Colin Lawson
@colindlawson.bsky.social
Physics/education/retired. Walking and small boat sailing. Cornwall, UK. Lifelong news and current affairs addict.
North Utsire. South Utsire.
Occasionally poor. Becoming good.
North Utsire. South Utsire.
Occasionally poor. Becoming good.
Pinned
Colin Lawson
@colindlawson.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Truth sometimes comes from our enemies despite their dishonourable motives. Meanwhile, our own ‘tribe’ can fool itself into believing absurdities. The Left and progressives damage their credibility every time they reject the former and succumb to the latter.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Fact check from me on BBC Sounds on Sir Jim Ratcliffe's claims on
- population
- immigration
- benefits
- energy
📻👇...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- population
- immigration
- benefits
- energy
📻👇...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Verify on Jim Ratcliffe's claims about immigration - BBC Sounds
Sir Jim said he was sorry his ‘choice of language had offended some people’.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Fact check from me on BBC Sounds on Sir Jim Ratcliffe's claims on
- population
- immigration
- benefits
- energy
📻👇...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- population
- immigration
- benefits
- energy
📻👇...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …
Reposted by Colin Lawson
💬 Comment | The Government’s Representation of the People Bill is a missed opportunity
Today, the government has published its Representation of the People Bill (aka. the Elections and Democracy Bill) – with one major piece missing.
Read full response from Azzurra here: demos.co.uk/blogs/demos-...
Today, the government has published its Representation of the People Bill (aka. the Elections and Democracy Bill) – with one major piece missing.
Read full response from Azzurra here: demos.co.uk/blogs/demos-...
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 PM
💬 Comment | The Government’s Representation of the People Bill is a missed opportunity
Today, the government has published its Representation of the People Bill (aka. the Elections and Democracy Bill) – with one major piece missing.
Read full response from Azzurra here: demos.co.uk/blogs/demos-...
Today, the government has published its Representation of the People Bill (aka. the Elections and Democracy Bill) – with one major piece missing.
Read full response from Azzurra here: demos.co.uk/blogs/demos-...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Currently, the bill fails to address major threats to our democracy presented by the modern online information environment: the spread of false or unreliable information, the proliferation of political deepfakes, and online harassment of MPs.
📄 Read the bill here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080
📄 Read the bill here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080
Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Current version of Representation of the People Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses
bills.parliament.uk
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Currently, the bill fails to address major threats to our democracy presented by the modern online information environment: the spread of false or unreliable information, the proliferation of political deepfakes, and online harassment of MPs.
📄 Read the bill here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080
📄 Read the bill here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Our Elections Bill briefing sets out what measures the government must take to safeguard future elections from growing epistemic risks.
Read the Epistemic Security Briefing here: demos.co.uk/research/epi...
#TrustedElectionsBill
Read the Epistemic Security Briefing here: demos.co.uk/research/epi...
#TrustedElectionsBill
Epistemic Security Briefing: The Elections Bill
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our Elections Bill briefing sets out what measures the government must take to safeguard future elections from growing epistemic risks.
Read the Epistemic Security Briefing here: demos.co.uk/research/epi...
#TrustedElectionsBill
Read the Epistemic Security Briefing here: demos.co.uk/research/epi...
#TrustedElectionsBill
Reposted by Colin Lawson
If the shooter was a woman that would be even bigger news. Female shooters are extremely rare. Shooter also killed his mother. Make violence against women. Nearly 10% of women killed by males are killed by their sons. Do not erase this pattern of male violence.
www.femicidecensus.org/this-article...
www.femicidecensus.org/this-article...
More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals – Femicide Census
www.femicidecensus.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
If the shooter was a woman that would be even bigger news. Female shooters are extremely rare. Shooter also killed his mother. Make violence against women. Nearly 10% of women killed by males are killed by their sons. Do not erase this pattern of male violence.
www.femicidecensus.org/this-article...
www.femicidecensus.org/this-article...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
'Canadian police have identified the suspect who carried out a school massacre in remote British Columbia as an 18-year old woman with a history of mental health problems.'
No.
Completely wrong.
The shooter is a male.
With history of mental health problems.
Who identified as a woman.
Male violence.
No.
Completely wrong.
The shooter is a male.
With history of mental health problems.
Who identified as a woman.
Male violence.
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
'Canadian police have identified the suspect who carried out a school massacre in remote British Columbia as an 18-year old woman with a history of mental health problems.'
No.
Completely wrong.
The shooter is a male.
With history of mental health problems.
Who identified as a woman.
Male violence.
No.
Completely wrong.
The shooter is a male.
With history of mental health problems.
Who identified as a woman.
Male violence.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
"If any criticism is needed, it should be directed towards those who have offered little contribution to our life here and have instead spent years siphoning wealth out of one of our proudest institutions."
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 AM
"If any criticism is needed, it should be directed towards those who have offered little contribution to our life here and have instead spent years siphoning wealth out of one of our proudest institutions."
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Disgusting remarks, and that’s before you note this is someone who moved to (colonised as he would put it) a tax haven news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Disgusting remarks, and that’s before you note this is someone who moved to (colonised as he would put it) a tax haven news.sky.com/story/the-uk...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
UK Constitutional Law Association. Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces
In For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the Supreme Court held that references to ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 pertained to biological sex. In doing so, it affirmed the default common law…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
UK Constitutional Law Association. Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
UK Constitutional Law Association. Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces
In For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the Supreme Court held that references to ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 pertained to biological sex. In doing so, it affirmed the default common law…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
UK Constitutional Law Association. Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Trumpism arrives in Wales: "Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two leading figures from his party."
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
Uproar as Reform policy chief threatens to defund Welsh university
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two lea...
nation.cymru
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Trumpism arrives in Wales: "Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two leading figures from his party."
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Thanks. Yes, the link between Epstein and JK Rowling is without any foundation whatsoever. Anyone still promoting this smear should be ignored.
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Thanks. Yes, the link between Epstein and JK Rowling is without any foundation whatsoever. Anyone still promoting this smear should be ignored.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge
One detransitioner was awarded $2m. As America’s guidelines change, more will follow
www.economist.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Hello. Former Index On Censorship staffer here. To be very clear, having your request to speak at a society of which you are not a member does not count, in any sense whatsoever, as censorship. nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
Uproar as Reform policy chief threatens to defund Welsh university
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two lea...
nation.cymru
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Hello. Former Index On Censorship staffer here. To be very clear, having your request to speak at a society of which you are not a member does not count, in any sense whatsoever, as censorship. nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
Thanks. Yes, the link between Epstein and JK Rowling is without any foundation whatsoever. Anyone still promoting this smear should be ignored.
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Thanks. Yes, the link between Epstein and JK Rowling is without any foundation whatsoever. Anyone still promoting this smear should be ignored.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Trump shows up over a million times in the unredacted Epstein files. And that's the half they released. Imagine what's in the half they didn't release.
That means that the DOJ redacted Trump's name about 950K times in the 3M documents they released. www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
That means that the DOJ redacted Trump's name about 950K times in the 3M documents they released. www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump shows up over a million times in the unredacted Epstein files. And that's the half they released. Imagine what's in the half they didn't release.
That means that the DOJ redacted Trump's name about 950K times in the 3M documents they released. www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
That means that the DOJ redacted Trump's name about 950K times in the 3M documents they released. www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
Interesting to sign a multiyear deal with the women's rights campaigner & one of the most successful authors of all time. Her mention in the Epstein files centres on Epstein's attempt to attend the Broadway premiere of "Harry Potter & the Cursed Child" - he didn't have an invite & was refused entry.
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Interesting to sign a multiyear deal with the women's rights campaigner & one of the most successful authors of all time. Her mention in the Epstein files centres on Epstein's attempt to attend the Broadway premiere of "Harry Potter & the Cursed Child" - he didn't have an invite & was refused entry.
Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge
One detransitioner was awarded $2m. As America’s guidelines change, more will follow
www.economist.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Lawsuits over transgender medicine for minors could be huge
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
One detransitioner was awarded $2m.
Lawsuits have been filed by more than two dozen other detransitioners. Observers believe the damages, all told, could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
www.economist.com/united-state...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Looks like the BBC have been doing some critical thinking about some of its output.
"What does trans mean and why is there a debate about transgender people's rights?"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"What does trans mean and why is there a debate about transgender people's rights?"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What does trans mean and what rights do transgender people have?
The UK Supreme Court's definition of a woman in equalities law has significant implications for transgender people.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Looks like the BBC have been doing some critical thinking about some of its output.
"What does trans mean and why is there a debate about transgender people's rights?"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"What does trans mean and why is there a debate about transgender people's rights?"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...