Investigative journalist and feminist. As found in Good Law Project, CNN, The Guardian, Dazed, Byline Times, TIME, Al Jazeera, Fuller, The Nerve. They/she. Views my own. www.alicemccool.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mlbgx4oq7k24🚨 #Voting in Maida Vale today? Pls know 1 of #Reform's candidates is a recent staffer at the intl' arm of the dark money org behind the overturn of US #abortion rights. In Dec anti-abortion/LGBT activist + Spectator contributor Lois McLatchie Miller left ADF after 7 YEARS. 1/507 May 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbgx4oq7k24https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3ml7boo6f5c23Cute video to go with our news! Congrats to the other new recruits @luciaoc.bsky.social @sangitamyska.bsky.social and @doctorow.pluralistic.net 🤩 You can subscribe to (or become a paying member of) @thenerve.news here: www.thenerve.news/membership [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7boo6f5c23https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3ml45coz7522e🚨 I'm joining @thenerve.news! Pretty surreal to be mentioned alongside as such a talented lineup 🙈 Thanks are in order to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for supporting me always –can't wait to learn more from you and The Nerve's other legendary all women co-founders! https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/the-nerve-expands-journalists-team-six-months-after-launch/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml45coz7522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mkd5escim22nNEW: For months @ludovicparsons.bsky.social + I have been piecing together info on trans deaths in the UK from datasets, FOIs, coroners’ reports + interviews. We found that trans people are disproportionately dying by suicide. Many are kids. Full investigation: https://goodlawproject.org/trans-people-are-dying-of-suicide-more-than-the-general-uk-population-data-shows/25 Apr 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd5escim22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjoqmqtid22nThanks for having me @indexoncensorship.org and Pushkin House! It was really great to debrief with my v knowledgeable fellow panelists and audience following the Hungarian election result ✊👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoqmqtid22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjk6c5yrt22mI’m vvv excited to be at the @journalismfestival.com in #Perugia this year for the first time! Pls give me a shout if you’d like to meet up or you're running an event I should come to! Hopefully when you see me I won’t look so knackered - I got a night flight and sleep has passed me by 🫠 1/315 Apr 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk6c5yrt22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjjrydmlwk2rThank you Tim @spotlightcorruption.org for speaking to me for this piece! P.s. If anyone's interested, @timpicton.bsky.social is secretly an investigative journalist, he just won't admit it 🙃 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjrydmlwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mjjrpyjlzk2r📢 NEW: #Orbán is out! What does this mean for his far-right, ultra-conservative, anti-immigration, anti-trans + anti-everything cronies? I spoke to some pros on this for @thenerve.news + looked back at the Orbán-funded, #Reform linked UK network I uncovered for @goodlawproject.org 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjrpyjlzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3miwlqi4kr22dI’m speaking at this event next Tues following my investigation into a far-right, anti-gender network in the UK funded by Viktor #Orbán. This may sound niche but #Hungary matters. JD #Vance is there rn trying to save Orbán whose 16yr rule might come to an end on Sunday… Get your tickets here 👇👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwlqi4kr22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mio4bmdltk2e📢 NEW: My @goodlawproject.org investigation in @bylinetimes.bsky.social exposes how US Christian Right dark money + anti-abortion lobbyists are quietly reshaping UK healthcare. Definitely one to share with 'gender critical' relatives this Easter... https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/02/how-the-us-christian-right-and-anti-abortion-lobbyists-are-reshaping-nhs-policy/04 Apr 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio4bmdltk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mhuwqyjh3s2jUrgent journo request: for @goodlawproject.org I'm looking to speak to friends of #trans ppl in the UK who have died whose #gender was not accurately recorded on their death certificate. I’m particularly interested in cases from the last year. I promise to handle your story with care 🖤25 Mar 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuwqyjh3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mgpj3px74k2zAnother major warning from the UN about the threats to #trans rights in the UK, raising serious concerns under international human rights law. This was issued 10 days ago. Where's the media coverage? https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/02/un-experts-urge-uk-ensure-equal-protection-all-women-and-girls-and-all10 Mar 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpj3px74k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mfmbrntlys2h‼️ Just 2 days until Gorton and Denton byelection, so please keep sharing my story far + wide about Reform's candidate! P.s. Matt Goodwin has also collaborated with the Danube Institute, another Orbán-funded outfit in Hungary – led by Thatcher's former advisor... https://goodlawproject.org/orbans-pay-checks-reform-candidate-fuelled-by-profits-from-russian-oil/24 Feb 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmbrntlys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mfezyhm3es27Sooo the Christian right group behind the rollback of abortion rights in the US is funding Elon Musk's X's case against the EU now... https://adfinternational.org/news/x-challenges-e120m-fine-under-eu-censorship-law21 Feb 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfezyhm3es27https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mf7ih25l722eNEW: My attempt at a one minute sum up of my latest @goodlawproject.bsky.social investigations into a Viktor Orbán-funded influence op in the UK. Links to the written stories below 👇🧵 Please share. Only a week to go until the Gorton and Denton byelection... [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7ih25l722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mf5jwabm3c2bWhat small but powerful team at QueerAF pull off is nothing short of incredible - news, investigations, digestible breakdowns of really complex stories and ideas…and the list goes on. Support them ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5jwabm3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3mf2lyjlqp224🚨 You may have seen the news that N Ireland has pulled out of the puberty blocker trial due to a judicial review attempting to halt it. You may not have seen is that the lawsuit is funded by a global anti-abortion Christian Right group. My investigation: https://goodlawproject.org/from-russia-to-the-far-right-the-shadowy-forces-challenging-the-nhs-puberty-blockers-trial/17 Feb 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2lyjlqp224https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3meynlgoe4s2g“This is more confirmation that Reform and Goodwin are not just part of an extremist anti-British project...but are also enriching themselves on foreign far-right money.” Thanks to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for the quote ✊ Pls share it far + wide (beyond Bluesky!) https://goodlawproject.org/orbans-pay-checks-reform-candidate-fuelled-by-profits-from-russian-oil/16 Feb 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3meynlgoe4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3meym6ekmlk23BREAKING: Reform UK's candidate in the upcoming byelection Matt Goodwin says he wants his “country back”. But he's got close ties to the influence op I exposed last week. As a visiting fellow at MCC in Hungary he'll have received a salary of up to €10,000 a month. https://goodlawproject.org/orbans-pay-checks-reform-candidate-fuelled-by-profits-from-russian-oil/16 Feb 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3meym6ekmlk23https://bsky.app/profile/mccoolingtons.bsky.social/post/3meqzdlkthk2nThanks to the icons at @bylinetimes.bsky.social for covering my @goodlawproject.bsky.social investigation into a Viktor Orbán / Russian oil funded network infiltrating the British establishment 👀 https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/nigel-farage-advisor-tied-to-russian-oil-profits-via-orban-backed-influence-operation/13 Feb 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:hpf3xcchph7edu7aubbmfmun/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqzdlkthk2n