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Colin Gordon

@colinngordon.bsky.social
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Vice-chair of @grassrootseu.bsky.social grassrootsforeurope.org/summary-rep… Council @europeanmovement.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colin… independent.academia.edu/GordonColin Formerly a Foucault expert.

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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Excellent overview from our wisest strategic thinker.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔥 HUGE NEWS - Exclusive with The Independent.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
rsf.org/en/breaking-... Domestic, as opposed to foreign disinfo. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social @the-citizens.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Disinformation campaign targeting RSF led by a company tied to French media conglomerate Vivendi
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s investigation desk has uncovered a vast disinformation campaign led by French media conglomerate Vivendi that directly targets RSF. The investigation desk was probing...
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
alliance4europe.eu/report/swede... Illegal campaigning by the far right in a razor's-edge national election. @euds.europarl.europa.eu @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Domestic Illegal Influence Operation Run by the Sweden Democrats - Alliance4Europe
The day before the Swedish elections, SD ran a SMS campaign that likely violated GDPR, qualifying as an Influence operation.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From pandemic to infodemic. @jessicamalaty.bsky.social disa.org/jessica-mala... [See also: @chrischirp.bsky.social ]
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Jessica Malaty Rivera: Countering Disinformation | DISA
Jessica Malaty Rivera: The Epidemiologist Fighting Misinformation and Making Public Health Visible
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Magdalena @csibike1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here is the group who was distributing flags outside. My doggies were a bit overwhelmed by the crowds
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North East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well done to Thank EU For The Music at #lastnightoftheproms for doing an amazing job with the 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 Photo by Sylvia Winglet
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Freedom Watch GB, a self-described “independent, youth-led civil liberties organisation” were in Cornmarket yesterday talking to passers by about migration. Reportedly he said "Imagine someone knocks on your door, you open it and they march straight upstairs"
White man in a white shirt and dark jacket sitting behind a table 
The sign says 'mass migration is destroying Britain, prove me wrong'. 
There are two, possibly three cameras pointed at the scene.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The contrast between numerous reviewers' comments on the dustjacket [more extensively available on publishers' and booksellers' websites] and the content of media coverage, commentary and allegations about Arday over the preceding days and weeks is fairly extraordinary. /3 end
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The inquest on Prof. Arday's death opened the following day, August 27th, after he had been found dead on August 14th. I saw the book on the new books table in Blackwells after returning from Italy where Arday's death was widely reported and discussed. /2
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One perhaps under-reported aspect of the ongoing story of the media and academic persecution of the late Prof. Jason Arday [on which there has been excellent work by Byline Times] is the remarkable reception by reviewers of his book Great and Unfortunate Things which was published on 27 August. /1
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From a reputable source, a visit to Saxony-Anhalt. verfassungsblog.de/facing-the-b...
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Facing the Blue Wall
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/1953... Hitler's big lie gets a new spin.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
substack.com/@alanrusbrid...
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It’s time to start treating Israel like apartheid-era South Africa
Its government has shown that international condemnation of the horrors in Gaza carries no weight. It is time for action.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Rejoining the EU won't solve all our problems, but it will help. Silence won't do the trick. Thank you @richardcorbett.bsky.social for your wise words reproduced here. /end
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/global/europ... My article in @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk . After 10 years the truth that emerges is the scale of damage done by Brexit and the fact that it is ongoing. Bad luck to have made a stupid mistake; less excusable to let the consequences continue uncorrected. /1
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Brexit is ten: now what?
Brexit’s tenth anniversary ushered in a resurgence of conversation about Britain’s relationship with the European Union
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Kent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 03/08/2026
Brexit’s tenth anniversary ushered in a resurgence of conversation about Britain’s relationship with the European Union | Colin Gordon
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Brexit is ten: now what?
Brexit’s tenth anniversary ushered in a resurgence of conversation about Britain’s relationship with the European Union
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
zeteo.com/p/americans-...
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Americans Live in the 'United States of Oligarchy' With Elon Musk at the Top
Read an exclusive excerpt from journalist Casey Michel's new book exploring how the country's wealthiest are monopolizing U.S. democracy and propping up dictators and autocrats in the process.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This / ceci.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
10th anniversary of the Brexit vote centralbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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10th anniversary of the Brexit vote
Big Red Bus of Brexit Truths tour marks the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
10th anniversary of the Brexit vote centralbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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10th anniversary of the Brexit vote
Big Red Bus of Brexit Truths tour marks the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
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Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Important work. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Surpisingly low compared to Brexit damage across UK?
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This statement could do with some explanatory notes.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Your wages will rise... weekly food shops will get cheaper… You and your family will benefit from a resurgent economy... Politicians both local and national will become more accountable..." A quick reminder of how Brexit was sold to us ten years ago today
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ten Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EU open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...
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Ten Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EU
On the 10th anniversary of the EU referendum, Zeteo UK’s editor-in-chief makes the case for rejoining and offers a scathing assessment of the last decade of Brexit lies and chaos.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#RejoinEU London 20 6 26
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Campaigning Swindon pro-EU dancers to lead Rejoin march
A Swindon ex-professional dancer couple will lead will lead the next National Rejoin March on Saturday 20 June in London.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Ten years on, the case for rejoining grows stronger as campaigners gather for National Rejoin March 2026
For those marching through London today, the answer is clear: repairing relations with Europe is only the beginning. The ultimate goal remains rejoining the European Union.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears...
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
David Hockney RIP
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
American Depression joke. "If we had some eggs we could have ham and eggs, if we had some ham". Brexit memorial joke (dedicated to BBC news and current affairs). Truth and reconciliation is a fine thing, one of its requirements is truth.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
As recommended by a Hungarian friend - they should know. antiauthoritarian.com @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit | D-HUB
Explore the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit, a comprehensive resource for understanding and combating authoritarianism
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
He/Labour should just blooming well implement it this term in office.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Great work Paul Browne and @cambsforeurope.bsky.social - such a privilege to share in Marta Pardavi's deep understanding of this historic and inspiring moment. And much for us to learn... @oxford4europe.bsky.social and @grassrootsforeurope.org delighted to be involved.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
After Mandelson, after Russian oil: @emilythornberry.bsky.social gives Starmer and Nick Thomas Symonds a fairly serious bollocking over secrecy, lack of consultation, lack of a plan in its EU-UK reset operation. committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In 2015, after the referendum, the UK government were taken aback when the EU insisted on applying Article 50. Are we confident that the Union will want to deviate from the treaty this time and offer UK a 'special deal'? /end
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is not the sort of question that GBN would think of asking, but there might be a question of how this model of a negotiating process maps on to the accession/enlargement process as set out in Article 49 of the Lisbon treaty. /1
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Goulash Authoritarianism open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...
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Goulash Authoritarianism
Is that what we want?
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Israeli Forces Kill More Children on Nakba Day, While Settlers Force Family to Dig Up Dead Father
Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Oxford Town Hall, today. @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social @oxford4europe.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"30 European Green parties have adopted a declaration in Brussels urging the UK to consider rejoining the EU." #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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European Greens Back Brexit Debate on UK EU Rejoining
The European Green Party urged the United Kingdom to consider rejoining the EU after delegates from 30 European green parties adopted a declaration in Brussels on Friday, before Europe Day. Vula Tsets...
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Did you know (perhaps you did) that Oxford had a leper chapel, and that it still stands? Tucked away in Bartlemas, it celebrates its 900th anniversary this year. A series of events are scheduled to mark the nonacentennial. #hiddenOxford #Oxfordhistory #Artweeks
Interior of the chapel (image, Oxford Clarion)
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.college-de-france.fr/fr/foucault2...
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Centenaire de la naissance de Michel Foucault | Collège de France
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
hrcak.srce.hr/file/498907 Truth vs Pravda or a 'different regime of truth'. Cited in the newsletter of @disinfo.eu
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Alternative futures past... will we see this report? brussels.mcc.hu/news/mcc-bru...
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MCC Brussels Launches Democracy Interference Observatory to Confront EU Influence on National Elections
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
One of the best Hungarian analysts - Szuszanna Vegh. www.gmfus.org/news/magyar-...
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Magyar Beat Orbán at His Own Electoral Game
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2...
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Sanchez 'proud to be Spanish again' after migrant scheme passed
A CONTROVERSIAL process to legalise almost a million undocumented migrants living in Spain is set to begin today (Tuesday), prime minister Pedro Sanchez
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Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?
Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right
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