Alice McCool
@mccoolingtons.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist, Good Law Project. Feminist. Published in The Guardian, CNN, New Internationalist, Reuters, TIME, Al Jazeera, BBC News. They/them. Views my own.
www.alicemccool.com
www.alicemccool.com
Pinned
🔎 INVESTIGATION 🔍
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme this weekend have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
https://goodlaw.social/gdxk
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme this weekend have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
https://goodlaw.social/gdxk
London anti-abortion march fuelled by US ‘hate group’ | Good Law Project
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
goodlaw.social
A key player in the overturn of #abortion rights in the US is fuelling 'March for Life UK' in LDN tomorrow. This raises concerns about the import of anti-#gender fundamentalism to the UK, threatening the bodily autonomy/rights of women + LGBTQ+ ppl.
Read my investigation here:
Read my investigation here:
Reposted by Alice McCool
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
“As the genocide survivors in Gaza seem to understand a little better than some in the west, Palestine and Sudan are haunted by the same ghosts. If we are to perform an exorcism, it must include Gordon and Kitchener as prominently as it does Balfour.” novaramedia.com/2025/11/07/s...
Sudan and Palestine Are Haunted by the Same Ghost | Novara Media
The mass slaughter in both Gaza and Sudan is inextricably linked to the bloody tapestry of Britain’s colonial history. When we speak up for Palestinian liberation, we must also speak up for Sudan, wri...
novaramedia.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“As the genocide survivors in Gaza seem to understand a little better than some in the west, Palestine and Sudan are haunted by the same ghosts. If we are to perform an exorcism, it must include Gordon and Kitchener as prominently as it does Balfour.” novaramedia.com/2025/11/07/s...
Thanks to @abortionrights.bsky.social for raising this alarm: the memo sent to the BBC criticises journalists for using the term “reproductive rights” in US election coverage, claiming the phrase is "contested" + signalling a biased mindset to many BBC viewers 🤨 abortionrights.org.uk/press-releas...
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thanks to @abortionrights.bsky.social for raising this alarm: the memo sent to the BBC criticises journalists for using the term “reproductive rights” in US election coverage, claiming the phrase is "contested" + signalling a biased mindset to many BBC viewers 🤨 abortionrights.org.uk/press-releas...
Exciting progress on our case against the EHRC's transphobic guidance following the Supreme Court judgement on the definition on a woman.
The guidance was rushed + harmful, causing orgs across the country to rush out policies excluding trans people. Let's hope it's deemed unlawful before xmas 🧑🎄🤞
The guidance was rushed + harmful, causing orgs across the country to rush out policies excluding trans people. Let's hope it's deemed unlawful before xmas 🧑🎄🤞
We've been in court all day at the hearing for our case against the EHRC's interim guidance.
We stand by what we said: the guidance is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
We stand by what we said: the guidance is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Exciting progress on our case against the EHRC's transphobic guidance following the Supreme Court judgement on the definition on a woman.
The guidance was rushed + harmful, causing orgs across the country to rush out policies excluding trans people. Let's hope it's deemed unlawful before xmas 🧑🎄🤞
The guidance was rushed + harmful, causing orgs across the country to rush out policies excluding trans people. Let's hope it's deemed unlawful before xmas 🧑🎄🤞
Reposted by Alice McCool
🌟 WIN 🌟
After we lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has now launched a formal compliance case.
https://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
After we lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has now launched a formal compliance case.
https://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
After Good Law Project lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has launched a formal compliance case.
After Good Law Project lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has launched a formal compliance case.
goodlawproject.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🌟 WIN 🌟
After we lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has now launched a formal compliance case.
https://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
After we lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has now launched a formal compliance case.
https://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
Reposted by Alice McCool
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Reposted by Alice McCool
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
corporateeurope.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
“Inferences being drawn from the UK supreme court judgment...could lead to widespread exclusion of trans people from many public spaces...this...may severely infringe on their ability to participate fully and equally in society.”
@commissionerhr.coe.int www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@commissionerhr.coe.int www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says
Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Inferences being drawn from the UK supreme court judgment...could lead to widespread exclusion of trans people from many public spaces...this...may severely infringe on their ability to participate fully and equally in society.”
@commissionerhr.coe.int www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@commissionerhr.coe.int www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“As Chiles' lawyer put it in court…Colorado's rationale "would allow states to silence all kinds of speech in the counseling room, such as disfavored views on divorce or abortion." @enbrown.bsky.social reason.com/2025/10/08/i...
Is conversion therapy free speech?
Colorado says no. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical.
reason.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“As Chiles' lawyer put it in court…Colorado's rationale "would allow states to silence all kinds of speech in the counseling room, such as disfavored views on divorce or abortion." @enbrown.bsky.social reason.com/2025/10/08/i...
This deep dive by @laurabullard.bsky.social @wired.com into #PeterThiel is WILD.
Get ready for a terrifying window into how this billionaire Tech Bro's obsession with the Antichrist and apocalyptic theology is impacting the way our global tech and politics is run...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Get ready for a terrifying window into how this billionaire Tech Bro's obsession with the Antichrist and apocalyptic theology is impacting the way our global tech and politics is run...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This deep dive by @laurabullard.bsky.social @wired.com into #PeterThiel is WILD.
Get ready for a terrifying window into how this billionaire Tech Bro's obsession with the Antichrist and apocalyptic theology is impacting the way our global tech and politics is run...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Get ready for a terrifying window into how this billionaire Tech Bro's obsession with the Antichrist and apocalyptic theology is impacting the way our global tech and politics is run...
www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Reposted by Alice McCool
My partner and I have had many conversations about what to do when we feel forced to leave the country. We are heavily restricted on choice because my disability disqualifies me from most countries outside the EU. It’s a horrible conversation to have but it’s one that’s happening more and more often
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece 💔
Pls know this is not a drill. 10yrs after topping ILGA-Europe LGBTQ+ rights ranking, UK has dropped to 22 place out 49. Lemkin Institute has issued a red flag alert on UK #trans and #intersex rights. goodlawproject.org/the-writing-...
Pls know this is not a drill. 10yrs after topping ILGA-Europe LGBTQ+ rights ranking, UK has dropped to 22 place out 49. Lemkin Institute has issued a red flag alert on UK #trans and #intersex rights. goodlawproject.org/the-writing-...
‘The writing was on the wall’: The gender diverse people fleeing the UK | Good Law Project
While many stay to fight the rollback of rights in the UK, hundreds of trans and intersex Brits are leaving home.
Content warning: sexual violence
goodlawproject.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My partner and I have had many conversations about what to do when we feel forced to leave the country. We are heavily restricted on choice because my disability disqualifies me from most countries outside the EU. It’s a horrible conversation to have but it’s one that’s happening more and more often
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece 💔
Pls know this is not a drill. 10yrs after topping ILGA-Europe LGBTQ+ rights ranking, UK has dropped to 22 place out 49. Lemkin Institute has issued a red flag alert on UK #trans and #intersex rights. goodlawproject.org/the-writing-...
Pls know this is not a drill. 10yrs after topping ILGA-Europe LGBTQ+ rights ranking, UK has dropped to 22 place out 49. Lemkin Institute has issued a red flag alert on UK #trans and #intersex rights. goodlawproject.org/the-writing-...
‘The writing was on the wall’: The gender diverse people fleeing the UK | Good Law Project
While many stay to fight the rollback of rights in the UK, hundreds of trans and intersex Brits are leaving home.
Content warning: sexual violence
goodlawproject.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece 💔
Pls know this is not a drill. 10yrs after topping ILGA-Europe LGBTQ+ rights ranking, UK has dropped to 22 place out 49. Lemkin Institute has issued a red flag alert on UK #trans and #intersex rights. goodlawproject.org/the-writing-...
Pls know this is not a drill. 10yrs after topping ILGA-Europe LGBTQ+ rights ranking, UK has dropped to 22 place out 49. Lemkin Institute has issued a red flag alert on UK #trans and #intersex rights. goodlawproject.org/the-writing-...
Reposted by Alice McCool
REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
www.thenerve.news
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
Reposted by Alice McCool
It’s time for women and allies to speak up. To say ‘not in our name’ to the discrimination and exclusion of trans people. Are you with us?
✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter
https://goodlaw.social/wu1u
✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter
https://goodlaw.social/wu1u
Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
We use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service.
goodlaw.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s time for women and allies to speak up. To say ‘not in our name’ to the discrimination and exclusion of trans people. Are you with us?
✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter
https://goodlaw.social/wu1u
✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter
https://goodlaw.social/wu1u
Reposted by Alice McCool
"Since winning the election in July 2024, Starmer has tacked sharply to the right on a range of issues." on.ft.com/42OJw3T
‘A terrible traitor’: Keir Starmer faces discontent from the left in UK cities
PM’s post-election tack to the right has put Labour’s urban heartlands under pressure
on.ft.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"Since winning the election in July 2024, Starmer has tacked sharply to the right on a range of issues." on.ft.com/42OJw3T
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this story. I also wanna add that it may not just be the kids registered at this practice impacted - the legal threat + investigation could lead to a total ban on hormones for under 18s. Read the full piece here: goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
Next time you see an anti-trans court case in the news, think twice about who’s behind it 👀
September 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this story. I also wanna add that it may not just be the kids registered at this practice impacted - the legal threat + investigation could lead to a total ban on hormones for under 18s. Read the full piece here: goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
Reposted by Alice McCool
Activists unfurled a giant photograph of US President Donald Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein near Windsor Castle on Tuesday, where King Charles is set to host him during his state visit.
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Activists unfurled a giant photograph of US President Donald Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein near Windsor Castle on Tuesday, where King Charles is set to host him during his state visit.
"Many of us have spent years building inclusive environments where all customers and staff feel safe and welcome. These proposals would...contradict those commitments; undermining trust, damaging reputations, and risking the loss of valued staff and customers.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Hundreds of firms warn new draft guidance on single sex spaces is ‘unworkable’
Exclusive: More than 650 organisations have urged Bridget Phillipson to ‘take immediate action to prevent these proposals from moving forward’
www.independent.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Many of us have spent years building inclusive environments where all customers and staff feel safe and welcome. These proposals would...contradict those commitments; undermining trust, damaging reputations, and risking the loss of valued staff and customers.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reposted by Alice McCool
As always, those who are anti-trans also turn out to be anti-gay and anti-abortion. They are the same people, and the same groups funding them.
goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
Christian right targets Brighton GP treating young trans people
An ultra-conservative anti-abortion lawyer has threatened a GP practice in Brighton with legal action, risking further restrictions on healthcare for young trans people.
goodlawproject.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As always, those who are anti-trans also turn out to be anti-gay and anti-abortion. They are the same people, and the same groups funding them.
goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
A practice treating young #trans ppl is being investigated after a lawyer with links to Christian right + #gender criticals sent a threat. These cases can look organic, but there are often other forces behind them. Here, the victims are vulnerable kids. My latest: goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
Christian right targets Brighton GP treating young trans people
An ultra-conservative anti-abortion lawyer has threatened a GP practice in Brighton with legal action, risking further restrictions on healthcare for young trans people.
goodlawproject.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A practice treating young #trans ppl is being investigated after a lawyer with links to Christian right + #gender criticals sent a threat. These cases can look organic, but there are often other forces behind them. Here, the victims are vulnerable kids. My latest: goodlawproject.org/christian-ri...
A key player in the overturn of #abortion rights in the US is fuelling 'March for Life UK' in LDN tomorrow. This raises concerns about the import of anti-#gender fundamentalism to the UK, threatening the bodily autonomy/rights of women + LGBTQ+ ppl.
Read my investigation here:
Read my investigation here:
🔎 INVESTIGATION 🔍
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme this weekend have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
https://goodlaw.social/gdxk
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme this weekend have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
https://goodlaw.social/gdxk
London anti-abortion march fuelled by US ‘hate group’ | Good Law Project
Over half of speakers on London’s March for Life’s programme have links with US Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom.
goodlaw.social
September 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A key player in the overturn of #abortion rights in the US is fuelling 'March for Life UK' in LDN tomorrow. This raises concerns about the import of anti-#gender fundamentalism to the UK, threatening the bodily autonomy/rights of women + LGBTQ+ ppl.
Read my investigation here:
Read my investigation here:
Reposted by Alice McCool
The draft is cruel; there is no evidence it will better protect women, cis or trans; it breaches Labour's manifesto commitment to trans people; it is unenforceable; encourages vigilanteism; and it is clearly inconsistent with the UK's obligations under the ECHR. We will challenge it in court. 2/2
September 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The draft is cruel; there is no evidence it will better protect women, cis or trans; it breaches Labour's manifesto commitment to trans people; it is unenforceable; encourages vigilanteism; and it is clearly inconsistent with the UK's obligations under the ECHR. We will challenge it in court. 2/2
Reposted by Alice McCool
We are aware of the EHRC's briefing to The Times about its draft statutory guidance. The draft is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's explicit assurance (from para 248) that its "interpretation would not be disadvantageous to or remove protection from trans people with or without a GRC." 1/2
September 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
We are aware of the EHRC's briefing to The Times about its draft statutory guidance. The draft is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's explicit assurance (from para 248) that its "interpretation would not be disadvantageous to or remove protection from trans people with or without a GRC." 1/2
We need free speech, and gender-criticals have the right to express their views. But when does this expression become harassment, bullying or discrimination?
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
⚖️🏳️⚧️
When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down.
With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar Standards Board.
https://goodlaw.social/blei
When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down.
With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar Standards Board.
https://goodlaw.social/blei
‘I knew it wouldn’t end’: Trans journalist files complaint with barrister regulator
When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down. With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar ...
goodlaw.social
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We need free speech, and gender-criticals have the right to express their views. But when does this expression become harassment, bullying or discrimination?
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
"Good Law Project’s legal battle isn’t just about one trans man...It’s about histories of eugenics and forced sterilization, as well as a wider feminist question of who deserves bodily autonomy." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
A U.K. trans man was denied legal gender recognition because he’s trying to conceive | Xtra Magazine
The decision falls in line with horrific sterilization histories entwined with rising fascism
xtramagazine.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Good Law Project’s legal battle isn’t just about one trans man...It’s about histories of eugenics and forced sterilization, as well as a wider feminist question of who deserves bodily autonomy." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...