Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Excellent overview from our wisest strategic thinker. 000
Reposted by Colin GordonMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🔥 HUGE NEWS - Exclusive with The Independent. 3732278
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026rsf.org/en/breaking-... Domestic, as opposed to foreign disinfo. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social @the-citizens.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.socialrsf.orgBREAKING: Disinformation campaign targeting RSF led by a company tied to French media conglomerate VivendiReporters 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... 001
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026alliance4europe.eu/report/swede... Illegal campaigning by the far right in a razor's-edge national election. @euds.europarl.europa.eu @europeanmovement.co.ukalliance4europe.euDomestic Illegal Influence Operation Run by the Sweden Democrats - Alliance4EuropeThe day before the Swedish elections, SD ran a SMS campaign that likely violated GDPR, qualifying as an Influence operation. 010
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From pandemic to infodemic. @jessicamalaty.bsky.social disa.org/jessica-mala... [See also: @chrischirp.bsky.social ]disa.orgJessica Malaty Rivera: Countering Disinformation | DISAJessica Malaty Rivera: The Epidemiologist Fighting Misinformation and Making Public Health Visible 000
Reposted by Colin GordonMagdalena @csibike1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here is the group who was distributing flags outside. My doggies were a bit overwhelmed by the crowds 061
Reposted by Colin GordonNorth East for Europe @ne4eu.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Well done to Thank EU For The Music at #lastnightoftheproms for doing an amazing job with the 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 Photo by Sylvia Winglet 2179
Reposted by Colin GordonOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Freedom 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" 162111
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The 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 010
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The 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. /2 110
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One 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. /1 110
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026From a reputable source, a visit to Saxony-Anhalt. verfassungsblog.de/facing-the-b...verfassungsblog.deFacing the Blue Wall 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.ft.com/content/1953... Hitler's big lie gets a new spin. 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026substack.com/@alanrusbrid...substack.comIt’s time to start treating Israel like apartheid-era South AfricaIts government has shown that international condemnation of the horrors in Gaza carries no weight. It is time for action. 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Rejoining 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 011
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026kentandsurreybylines.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. /1kentandsurreybylines.co.ukBrexit is ten: now what?Brexit’s tenth anniversary ushered in a resurgence of conversation about Britain’s relationship with the European Union 131
Reposted by Colin GordonKent and Surrey Bylines @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · 03/08/2026Brexit’s tenth anniversary ushered in a resurgence of conversation about Britain’s relationship with the European Union | Colin Gordon kentandsurreybylines.co.ukBrexit is ten: now what?Brexit’s tenth anniversary ushered in a resurgence of conversation about Britain’s relationship with the European Union 02310
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026zeteo.com/p/americans-...zeteo.comAmericans Live in the 'United States of Oligarchy' With Elon Musk at the TopRead 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. 011
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 25/07/202610th anniversary of the Brexit vote centralbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...centralbylines.co.uk10th anniversary of the Brexit voteBig Red Bus of Brexit Truths tour marks the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 25/07/202610th anniversary of the Brexit vote centralbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...centralbylines.co.uk10th anniversary of the Brexit voteBig Red Bus of Brexit Truths tour marks the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A 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...europeanmovement.co.ukOur 5 Asks for Andy BurnhamAndy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future. 031
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Important work. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 020
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Surpisingly low compared to Brexit damage across UK? 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This statement could do with some explanatory notes. 010
Reposted by Colin GordonAdam 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 53801297
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Ten Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EU open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...open.substack.comTen Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EUOn 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. 010
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026swindonlink.com/news/campaig...swindonlink.comCampaigning Swindon pro-EU dancers to lead Rejoin marchA Swindon ex-professional dancer couple will lead will lead the next National Rejoin March on Saturday 20 June in London. 010
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026leftfootforward.org/2026/06/ten-...leftfootforward.orgTen years on, the case for rejoining grows stronger as campaigners gather for National Rejoin March 2026For 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. 052
Reposted by Colin GordonSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears... 23356124
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026American 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. 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026As recommended by a Hungarian friend - they should know. antiauthoritarian.com @europeanmovement.co.ukantiauthoritarian.comAnti-Authoritarian Toolkit | D-HUBExplore the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit, a comprehensive resource for understanding and combating authoritarianism 011
Reposted by Colin GordonLouise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 22/05/2026He/Labour should just blooming well implement it this term in office. 1146
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Great 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. 001
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026After 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... 1145
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026In 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 110
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This 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. /1 110
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Goulash Authoritarianism open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...open.substack.comGoulash AuthoritarianismIs that what we want? 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026zeteo.com/p/israeli-fo...zeteo.comIsraeli Forces Kill More Children on Nakba Day, While Settlers Force Family to Dig Up Dead FatherZeteo'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. 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Oxford Town Hall, today. @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social @oxford4europe.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk 031
Reposted by Colin GordonBrexit 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 🇬🇧🇪🇺el-balad.comEuropean Greens Back Brexit Debate on UK EU RejoiningThe 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... 516951
Reposted by Colin GordonOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Did 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 420922
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026www.college-de-france.fr/fr/foucault2...college-de-france.frCentenaire de la naissance de Michel Foucault | Collège de France 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026hrcak.srce.hr/file/498907 Truth vs Pravda or a 'different regime of truth'. Cited in the newsletter of @disinfo.euhrcak.srce.hr 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Alternative futures past... will we see this report? brussels.mcc.hu/news/mcc-bru...brussels.mcc.huMCC Brussels Launches Democracy Interference Observatory to Confront EU Influence on National Elections 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026One of the best Hungarian analysts - Szuszanna Vegh. www.gmfus.org/news/magyar-...gmfus.orgMagyar Beat Orbán at His Own Electoral Game 000
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2...theolivepress.esSanchez 'proud to be Spanish again' after migrant scheme passedA CONTROVERSIAL process to legalise almost a million undocumented migrants living in Spain is set to begin today (Tuesday), prime minister Pedro Sanchez 020
Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? open.substack.com/pub/democrac...open.substack.comWhat happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right 000