's powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues Simon Nixon
bylinetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
🔴Mark Carney’s Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues @nixonsimon.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues @nixonsimon.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/m...
Fascinating to watch Bessent shred what lingering credibility he retained as a semi-grown-up in the Trump administration. The most powerful reason to sell the dollar is that this compromised cretin is in charge
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Fascinating to watch Bessent shred what lingering credibility he retained as a semi-grown-up in the Trump administration. The most powerful reason to sell the dollar is that this compromised cretin is in charge
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I think politics generally has been debased by the dominance of tailoring everything to social media, which has reduced the ability of politicians to articulate and opportunity to share longer, more complex and nuanced arguments, which Carney did so brilliantly and concisely here.
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I think politics generally has been debased by the dominance of tailoring everything to social media, which has reduced the ability of politicians to articulate and opportunity to share longer, more complex and nuanced arguments, which Carney did so brilliantly and concisely here.
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It goes without saying that anyone seeking the serious geopolitical and geoeconomic analysis that they are missing in the parochial, trivial oligarch-owned mainstream UK media should join the many thousands globally who have signed up to my Substack newsletter!
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January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
It goes without saying that anyone seeking the serious geopolitical and geoeconomic analysis that they are missing in the parochial, trivial oligarch-owned mainstream UK media should join the many thousands globally who have signed up to my Substack newsletter!
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One reason I am gloomy about Britain’s ability to rise to this geopolitical moment is the sheer parochialism and unseriousness of much of its media. The Times, which used to be a serious paper, does not have a single comment piece today on the gravest international crisis in 80 years
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
One reason I am gloomy about Britain’s ability to rise to this geopolitical moment is the sheer parochialism and unseriousness of much of its media. The Times, which used to be a serious paper, does not have a single comment piece today on the gravest international crisis in 80 years