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 love a bit of restoration. Here’s our new cludgie. Victorian pan from @GWauction with E bay seat purchase, restored and wood grained. Before and after. Took a lot of work…. Cistern box is new.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I love a bit of restoration. Here’s our new cludgie. Victorian pan from @GWauction with E bay seat purchase, restored and wood grained. Before and after. Took a lot of work…. Cistern box is new.
Pleasure to join Stephen on @TimesRadio earlier to talk about BBC, objectivity, and Trump.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Pleasure to join Stephen on @TimesRadio earlier to talk about BBC, objectivity, and Trump.
So is ex Tory spin doctor and Boris Johnson appointee Sir Robbie Gibb now an impartial BBC board member? If so, why did he like an anti SNP tweet? Well the (Tory) ex BBC Chair told me Gibb’s finger accidentally passed over the “telephone” & “the heart got pressed.”
Comedy gold.
Comedy gold.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So is ex Tory spin doctor and Boris Johnson appointee Sir Robbie Gibb now an impartial BBC board member? If so, why did he like an anti SNP tweet? Well the (Tory) ex BBC Chair told me Gibb’s finger accidentally passed over the “telephone” & “the heart got pressed.”
Comedy gold.
Comedy gold.
I wonder if outgoing BBC Director General Tim Davie still thinks Sir Robbie Gibb “understands and supports” him? I suspect not.
I questioned Tim Davie about former Tory spin doctor Gibb - a Boris Johnson appointee. What was his role on the BBC Board?
I questioned Tim Davie about former Tory spin doctor Gibb - a Boris Johnson appointee. What was his role on the BBC Board?
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I wonder if outgoing BBC Director General Tim Davie still thinks Sir Robbie Gibb “understands and supports” him? I suspect not.
I questioned Tim Davie about former Tory spin doctor Gibb - a Boris Johnson appointee. What was his role on the BBC Board?
I questioned Tim Davie about former Tory spin doctor Gibb - a Boris Johnson appointee. What was his role on the BBC Board?
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
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…..
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
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
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
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…..
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 ….
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.
I’m a bit concerned about the targeted ads I’m getting…
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I’m a bit concerned about the targeted ads I’m getting…
Labour hits an all time record low in the polls. Electoral disaster looms. So how’s that Starmer tactic of trying to out-Farage Farage working out?
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Labour hits an all time record low in the polls. Electoral disaster looms. So how’s that Starmer tactic of trying to out-Farage Farage working out?
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @FindoutnowUK
Graphics: @LeftieStats
I’m getting ready to join Bernard Ponsonby and guests for his Sunday politics show. Have a wee listen if you can. www.radio-uk.co.uk/go-radio-gla...
October 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I’m getting ready to join Bernard Ponsonby and guests for his Sunday politics show. Have a wee listen if you can. www.radio-uk.co.uk/go-radio-gla...