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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Grassroots for Europe Round Table #61 - Tracking tyranny, protecting freedom - with Prof. Christina Pagel [UCL]
What is Trump doing, how do we stop it here?
Tue 9 Dec 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
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@chrischirp @chrischirp.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
What is Trump doing, how do we stop it here?
Tue 9 Dec 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
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@chrischirp @chrischirp.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
Trump’s National Security Strategy Is as Extreme as We Said It Would Be
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Trump’s National Security Strategy Is as Extreme as We Said It Would Be
The official document rails against “destabilizing population flows” and “civilizational erasure” in Europe – as Zeteo reported it would.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump’s National Security Strategy Is as Extreme as We Said It Would Be
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This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump
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Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump
The new US national security strategy shows us Europeans exactly where we stand: alone.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump
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Grassroots for Europe Round Table #61 - Tracking tyranny, protecting freedom - with Prof. Christina Pagel [UCL]
What is Trump doing, how do we stop it here?
Tue 9 Dec 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
Book: www.tickettailor.com/events/grass...
@chrischirp @chrischirp.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
What is Trump doing, how do we stop it here?
Tue 9 Dec 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
Book: www.tickettailor.com/events/grass...
@chrischirp @chrischirp.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Grassroots for Europe Round Table #61 - Tracking tyranny, protecting freedom - with Prof. Christina Pagel [UCL]
What is Trump doing, how do we stop it here?
Tue 9 Dec 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
Book: www.tickettailor.com/events/grass...
@chrischirp @chrischirp.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
What is Trump doing, how do we stop it here?
Tue 9 Dec 2025 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT
Book: www.tickettailor.com/events/grass...
@chrischirp @chrischirp.bsky.social
@grassrootsforeurope.org
"Your Party keeps name".
What else could it have become?
Our Party?
Not my party?
Their party?
What else could it have become?
Our Party?
Not my party?
Their party?
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Your Party keeps name".
What else could it have become?
Our Party?
Not my party?
Their party?
What else could it have become?
Our Party?
Not my party?
Their party?
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
Modest proposal.
Trump wants to be awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Trump has renamed the US Department of Defense the Department of War.
Trump wants to start wars against Venezuela, migrants, opponents.
Create a Nobel prize for war, awarded annually to President Trump.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Trump wants to be awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Trump has renamed the US Department of Defense the Department of War.
Trump wants to start wars against Venezuela, migrants, opponents.
Create a Nobel prize for war, awarded annually to President Trump.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Modest proposal.
Trump wants to be awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Trump has renamed the US Department of Defense the Department of War.
Trump wants to start wars against Venezuela, migrants, opponents.
Create a Nobel prize for war, awarded annually to President Trump.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Trump wants to be awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Trump has renamed the US Department of Defense the Department of War.
Trump wants to start wars against Venezuela, migrants, opponents.
Create a Nobel prize for war, awarded annually to President Trump.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Helluva a week in America
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Helluva a week in America
5 minute rundown of the main things you need to know about the last few days
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November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Helluva a week in America
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Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
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
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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...
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:
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-...
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
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@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.”
americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...
americansunlight.substack.com/p/russias-la...
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.
americansunlight.substack.com
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
bylinetimes.com
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