Tom Nuttall
@tomnuttall.bsky.social
"lol," said the Bundesrepublik. "lmao". www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
November 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"lol," said the Bundesrepublik. "lmao". www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
The @faznet.bsky.social has discerned a strain of unhappiness among German Christians over gay marriage that I confess has so far eluded me.
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The @faznet.bsky.social has discerned a strain of unhappiness among German Christians over gay marriage that I confess has so far eluded me.
Another poll puts AfD within sneezing grasp of a majority in Saxony-Anhalt (election next Sept). Perversely, some in the CDU suspect they will find an AfD majority easier to handle than the party just falling short. That could see the AfD seek to tempt CDU waverers, potentially splitting their party
October 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Another poll puts AfD within sneezing grasp of a majority in Saxony-Anhalt (election next Sept). Perversely, some in the CDU suspect they will find an AfD majority easier to handle than the party just falling short. That could see the AfD seek to tempt CDU waverers, potentially splitting their party
The AfD qualified for three mayoral run-offs in cities in North Rhine-Westphalia today, and lost all by big margins. The lesson is not that we have overdone the AfD's rise, but that we do perhaps sometimes underestimate the counter-mobilisation effects - including in east Germany, incidentally.
September 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The AfD qualified for three mayoral run-offs in cities in North Rhine-Westphalia today, and lost all by big margins. The lesson is not that we have overdone the AfD's rise, but that we do perhaps sometimes underestimate the counter-mobilisation effects - including in east Germany, incidentally.
Spätsommer Brandenburg
September 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Spätsommer Brandenburg
An occasional series
September 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
An occasional series
Sometimes German headlines hit different
September 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Sometimes German headlines hit different
This new poll suggests the state of Saxony-Anhalt (pop 2m) could deliver Germany a political earthquake at its election next year.
At 39%, forming a govt without the AfD will be near-impossible. And these numbers will intensify tensions inside the state CDU over maintaining the anti-AfD firewall.
At 39%, forming a govt without the AfD will be near-impossible. And these numbers will intensify tensions inside the state CDU over maintaining the anti-AfD firewall.
September 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
This new poll suggests the state of Saxony-Anhalt (pop 2m) could deliver Germany a political earthquake at its election next year.
At 39%, forming a govt without the AfD will be near-impossible. And these numbers will intensify tensions inside the state CDU over maintaining the anti-AfD firewall.
At 39%, forming a govt without the AfD will be near-impossible. And these numbers will intensify tensions inside the state CDU over maintaining the anti-AfD firewall.
Dry as dust www.wsj.com/world/uk/bri...
August 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Dry as dust www.wsj.com/world/uk/bri...
Typo of the year contest is over, thanks
@nytimes.com
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August 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Typo of the year contest is over, thanks
@nytimes.com
@nytimes.com
Rhine looking fit this morning
July 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Rhine looking fit this morning
Sentences that would have had you sectioned if you'd uttered them five years ago: two-thirds of Germans, including 46% of AfD and 41% of Die Linke voters, agree that the defence budget should increase to 5% of GDP.
June 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Sentences that would have had you sectioned if you'd uttered them five years ago: two-thirds of Germans, including 46% of AfD and 41% of Die Linke voters, agree that the defence budget should increase to 5% of GDP.
If Mitteleuropa offers any old-world charm greater than chowing down on pork shoulder and slurping a sparkling Apfelschorle while riding the Knödelexpress along the Elbe, I don't want to know about it
June 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If Mitteleuropa offers any old-world charm greater than chowing down on pork shoulder and slurping a sparkling Apfelschorle while riding the Knödelexpress along the Elbe, I don't want to know about it
I would like to wish everyone, including all haters and losers (of which, sadly, there are many) a truly happy and enjoyable Maifeiertag!
May 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I would like to wish everyone, including all haters and losers (of which, sadly, there are many) a truly happy and enjoyable Maifeiertag!
Smh Trump was about to offer news on the stationing of US troops in Germany and Time changed the subject
April 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Smh Trump was about to offer news on the stationing of US troops in Germany and Time changed the subject
No denying that this tweet went hard.
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
No denying that this tweet went hard.
My favourite Googleganger is investgating an alpaca massacre. I can't compete with that www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
March 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My favourite Googleganger is investgating an alpaca massacre. I can't compete with that www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Mind-melting numbers
March 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Mind-melting numbers
I'm sceptical of "80% of Germans voted against the AfD" cope.
- AfD doubled its tally and will be loudest opposition voice
- It lifted its vote by 22% in Saxony and 18% in Thuringia relative to Sept state elex
- it is completely dominant in the east. Hard to see firewall surviving in current form
- AfD doubled its tally and will be loudest opposition voice
- It lifted its vote by 22% in Saxony and 18% in Thuringia relative to Sept state elex
- it is completely dominant in the east. Hard to see firewall surviving in current form
February 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I'm sceptical of "80% of Germans voted against the AfD" cope.
- AfD doubled its tally and will be loudest opposition voice
- It lifted its vote by 22% in Saxony and 18% in Thuringia relative to Sept state elex
- it is completely dominant in the east. Hard to see firewall surviving in current form
- AfD doubled its tally and will be loudest opposition voice
- It lifted its vote by 22% in Saxony and 18% in Thuringia relative to Sept state elex
- it is completely dominant in the east. Hard to see firewall surviving in current form
is this anything other than a mechanical by-product of immigration?
January 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
is this anything other than a mechanical by-product of immigration?