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
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Grim morning for the Labour Party but it is healthier to live in a country where decisions have consequences than one where an administration steeped in contact with Epstein sails happily on, even as the resignations pile up across Europe
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Grim morning for the Labour Party but it is healthier to live in a country where decisions have consequences than one where an administration steeped in contact with Epstein sails happily on, even as the resignations pile up across Europe
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Around the world, politicians and businessmen are resigning from their positions because of the Epstein Files.
Except in the United States.
Here: Zero shame, zero consequences.
We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.
Except in the United States.
Here: Zero shame, zero consequences.
We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Around the world, politicians and businessmen are resigning from their positions because of the Epstein Files.
Except in the United States.
Here: Zero shame, zero consequences.
We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.
Except in the United States.
Here: Zero shame, zero consequences.
We need resignations, investigations, impeachments, and punishments now. Should have been years ago.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Here's an exciting thought: I wonder if political parties might consider separating governing from campaigning...
I don't disagree with this per-se (it wasn't just McSweeney!), but I do think it was pretty important that McSweeney and Starmer successfully repositioned Labour – with all of the pain that entailed – so they could capture as many seats as they did.
I do wonder about anyone who thinks McSweeney single-handedly won Labour its majority. They do realise they were up against a catastrophically unpopular government? The 2024 result was very much an underperformance against the fundamentals.
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Here's an exciting thought: I wonder if political parties might consider separating governing from campaigning...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Even more depressing that they see nothing available for Lab other than McS's Blue Labourism or Corbynism.
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Even more depressing that they see nothing available for Lab other than McS's Blue Labourism or Corbynism.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
An article in the New York Review of Books takes an extreme stand on biological sex, failing to define it and ultimately arguing that you're whatever sex you say you are.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/08/n...
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/08/n...
NYRB article attacks the biological definition of sex holding with definitions based on self-identification
I used to subscribe to the New York Review of Books, which, while sometimes a repository for boring academic cat-fights, often included engaging and illuminating articles—until fabled editor Bob Si…
whyevolutionistrue.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
An article in the New York Review of Books takes an extreme stand on biological sex, failing to define it and ultimately arguing that you're whatever sex you say you are.
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/08/n...
whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/08/n...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
"I advised the prime minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice" guess we know where the buck stops -
McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – UK politics live
The PM’s chief of staff has resigned following his involvement in the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"I advised the prime minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice" guess we know where the buck stops -
McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
McSweeney says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson as he resigns as chief of staff – www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
I have just saved €1bn by not buying the F1 team I had just decided to buy.
Excellent work by Reform at Kent Council, who made a £40m saving by briefly proposing to spend £40m on something then deciding not to. Using this model, every Reform council can save £billions!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I have just saved €1bn by not buying the F1 team I had just decided to buy.
"So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
Reposted by Colin Lawson
That is, where sex neutral provision will indirectly discriminate because it disproportionately disadvantages women rather than men (sport, prisons, refuges, toilets, changing rooms etc). That's the (very sensible) state of play legally.
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
That is, where sex neutral provision will indirectly discriminate because it disproportionately disadvantages women rather than men (sport, prisons, refuges, toilets, changing rooms etc). That's the (very sensible) state of play legally.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity
Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
The Epstein files, which contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, his Mar-a-Lago estate and other related terms, seem set to bring down a national leader who is not mentioned by Epstein even once.
On Epstein, Mandelson and Starmer - and the argument that the PM won't make. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s one argument Starmer could make to save his skin – but he won’t dare do it | Jonathan Freedland
It’s right to focus on what the PM knew about Peter Mandelson, but many pointing the finger also knew and chose to ignore it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The Epstein files, which contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, his Mar-a-Lago estate and other related terms, seem set to bring down a national leader who is not mentioned by Epstein even once.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Truth sometimes comes from our enemies despite their dishonourable motives. Meanwhile, our own ‘tribe’ can fool itself into believing absurdities. Democrats and progressives trash their credibility every time they reject the former and succumb to the latter.
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Truth sometimes comes from our enemies despite their dishonourable motives. Meanwhile, our own ‘tribe’ can fool itself into believing absurdities. Democrats and progressives trash their credibility every time they reject the former and succumb to the latter.
The Epstein files, which contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, his Mar-a-Lago estate and other related terms, seem set to bring down a national leader who is not mentioned by Epstein even once.
On Epstein, Mandelson and Starmer - and the argument that the PM won't make. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s one argument Starmer could make to save his skin – but he won’t dare do it | Jonathan Freedland
It’s right to focus on what the PM knew about Peter Mandelson, but many pointing the finger also knew and chose to ignore it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The Epstein files, which contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, his Mar-a-Lago estate and other related terms, seem set to bring down a national leader who is not mentioned by Epstein even once.
Reposted by Colin Lawson
There are men in men's prisons who are vulnerable to abuse and violence regardless of how they identify. It's the men's prison authority's responsibility to ensure that those men are safe - it's a men's prison issue. It's not a problem to be imposed on women.
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
There are men in men's prisons who are vulnerable to abuse and violence regardless of how they identify. It's the men's prison authority's responsibility to ensure that those men are safe - it's a men's prison issue. It's not a problem to be imposed on women.
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
This is a wonderful articulation of civic republican political theory.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This is a wonderful articulation of civic republican political theory.
There are men in men's prisons who are vulnerable to abuse and violence regardless of how they identify. It's the men's prison authority's responsibility to ensure that those men are safe - it's a men's prison issue. It's not a problem to be imposed on women.
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
There are men in men's prisons who are vulnerable to abuse and violence regardless of how they identify. It's the men's prison authority's responsibility to ensure that those men are safe - it's a men's prison issue. It's not a problem to be imposed on women.
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
news.sky.com/story/woman-...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Major Medical Groups Endorse Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors.
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
Major Medical Groups Endorse Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors - National Today
The American Medical Association, the nation's largest organization representing doctors, has endorsed restrictions on gender-related surgeries for minors, saying they generally should not be performe...
nationaltoday.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Major Medical Groups Endorse Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors.
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
Ethics? What ethics?
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
Ethics? What ethics? | Maya Forstater | The Critic Magazine
The government has licensed the “pathways” puberty blockers experiment to go ahead. Drugs used for chemical castration will be given to children.
thecritic.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ethics? What ethics?
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
Major Medical Groups Endorse Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors.
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
Major Medical Groups Endorse Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors - National Today
The American Medical Association, the nation's largest organization representing doctors, has endorsed restrictions on gender-related surgeries for minors, saying they generally should not be performe...
nationaltoday.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Major Medical Groups Endorse Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors.
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
The American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons say such procedures should generally be delayed until adulthood.
nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-yo...
Reposted by Colin Lawson
The science is intolerant it seems.
I've appealed against these labels but @support.bsky.team seems to agree the science is intolerant and has not removed these labels.
Democratic evidence-based policy development will get nowhere on the back of scientific illiteracy.
I've appealed against these labels but @support.bsky.team seems to agree the science is intolerant and has not removed these labels.
Democratic evidence-based policy development will get nowhere on the back of scientific illiteracy.
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The science is intolerant it seems.
I've appealed against these labels but @support.bsky.team seems to agree the science is intolerant and has not removed these labels.
Democratic evidence-based policy development will get nowhere on the back of scientific illiteracy.
I've appealed against these labels but @support.bsky.team seems to agree the science is intolerant and has not removed these labels.
Democratic evidence-based policy development will get nowhere on the back of scientific illiteracy.
Ethics? What ethics?
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
Ethics? What ethics? | Maya Forstater | The Critic Magazine
The government has licensed the “pathways” puberty blockers experiment to go ahead. Drugs used for chemical castration will be given to children.
thecritic.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ethics? What ethics?
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...
On the decision to allow puberty blockers for children:
thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...