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Vice-chair of @grassrootseu.bsky.social https://grassrootsforeurope.org/summary-reports/ Director @europeanmovement.co.uk https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/colingordon/ See also https://independent.academia.edu/GordonColin

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Modest proposal.
Trump wants to be awarded the Nobel peace prize.
Trump has renamed the US Department of Defense the Department of War.
Trump wants to start wars against Venezuela, migrants, opponents.
Create a Nobel prize for war, awarded annually to President Trump.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

25.11.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Helluva a week in America 5 minute rundown of the main things you need to know about the last few days

Helluva a week in America
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Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...

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3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday 2 minutes going over 3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday.

3 ways Trump has undermined civil rights since Monday
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14.11.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
policy focus 13-11-2025

From European Movement International
"Defending Europe’s Democracy: EU Civil Society Strategy and the European Democracy Shield"
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Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. β€˜Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

13.11.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Putin, Trump and Netanyahu denouncing BBC shows it's doing something right’ - Jonathan Dimbleby Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby has defended the BBC by pointing to who the most vocal critics of the corporation are.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/putin-t...

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9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military... 9th November: quick rundown of some classic autocratic behaviours over the past few days in America

9 Nov: attacking enemies, helping allies, cowing institutions and purging the military...
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11.11.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Never again shall politics control the law and its institutions; instead, it must adhere to the decisions of independent national and international courts and respect their case law.

Never again shall politics control the law and its institutions; instead, it must adhere to the decisions of independent national and international courts and respect their case law.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has floated the idea of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.

Five Polish human rights law scholars explain why this would be a dangerous move – and why the Convention remains vital for Poland:

verfassungsblog.de/what-is-the-...

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Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better

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11.11.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FAO @europeanmovement.co.uk @grassrootsforeurope.org
@marchforrejoin.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social - please follow Oxford for Europe's new account
@oxford4europe.bsky.social

10.11.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"These estimates suggest that by 2025 Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."

New NBER report is quietly devastating about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.

We need to cut away the drag anchor of Brexit.

We need to rejoin the EU!

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β€œWe estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% & 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. These large negative impacts reflect a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, & increased misallocation of resources”

Devastating.

10.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Excellent investigation of Russian misuse of international investigatory & judicial machinery.

31.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

🚨 Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand β€˜Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

+ New emails released to Byline reveal Cummings involvement in VIP Lane deals.

Read my latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social report here: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...

31.10.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14
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What is the price for freedom from tyranny? UK migrants face growing hostility within the very country they sought for safety. But what does it take to seek refuge?

What is the price for freedom from tyranny? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/mig...
Memories of fear, flight and refuge by @csibike1.bsky.social

29.10.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colin Gordon Interesting comments in the new book by Nick Lowles MBE [founder and Chief Executive of HOPE Not Hate]: β€œDespite the progressive side of politics supposedly being the internationalists, it is the...

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Interesting from Nick Lowles
@shinehead.bsky.social
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@grassrootsforeurope.org

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What's happened in America since Monday Covering corruption, demolishing the White House, Undermining democracy & the military

Chronicles of infamy, continued.
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24.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

demos.co.uk/research/ver...

From Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat, "an intelligence agency for the people".
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social

22.10.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What happened in America this weekend... Covering protests, attacks against enemies, nationalism, science, foreign policy and pardons...

What happened in America this weekend...
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22.10.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Worth a serious look.

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We Made History ✊

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Eight things that have happened in Trump's America since Wednesday Covering attacks on enemies, misinformation, and targeting Democrat-voting areas

Eight things that have happened in Trump's America since Wednesday
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19.10.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Gaskell, chair of @grassrootsforeurope.org at No Tyrants Day, US Embassy London 18 10 2025. Pro-Europeans against Trump's regime change agenda in Europe, support US citizens resisting fascism.

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LONDON ERUPTS as protesters rally AGAINST TRUMP at US Embassy
YouTube video by Diario AS LONDON ERUPTS as protesters rally AGAINST TRUMP at US Embassy

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19.10.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is obviously appalling - and he should lose his job - but it's also really quite shocking; I first met Calgie when he was a baby reporter in his early twenties and sure, he was always a Tory, but he was....fine and normal? right-wing radicalisation is out of control in SW1

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

β€œIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

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How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt European election - BBC investigation An undercover reporter discovers a network is offering to pay for social media posts undermining Moldova’s ruling party.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Commendable work by BBC during the Moldova elections
@sineadobrien.bsky.social

18.10.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Five authoritarian things since Monday From targeting democrats, to redistricting to protect the midterms, to censorship, to interfering in foreign elections - all in 2 minutes

Five authoritarian things since Monday
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