Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026RIP the Mighty Sparrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWed...youtube.comAh Fraid Pussy Bite MeYouTube video by Mighty Sparrow - Topic 000
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Friedrich Merz may have had his execution stayed, but ultimately there can be no comeback from this. My piece on Germany's zombie chancellor. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comFriedrich Merz, the zombie chancellorHe cannot recover, but no one wants to finish him off—yet 262
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that some elements of the German discourse around Die Linke in Berlin are...completely demented? 2133
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The CDU/CSU has shed one quarter of its voters in six months. 2114
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Here's where we are tonight. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comFriedrich Merz rues “disaster” as populists win state electionsGerman politics is fragmenting, fraying and radicalising 051
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Stop trying to make "Berlin's Mamdani" happen I beg you 2132
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Merz: "Our reforms are the means to combat the poison that is penetrating deeper and deeper into our society through the allure of authoritarianism". Says he's going nowhere - neither as CDU leader or federal chancellor. 272
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Early days, but looks like we may be heading for red-red-green governments in both M-V and Berlin - albeit with different parties on top. That's going to be difficult for the CDU to swallow. Merz due to speak shortly. 2387
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Angela Merkel's consistent, decades-long ability to drive men absolutely insane remains unmmatched. 210016
Reposted by Tom NuttallNico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Wenn Deutschland heute die erste F-35 bekommt, nutzen 13 europäische Staaten das amerikanische Flugzeug. Die Ironie: Europäische Vereinheitlichung und Interoperabilität sind offenbar machbar, allerdings in diesem Fall ohne Europäische Souveränität über die Technologie. 1124849
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I went all the way to Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania and didn't even use the Bismarck joke about everything there happening 50 years late. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comThe AfD could stumble in another state electionA late surge by the ruling Social Democrats in an eastern state could slow the far right’s momentum 1122
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fantastic column. www.economist.com/business/202...economist.comOlympiad Man has displaced Davos ManHow maths geeks became market gods 010
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Operation "Die Frau gegen Blau (with a little help from Schwarz)" seems to be on track. 070
Reposted by Tom NuttallEnough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland 682127574
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Friedrich Merz's extraordinary Bundestag appearance on Wednesday only served to highlight the extent to which German politics now revolves around the AfD. My latest. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comThe AfD is making the weather in German politicsAfter the Saxony-Anhalt result, Friedrich Merz is on the ropes 071
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Heroic instances of "Why the election in Saxony-Anhalt proves all my political prioris were correct" from every part of the political spectrum this morning, hats off all round. 1231
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Amusing clash of political cultures as Channel 4 journalists bellow Britishisms to a bemused-looking Sven Schulze quietly making his way through the CDU election party - "ARE YOU GOING TO RESIGN MR SCHULZE!" "A WORD FOR BRITISH TV MR SCHULZE!" 3152
Reposted by Tom NuttallLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 06/09/2026More generally, I think the pattern emerges where you have a dominant non-central party (Scandinavian social democrats, BE/LUX Christian Democrats, post-war FF in Ireland, Icelandic Independence Party) and a fragmented-but-contiguous opposition. 071
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Police taking no chances in Magdeburg. Vans everywhere. 1112
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026At 2pm turnout in Saxony-Anhalt (excluding postal votes) had already beaten the overall figure in several previous state elections. 2183
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Political scientists: is there any European precedent for a party winning an election held under PR with over 40% of the vote—and still finding itself subsequently excluded from government? 961
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The (presumably) final projection from zweitstimme.org gives the AfD a 22% chance of securing a majority tomorrow. The figure has trended downwards as the SPD and Green numbers have ticked up - perhaps evidence of tactical voting. 1111
Reposted by Tom NuttallTom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sunday's election could see Saxony-Anhalt become the first state to be run by a far-right party since 1945. Buit how would the AfD govern? I spent the last few weeks travelling across the state, speaking to locals, politicians and experts. Here's what I found out. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comHow the Alternative for Germany would governIf it wins its first state, ideology in schools and broadcasting is just the start 0127
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sunday's election could see Saxony-Anhalt become the first state to be run by a far-right party since 1945. Buit how would the AfD govern? I spent the last few weeks travelling across the state, speaking to locals, politicians and experts. Here's what I found out. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comHow the Alternative for Germany would governIf it wins its first state, ideology in schools and broadcasting is just the start 0127
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Is he doing a Mötley Crüe, or is someone at Politico making a funny? 010
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Updated Sachsen-Anhalt predictions from zweitstimme.org - SPD almost certain to make it into parliament, BSW almost certain not to; AfD's chances of a majority slightly falling. 162
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Can't use taxi driver vignettes in copy so I'll save it for here: cabbie driving me to a CDU event in Dessau tonight proudly showed off some Bauhaus architecture en route to the venue, and when I told him the AfD had Bauhaus in their sights, he was so shocked that I think I may have swayed a vote. 1364
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Worthwhile Canadian initiative! www.politico.eu/article/cana...politico.euCanada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union“In these challenging times, strengthening our relationships across the world is vital,” the European Commission told POLITICO. 3144
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Think I've nailed it: Twitter/X is where ppl lose their shit over Annalena Baerbock's career trajectory; Bluesky is where they are still for some reason extremely angry about lanyards . 1203
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Die Linke is surging in Berlin. Election in four weeks 64812
Reposted by Tom NuttallDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It just seems to me that a question like "do you think we might have gone in a bit hard on that one?" Is the sort of thing a mature media industry would be able to talk sensibly about, and that it's really interesting to see which people and organisations are and aren't able to do so. 513720
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 19/08/202628% chance AfD wins an absolute majority in Saxony-Anhalt according to this forecast. Die Zeit had it somewhat higher at 37%, albeit a couple of weeks ago. zweitstimme.orgzweitstimme.orgzweitstimme.orgzweitstimme.org: Die wissenschaftliche Vorhersage zur Bundestagswahl 020
Reposted by Tom NuttallTom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The anti-AfD Brandmauer, or firewall, has begun to warp German politics. It may be too late to reverse course. My essay in @economist.com www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comHow the anti-AfD firewall broke German politicsA policy designed to keep the far right from office has ended up strengthening it 3103
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The anti-AfD Brandmauer, or firewall, has begun to warp German politics. It may be too late to reverse course. My essay in @economist.com www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comHow the anti-AfD firewall broke German politicsA policy designed to keep the far right from office has ended up strengthening it 3103
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026latest dispatch from the Dept of This is Not Going to End Well 3105
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 10/08/2026There's no way this ends well. And one way it may end is for the BSW to allow the AfD to take power for the first time in a German state. 64211
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"did you know that the reason Berlin is so full of immigrants is because the city is built on marshy ground which means that people don't put down roots?" 0142
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Martin Wolf's unimprovable answer when asked to identify "The summer that changed me" www.ft.com/content/d529... 2438
Reposted by Tom NuttallGerman at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"Graf Mülleimergesicht" - thought and prayers for journalists who are now trying to find the best way of translating 'Count Binface' into German taz.de/Rechtspopuli... 512743
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Pumped for an all-WENA (West Europe and North Africa) quarter-finals 080
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 06/07/2026FIFA: this was an orderly process, conducted according to the rules, with no political interfere-- TRUMP: I told em to do it 44019
Reposted by Tom NuttallJohn Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.” 27924226
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 26/06/2026In fact the record has already gone. 41.3 in Saarbrücken today, Germany's highest ever temperature. Berlin bracing for impact tomorrow. 0123
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 26/06/202640.9 degrees measured in the Saarland today, breaking Germany's heat record for June. All-time high could go this weekend. 292
Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Just unalloyed delight at the sky-high pollen count in Berlin to accompany the sky-high temperatures. Go hard or go home 🤧 0100
