Colin Gordon
@colinngordon.bsky.social
Vice-chair of @grassrootseu.bsky.social https://grassrootsforeurope.org/summary-reports/
Council @europeanmovement.co.uk
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colingordon/
See also https://independent.academia.edu/GordonColin
Council @europeanmovement.co.uk
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colingordon/
See also https://independent.academia.edu/GordonColin
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Select Your Ticket – RT #63W: Is a better migration system possible? – Zoom
RT #63W: Is a better migration system possible? – Zoom, Tue 10 Feb 2026 - A
webinar co-hosted by the Grassroots for Europe Round Table and
Another Europe is Possible
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Is a better migration system possible?
With Zoe Gardner, author of the report *Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system*, and Greens/EFA MEPs fighting for a humane EU migration pact.
Tuesday Feb 10th 5pm online.
Is a better migration system possible?
With Zoe Gardner, author of the report *Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system*, and Greens/EFA MEPs fighting for a humane EU migration pact.
Tuesday Feb 10th 5pm online.
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McSweeney is gone. Time for Starmer to try to salvage his government by launching long overdue proper action to address all the flaws in our political system - peerages, patronage, cronyism, party finances, MPs revolving door, appointments, ministerial code, business interests, Leveson, etc etc.
I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
'The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics'
The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
McSweeney is gone. Time for Starmer to try to salvage his government by launching long overdue proper action to address all the flaws in our political system - peerages, patronage, cronyism, party finances, MPs revolving door, appointments, ministerial code, business interests, Leveson, etc etc.
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That‘s the spirit.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
That‘s the spirit.
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Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
There's a story here about citizen and council action to counter the rightwing flags nuisance.
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
@oxford4europe.bsky.social @grassrootsforeurope.org
There's a story here about citizen and council action to counter the rightwing flags nuisance.
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
@oxford4europe.bsky.social @grassrootsforeurope.org
The Clarion, 3 February 2026
Botley Road, choral music, flags, pubs (award-winning and political), disgraced alumni and a train toilet nightmare. Happy Tuesday!
This week’s long reads
This week is Oxford Living Wage Week. In a...
oxfordclarion.uk
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
There's a story here about citizen and council action to counter the rightwing flags nuisance.
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
@oxford4europe.bsky.social @grassrootsforeurope.org
There's a story here about citizen and council action to counter the rightwing flags nuisance.
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
@oxford4europe.bsky.social @grassrootsforeurope.org
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
America's Blue Labour...
America's Blue Labour...
Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller
So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
America's Blue Labour...
America's Blue Labour...
www.tickettailor.com/events/grass...
Is a better migration system possible?
With Zoe Gardner, author of the report *Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system*, and Greens/EFA MEPs fighting for a humane EU migration pact.
Tuesday Feb 10th 5pm online.
Is a better migration system possible?
With Zoe Gardner, author of the report *Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system*, and Greens/EFA MEPs fighting for a humane EU migration pact.
Tuesday Feb 10th 5pm online.
Select Your Ticket – RT #63W: Is a better migration system possible? – Zoom
RT #63W: Is a better migration system possible? – Zoom, Tue 10 Feb 2026 - A
webinar co-hosted by the Grassroots for Europe Round Table and
Another Europe is Possible
Please
register here, we’ll email ...
www.tickettailor.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
www.tickettailor.com/events/grass...
Is a better migration system possible?
With Zoe Gardner, author of the report *Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system*, and Greens/EFA MEPs fighting for a humane EU migration pact.
Tuesday Feb 10th 5pm online.
Is a better migration system possible?
With Zoe Gardner, author of the report *Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system*, and Greens/EFA MEPs fighting for a humane EU migration pact.
Tuesday Feb 10th 5pm online.
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Oxfordshire County Council is leaving X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter. It says it is “deeply concerned about the rise in online hate speech and abuse targeting women and girls… we must make clear and principled choices about how we communicate”.
January 26, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Oxfordshire County Council is leaving X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter. It says it is “deeply concerned about the rise in online hate speech and abuse targeting women and girls… we must make clear and principled choices about how we communicate”.
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The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Hayek's bastards et al.
econsoc.mpifg.de/51120/03_Int...
econsoc.mpifg.de/51120/03_Int...
econsoc.mpifg.de
January 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Hayek's bastards et al.
econsoc.mpifg.de/51120/03_Int...
econsoc.mpifg.de/51120/03_Int...
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Why TF would you ‘give Reform a go’?
Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want.
This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…)
in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness.
FFS. Please don’t.
Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want.
This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…)
in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness.
FFS. Please don’t.
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Why TF would you ‘give Reform a go’?
Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want.
This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…)
in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness.
FFS. Please don’t.
Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want.
This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…)
in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness.
FFS. Please don’t.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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@cwarzel.bsky.social: ”Minneapolis residents are risking their lives to document what is happening to their city. In Pretti’s case, doing so cost him everything. We should believe what we can see with our own eyes.”
Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
@cwarzel.bsky.social: ”Minneapolis residents are risking their lives to document what is happening to their city. In Pretti’s case, doing so cost him everything. We should believe what we can see with our own eyes.”
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Some of the AI summaries for conditions such as psychosis and eating disorders offered “very dangerous advice” and were “incorrect, harmful or could lead people to avoid seeking help” said the Head of Information at mental health charity Mind
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Some of the AI summaries for conditions such as psychosis and eating disorders offered “very dangerous advice” and were “incorrect, harmful or could lead people to avoid seeking help” said the Head of Information at mental health charity Mind
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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If Maduro has barely been mentioned lately, think what else hasn't been reported.
In this video, I run through various things that have happened in the last 2 weeks in the US that really matter even if they aren't making the front pages.
youtu.be/TQRtdX4IE-w
In this video, I run through various things that have happened in the last 2 weeks in the US that really matter even if they aren't making the front pages.
youtu.be/TQRtdX4IE-w
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If Maduro has barely been mentioned lately, think what else hasn't been reported.
In this video, I run through various things that have happened in the last 2 weeks in the US that really matter even if they aren't making the front pages.
youtu.be/TQRtdX4IE-w
In this video, I run through various things that have happened in the last 2 weeks in the US that really matter even if they aren't making the front pages.
youtu.be/TQRtdX4IE-w
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After a year of Trump's second term
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
After a year of Trump's second term
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If this is true it must be one of the biggest massacres by a government of protesters - not in a civil war - in decades anywhere in the world
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 PM
If this is true it must be one of the biggest massacres by a government of protesters - not in a civil war - in decades anywhere in the world
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pleadse note!
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
pleadse note!
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
Reposted by Colin Gordon
I can’t quite convey how frightening it is that people who think it’s fine to let people catch deadly diseases like polio rather than have a vaccine are in charge of US vaccine policies
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I can’t quite convey how frightening it is that people who think it’s fine to let people catch deadly diseases like polio rather than have a vaccine are in charge of US vaccine policies
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Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
The rapid erosion of free media in Hungary kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/global/europ...
The rapid erosion of free media in Hungary
Free media in Hungary faces another blow, causing uproar amongst the public.
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The rapid erosion of free media in Hungary kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/global/europ...
Reposted by Colin Gordon
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.