Colin Gordon
@colinngordon.bsky.social
Vice-chair of @grassrootseu.bsky.social https://grassrootsforeurope.org/summary-reports/
Director @europeanmovement.co.uk
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colingordon/
See also https://independent.academia.edu/GordonColin
Director @europeanmovement.co.uk
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colingordon/
See also https://independent.academia.edu/GordonColin
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9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military...
9th November: quick rundown of some classic autocratic behaviours over the past few days in America
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9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military...
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3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday
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3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday
2 minutes going over 3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday
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From European Movement International
"Defending Europe’s Democracy: EU Civil Society Strategy and the European Democracy Shield"
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"Defending Europe’s Democracy: EU Civil Society Strategy and the European Democracy Shield"
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policy focus 13-11-2025
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November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
From European Movement International
"Defending Europe’s Democracy: EU Civil Society Strategy and the European Democracy Shield"
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"Defending Europe’s Democracy: EU Civil Society Strategy and the European Democracy Shield"
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants
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November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military...
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9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military...
9th November: quick rundown of some classic autocratic behaviours over the past few days in America
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military...
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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has floated the idea of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
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Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
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November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has floated the idea of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...
Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:
verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...
FAO @europeanmovement.co.uk @grassrootsforeurope.org
@marchforrejoin.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social - please follow Oxford for Europe's new account
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@marchforrejoin.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social - please follow Oxford for Europe's new account
@oxford4europe.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
FAO @europeanmovement.co.uk @grassrootsforeurope.org
@marchforrejoin.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social - please follow Oxford for Europe's new account
@oxford4europe.bsky.social
@marchforrejoin.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social - please follow Oxford for Europe's new account
@oxford4europe.bsky.social
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"These estimates suggest that by 2025 Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
New NBER report is quietly devastating about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.
We need to cut away the drag anchor of Brexit.
We need to rejoin the EU!
New NBER report is quietly devastating about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.
We need to cut away the drag anchor of Brexit.
We need to rejoin the EU!
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"These estimates suggest that by 2025 Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
New NBER report is quietly devastating about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.
We need to cut away the drag anchor of Brexit.
We need to rejoin the EU!
New NBER report is quietly devastating about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.
We need to cut away the drag anchor of Brexit.
We need to rejoin the EU!
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“We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% & 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. These large negative impacts reflect a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, & increased misallocation of resources”
Devastating.
Devastating.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% & 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. These large negative impacts reflect a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, & increased misallocation of resources”
Devastating.
Devastating.
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Excellent investigation of Russian misuse of international investigatory & judicial machinery.
Proud to publish this piece from my former student, who writes that Russia's lawfare in the European Court of Human Rights is "transforming [it] into an unwitting accomplice in one of the most sophisticated disinformation operations of the modern era.”
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Russia’s Lawfare Playbook: How the Kremlin Weaponized Human Rights Courts to Launder Disinformation
When the Kremlin wants to legitimize a lie, it doesn’t just hold a press conference – it files a lawsuit.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Excellent investigation of Russian misuse of international investigatory & judicial machinery.
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🚨 Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
+ New emails released to Byline reveal Cummings involvement in VIP Lane deals.
Read my latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social report here: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
+ New emails released to Byline reveal Cummings involvement in VIP Lane deals.
Read my latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social report here: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
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October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨 Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
+ New emails released to Byline reveal Cummings involvement in VIP Lane deals.
Read my latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social report here: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
+ New emails released to Byline reveal Cummings involvement in VIP Lane deals.
Read my latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social report here: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...
What is the price for freedom from tyranny? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/mig...
Memories of fear, flight and refuge by @csibike1.bsky.social
Memories of fear, flight and refuge by @csibike1.bsky.social
What is the price for freedom from tyranny?
UK migrants face growing hostility within the very country they sought for safety. But what does it take to seek refuge?
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What is the price for freedom from tyranny? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/mig...
Memories of fear, flight and refuge by @csibike1.bsky.social
Memories of fear, flight and refuge by @csibike1.bsky.social
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Interesting from Nick Lowles
@shinehead.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
@grassrootsforeurope.org
Interesting from Nick Lowles
@shinehead.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
@grassrootsforeurope.org
Colin Gordon
Interesting comments in the new book by Nick Lowles MBE
[founder and Chief Executive of HOPE Not Hate]:
“Despite the progressive side of politics supposedly being the internationalists, it is the...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Interesting from Nick Lowles
@shinehead.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
@grassrootsforeurope.org
Interesting from Nick Lowles
@shinehead.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
@grassrootsforeurope.org
Chronicles of infamy, continued.
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What's happened in America since Monday
Covering corruption, demolishing the White House, Undermining democracy & the military
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October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Chronicles of infamy, continued.
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From Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat, "an intelligence agency for the people".
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social
From Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat, "an intelligence agency for the people".
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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From Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat, "an intelligence agency for the people".
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social
From Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat, "an intelligence agency for the people".
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social
What happened in America this weekend...
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What happened in America this weekend...
Covering protests, attacks against enemies, nationalism, science, foreign policy and pardons...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What happened in America this weekend...
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Worth a serious look.
Worth a serious look.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Worth a serious look.
Worth a serious look.
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We Made History ✊
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We Made History ✊
Eight things that have happened in Trump's America since Wednesday
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Eight things that have happened in Trump's America since Wednesday
Covering attacks on enemies, misinformation, and targeting Democrat-voting areas
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October 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Eight things that have happened in Trump's America since Wednesday
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John Gaskell, chair of @grassrootsforeurope.org at No Tyrants Day, US Embassy London 18 10 2025. Pro-Europeans against Trump's regime change agenda in Europe, support US citizens resisting fascism.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
John Gaskell, chair of @grassrootsforeurope.org at No Tyrants Day, US Embassy London 18 10 2025. Pro-Europeans against Trump's regime change agenda in Europe, support US citizens resisting fascism.
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this is obviously appalling - and he should lose his job - but it's also really quite shocking; I first met Calgie when he was a baby reporter in his early twenties and sure, he was always a Tory, but he was....fine and normal? right-wing radicalisation is out of control in SW1
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
October 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
this is obviously appalling - and he should lose his job - but it's also really quite shocking; I first met Calgie when he was a baby reporter in his early twenties and sure, he was always a Tory, but he was....fine and normal? right-wing radicalisation is out of control in SW1
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October 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.