Colin Lawson
@colindlawson.bsky.social
Physics/education/retired. Walking and small boat sailing. Cornwall, UK. Lifelong news and current affairs addict.
North Utsire. South Utsire.
Occasionally poor. Becoming good.
North Utsire. South Utsire.
Occasionally poor. Becoming good.
Pinned
Colin Lawson
@colindlawson.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Truth sometimes comes from our enemies despite their dishonourable motives. Meanwhile, our own ‘tribe’ can fool itself into believing absurdities. The Left and progressives damage their credibility every time they reject the former and succumb to the latter.
An excellent but very bleak essay from Andrew Marr on the betrayal of Ukraine:
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Twilight in Kyiv
Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Volodymyr Zelensky threatens to scatter the Western alliance and hand Ukraine to Vladimir Putin
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
An excellent but very bleak essay from Andrew Marr on the betrayal of Ukraine:
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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Nathan Gill’s conviction and sentencing blew the lid off Reform’s Russian involvement. The sooner Starmer announces an investigation the better.
Make him do it sooner by signing and sharing the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Make him do it sooner by signing and sharing the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Nathan Gill’s conviction and sentencing blew the lid off Reform’s Russian involvement. The sooner Starmer announces an investigation the better.
Make him do it sooner by signing and sharing the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Make him do it sooner by signing and sharing the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics
Concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US/UK/Europe? We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US/UK/Europe? We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics
Concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US/UK/Europe? We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US/UK/Europe? We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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And note this about the Reith Lectures - it is not about news reporting
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And note this about the Reith Lectures - it is not about news reporting
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Recruiting children into a study that is based on a mis-selling of rights and which forecloses their chances for adult sexual function and fertility is unconscionable.
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
The puberty blockers trial on trial
When puberty blockers were banned for use in gender medicine in the UK, an exception was included to allow for legitimate clinical trials. The
sex-matters.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Recruiting children into a study that is based on a mis-selling of rights and which forecloses their chances for adult sexual function and fertility is unconscionable.
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
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"The parallels with past scandals are clear: rushing to intervene, silencing dissent, short-term assessments, failing to understand complex cases, and prioritizing patient demand over clinical judgment."
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
Tavistock whistleblowers call for immediate halt to puberty blocker trial
Marcus and Susan Evans Susan and Marcus Evans – two of the first whistleblowers involved in exposing the scandal at the Tavistock’s GenderIdentity Development Service (GIDS) – hav…
genderblog.net
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"The parallels with past scandals are clear: rushing to intervene, silencing dissent, short-term assessments, failing to understand complex cases, and prioritizing patient demand over clinical judgment."
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
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This is shocking behaviour by the greedy people behind Thames Water, already in deep financial trouble yet spending more on litigation while wasting water, failing customers and releasing billions of gallons of sewage into the environment.
Nationalise it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nationalise it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is shocking behaviour by the greedy people behind Thames Water, already in deep financial trouble yet spending more on litigation while wasting water, failing customers and releasing billions of gallons of sewage into the environment.
Nationalise it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nationalise it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"The parallels with past scandals are clear: rushing to intervene, silencing dissent, short-term assessments, failing to understand complex cases, and prioritizing patient demand over clinical judgment."
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
Tavistock whistleblowers call for immediate halt to puberty blocker trial
Marcus and Susan Evans Susan and Marcus Evans – two of the first whistleblowers involved in exposing the scandal at the Tavistock’s GenderIdentity Development Service (GIDS) – hav…
genderblog.net
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"The parallels with past scandals are clear: rushing to intervene, silencing dissent, short-term assessments, failing to understand complex cases, and prioritizing patient demand over clinical judgment."
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
genderblog.net/tavistock-wh...
Recruiting children into a study that is based on a mis-selling of rights and which forecloses their chances for adult sexual function and fertility is unconscionable.
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
The puberty blockers trial on trial
When puberty blockers were banned for use in gender medicine in the UK, an exception was included to allow for legitimate clinical trials. The
sex-matters.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Recruiting children into a study that is based on a mis-selling of rights and which forecloses their chances for adult sexual function and fertility is unconscionable.
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
sex-matters.org/posts/update...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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We are not yet a year into Trump’s second term and already DOGE has been mothballed, MTG has bailed from Congress, the administration tried and failed to present a Russian plan to end the war, and the ‘Secretary of War’ is trying to court-martial a US Senator. Time for a reminder of this I think…
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We are not yet a year into Trump’s second term and already DOGE has been mothballed, MTG has bailed from Congress, the administration tried and failed to present a Russian plan to end the war, and the ‘Secretary of War’ is trying to court-martial a US Senator. Time for a reminder of this I think…
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Typically comprehensive coverage of the migration & asylum question (& answers viable & fantastical) from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social & expert guests on BBCRadio4 The Briefing Room. Don’t miss it
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, What can the UK learn from the rest of Europe about asylum reform?
Is Denmark the right model for the UK's asylum policy?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Typically comprehensive coverage of the migration & asylum question (& answers viable & fantastical) from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social & expert guests on BBCRadio4 The Briefing Room. Don’t miss it
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
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Mark Kelly is a heroic public servant. Donald Trump is a treasonous criminal. Period.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics
The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Mark Kelly is a heroic public servant. Donald Trump is a treasonous criminal. Period.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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Hormones Don’t Make a Woman — They Make a Feminised Male. This study doesn't prove what they think it does
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hormones Don’t Make a Woman — They Make a Feminised Male. This study doesn't prove what they think it does
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