JohnNicolson
@johnnicolson.bsky.social
Journalist. Scottish. European. Harvard & U of Glasgow alumnus. Harkness Fellow. Kennedy scholarship. Ex US Senate speechwriter, BBC & ITV news anchor and Member of Parliament. He/him.
http://www.youtube.com/@JohnNicolsonChannel
http://www.youtube.com/@JohnNicolsonChannel
I’ll be popping up on @lbc shortly to talk about the BBC crisis & Donald Trump. Tune in if you can.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’ll be popping up on @lbc shortly to talk about the BBC crisis & Donald Trump. Tune in if you can.
Johnson & Trump in all our attack against the BBC for spreading ‘left wing fake news’. You gotta laugh. Are there two Western politicians less familiar with the truth than these two?
Here’s #Trump today posting a lie that Obama gets “royalties” from
Obamacare health provision.
Here’s #Trump today posting a lie that Obama gets “royalties” from
Obamacare health provision.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Johnson & Trump in all our attack against the BBC for spreading ‘left wing fake news’. You gotta laugh. Are there two Western politicians less familiar with the truth than these two?
Here’s #Trump today posting a lie that Obama gets “royalties” from
Obamacare health provision.
Here’s #Trump today posting a lie that Obama gets “royalties” from
Obamacare health provision.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A tale of two countries. Reform surge continues in England. @theSNP hold clear lead in Scotland. Starmer leading Labour to historic defeat - fourth place in votes, fifth in seats.
Polling: @FindoutnowUK Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @FindoutnowUK Graphics: @LeftieStats
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A tale of two countries. Reform surge continues in England. @theSNP hold clear lead in Scotland. Starmer leading Labour to historic defeat - fourth place in votes, fifth in seats.
Polling: @FindoutnowUK Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @FindoutnowUK Graphics: @LeftieStats
Ah this old canard - used by right wing UK governments to traduce their enemies on the left for decades. See Wilson, Foot, Kinnock, Miliburn & Corbyn. Now used by Starmer cronies against @theSNP - a “threat to UK security” apparently. Desperate. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ah this old canard - used by right wing UK governments to traduce their enemies on the left for decades. See Wilson, Foot, Kinnock, Miliburn & Corbyn. Now used by Starmer cronies against @theSNP - a “threat to UK security” apparently. Desperate. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Risible. Looking forward to the embarrassed NY Post follow up story…..
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Risible. Looking forward to the embarrassed NY Post follow up story…..
I was invited on as a guest for the launch edition. I said I’d want to talk about #Putin & his human rights record especially attacks on #LGBT people & the press…I heard nothing further: “Salmond’s firm was paid £30k a week for Kremlin-backed TV show.” www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Alex Salmond’s firm was paid £30k a week for Kremlin-backed TV show
The former first minister rented a luxury apartment overlooking Big Ben while hosting his eponymous show for the Russian station RT
www.thetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I was invited on as a guest for the launch edition. I said I’d want to talk about #Putin & his human rights record especially attacks on #LGBT people & the press…I heard nothing further: “Salmond’s firm was paid £30k a week for Kremlin-backed TV show.” www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Facebook reminds me: here’s one of our lockdown staff meetings five years ago today. I was so proud of my amazing - and diverse - team. Majority women. Woman office manager. #LGBTQ + disabled + under 25 staff.
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Facebook reminds me: here’s one of our lockdown staff meetings five years ago today. I was so proud of my amazing - and diverse - team. Majority women. Woman office manager. #LGBTQ + disabled + under 25 staff.
I remember in 2015 Labour & LibDem activists posting nonsense about my new office set up. Lavish furniture claimed on expenses… (I’d bought second hand stuff at auction.) Employing my wife was another ludicrous bit of disinformation.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I remember in 2015 Labour & LibDem activists posting nonsense about my new office set up. Lavish furniture claimed on expenses… (I’d bought second hand stuff at auction.) Employing my wife was another ludicrous bit of disinformation.
More Labour Government sycophancy towards the Royal Family reports The @the-independent.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
More Labour Government sycophancy towards the Royal Family reports The @the-independent.com
No, I’m not “jubilant”. I’m merely summarising the poll. Quietly optimistic perhaps:
“SNP figures are, at least outwardly, jubilant. As former MP John Nicolson posted saying: “Huge SNP lead in latest poll. Labour has collapsed. Tories a distant fourth.” bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/27/h...
“SNP figures are, at least outwardly, jubilant. As former MP John Nicolson posted saying: “Huge SNP lead in latest poll. Labour has collapsed. Tories a distant fourth.” bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/27/h...
Holyrood, the Senedd and the Green Surge
Yesterday, the Herald ran with a new poll on their front page. Political Editor Andrew Learmonth wrote: “Reform UK is on course to return 22 MSPs at next year’s Holyrood election — making Nig…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
No, I’m not “jubilant”. I’m merely summarising the poll. Quietly optimistic perhaps:
“SNP figures are, at least outwardly, jubilant. As former MP John Nicolson posted saying: “Huge SNP lead in latest poll. Labour has collapsed. Tories a distant fourth.” bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/27/h...
“SNP figures are, at least outwardly, jubilant. As former MP John Nicolson posted saying: “Huge SNP lead in latest poll. Labour has collapsed. Tories a distant fourth.” bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/27/h...
New poll points to a Labour collapse in Scotland. The Greens fighting it out with Reform for second place. @theSNP poised to win outright majority. But #Yes supporters need to vote!
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New poll points to a Labour collapse in Scotland. The Greens fighting it out with Reform for second place. @theSNP poised to win outright majority. But #Yes supporters need to vote!
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
Huge @theSNP lead in latest poll. Labour has collapsed. Tories a distant fourth. Alba still on a derisory 1%
There’s a clear message from this: to stop #Farage, win independence & get back into the EU Scotland must vote SNP & deliver a majority for a referendum.
There’s a clear message from this: to stop #Farage, win independence & get back into the EU Scotland must vote SNP & deliver a majority for a referendum.
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Huge @theSNP lead in latest poll. Labour has collapsed. Tories a distant fourth. Alba still on a derisory 1%
There’s a clear message from this: to stop #Farage, win independence & get back into the EU Scotland must vote SNP & deliver a majority for a referendum.
There’s a clear message from this: to stop #Farage, win independence & get back into the EU Scotland must vote SNP & deliver a majority for a referendum.
My beau and I had the privilege of visiting this extraordinary place recently..... Once upon a time the Archbishop of Canterbury's palace en route to Lambeth, stolen by England's King Henry VIII & now gently languishing waiting for rescue.
spitalfieldslife.com
spitalfieldslife.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My beau and I had the privilege of visiting this extraordinary place recently..... Once upon a time the Archbishop of Canterbury's palace en route to Lambeth, stolen by England's King Henry VIII & now gently languishing waiting for rescue.
spitalfieldslife.com
spitalfieldslife.com
Nine years ago an unscrupulous Tory minister (now in the LibDems) filibustered my #TuringBill He pretended my bill - now passed in Scotland - would pardon paedophiles. It was an ancient homophobic trope, conflating gay men with pardophiles. Have a read.
www.thepinknews.com/2016/10/25/j...
www.thepinknews.com/2016/10/25/j...
John Nicolson: I’m glad the government will pardon the dead, but they have failed the living
Scottish National Party MP John Nicolson writes for PinkNews after his bill to pardon men with historical gay sex offences was blocked by the government in favour of a rival Lib Dem proposal.
www.thepinknews.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nine years ago an unscrupulous Tory minister (now in the LibDems) filibustered my #TuringBill He pretended my bill - now passed in Scotland - would pardon paedophiles. It was an ancient homophobic trope, conflating gay men with pardophiles. Have a read.
www.thepinknews.com/2016/10/25/j...
www.thepinknews.com/2016/10/25/j...
I’ve spent many happy hours rocking on this. But I’ve run out of room. Auctioning my original
1990 @TomDixonStudio ‘Bird Chaise’ next week @LyonandTurnbull
1990 @TomDixonStudio ‘Bird Chaise’ next week @LyonandTurnbull
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I’ve spent many happy hours rocking on this. But I’ve run out of room. Auctioning my original
1990 @TomDixonStudio ‘Bird Chaise’ next week @LyonandTurnbull
1990 @TomDixonStudio ‘Bird Chaise’ next week @LyonandTurnbull
There’s a reason Westminster doesn’t want another vote. One million young Scots have now come of age who were too young to vote in 2014.
#Yes
#Yes
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There’s a reason Westminster doesn’t want another vote. One million young Scots have now come of age who were too young to vote in 2014.
#Yes
#Yes
Oh no! “MSP Ash Regan has resigned from the Alba Party.”
#CarryOnUpTheAlba
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#CarryOnUpTheAlba
www.bbc.com/news/article...
MSP Ash Regan quits Alba Party to focus on prostitution bill
The party's sole MSP lost out to Kenny MacAskill in a leadership vote earlier this year.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Oh no! “MSP Ash Regan has resigned from the Alba Party.”
#CarryOnUpTheAlba
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#CarryOnUpTheAlba
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trying to decipher this Daily Record headline about Stephen Flynn …. Where to begin?
Well I suppose with the obvious point that he currently sits at Westminster. That’s where he will do promotes atm…..
Well I suppose with the obvious point that he currently sits at Westminster. That’s where he will do promotes atm…..
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Trying to decipher this Daily Record headline about Stephen Flynn …. Where to begin?
Well I suppose with the obvious point that he currently sits at Westminster. That’s where he will do promotes atm…..
Well I suppose with the obvious point that he currently sits at Westminster. That’s where he will do promotes atm…..
The UK Labour Government says it’s a “matter for the Palace”. The SNP disagrees: “the SNP has lodged a motion” at Westminster to “remove Prince Andrew’s title as Duke of York.”
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The UK Labour Government says it’s a “matter for the Palace”. The SNP disagrees: “the SNP has lodged a motion” at Westminster to “remove Prince Andrew’s title as Duke of York.”
Looks familiar! Heading to the @skytv studios….
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Looks familiar! Heading to the @skytv studios….
I’ll be on with @SophyRidgeSky on @skytv tonight at 7pm talking through the day’s news. I suspect Prince Andrew may feature….
Tune in if you can!
Tune in if you can!
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’ll be on with @SophyRidgeSky on @skytv tonight at 7pm talking through the day’s news. I suspect Prince Andrew may feature….
Tune in if you can!
Tune in if you can!
Every time you hear right wing politicians & the tabloids screaming about asylum seekers remember ….
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Every time you hear right wing politicians & the tabloids screaming about asylum seekers remember ….
“The last time a dukedom was taken away from a senior royal was in 1919, when Prince Charles Edward – one of Queen Victoria’s grandsons – lost the title of Duke of Albany for fighting on the German side during World War One.”
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“The last time a dukedom was taken away from a senior royal was in 1919, when Prince Charles Edward – one of Queen Victoria’s grandsons – lost the title of Duke of Albany for fighting on the German side during World War One.”
Beyond vacuous.
More ludicrous attempts by the Labour Party to out-Farage Farage. This is just sad.
More ludicrous attempts by the Labour Party to out-Farage Farage. This is just sad.
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Beyond vacuous.
More ludicrous attempts by the Labour Party to out-Farage Farage. This is just sad.
More ludicrous attempts by the Labour Party to out-Farage Farage. This is just sad.