Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu

Speech at Swindon Festival of Literature done. Coronation watched on TV done. Now glad of Royal Bank holiday weekend to prep for next week's #OnlineSafetyBill (see last week's speeches below; it really does threaten free speech) & other proposed laws eg #illegalmigrationbill
RT @acadofideas: Inside the Lords: the Online Safety Bill is more dangerous than many realise and has faced too little opposition in Parliament, says @Fox_Claire Plus free speech, the coronati…

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About to go on stage at swindonlitfest@lowershawfarm.co.uk - how nice to have my own dressing room.

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Lots of people watching #bbcqt are shocked by @ClarkeMicah's spot-on answer on rail strikes (and criticism of rail privatisation). I am just glad to hear an independently minded panelist who thinks about each question and answers without fear or favour. Refreshing.
RT @bbcquestiontime: “It’s the government that causes far more disruption to my twice daily travel on the trains than a union has ever done”

Journalist Peter Hitchens shares his views on planned RMT ra…

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Please read this incredible statement from @CeriLeeG, daughter of Clive Bundy (who has changed his name and gender to Claire Fox). The parole board have decided that HE is safe for release.
RT @CeriLeeG: Yet, the parole board feel it is safe and necessary to release such an individual into our society. My fate could well be sealed in this case, what has happened, has happened. But somebody else’s doesn’t have to be. Please share as much as you can, until someone s…

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Thanks @GBNews for letting me explain this awful story: convicted paedophile Clive Bundy abused his daughter for years. Due out on parole, he's declaed he's a woman called CLAIRE FOX. Yuk. But main victims: his daughter Ceri Lee & justice- this is an attempt at erasing his crimes
RT @GBNEWS: 'His daughter wouldn't have known if the victim liaison officer hadn't told her...it's an attempt at erasing his crimes.'

Former MEP Claire Fox discusses Clive Bundy, who was…

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This looks like a great @SpeechUnion event.
RT @SpeechUnion: The FSU's next event will be "Blasphemy law by the back door?" Join us in-person (or online if you’re an FSU member) in London on 10th May from 7:30pm onwards.

For tickets, click the link!

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fsu-in-depth-blasphemy-law-by-the-back-door-tickets-595874335177

@Emma_A_Webb | @BenBarryJones | @rakibehsan | @NatSecSoc https://t.co/grpbEuUEsy

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We face similar illiberal interventions via #OnlineSafetyBill, which some of us will aim to resist
RT @hollyanndoan: Canadians are uneasy with letting gov’t decide what qualifies as fake news, says in-house @cse_cst research: “Many participants expressed reservations about the Government of Canada telling Canadians what is true or false.” https://www.blacklocks.ca/mistrust-fed-truth-monitors/ #cdnpoli https://t.co/4O32VuetBg

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Now this really is worth a listen from
@LivingFreedomUK. A history of #AI - and whare all the chat re #ChatGPT #TruthGPT comes from.
RT @LivingFreedomUK: NEW PODCAST:
From our London Freedom Forum this week, Sandy Starr takes a look at the history of artificial intelligence and implications for freedom.
https://soundcloud.com/boi-charity/living-freedom-artificial-intelligence-and-implications-for-freedom?si=1ad934f0c355410cb04bbf675730b546&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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We need a UK version of this.
RT @shellenberger: Over the last several months, my colleagues and I have documented the existence of a Censorship Industrial Complex. We can't do this work alone. If you work for one of the government or non-government entities "fighting" "misinfo," "disinfo," or "hate" online, please contact us

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Welsh Labour Gov's full embrace of trans ideology does not bode well in terms of Starmer and Labour seriously defending women's rights or taking remotely serìously the whole emerging medical scandal about young people transitioning
RT @women_outspoken: Wales’ government has created an LGBTQ+ Action Plan to inform all policy areas.

It’s riven with ideology & terminology that erases women & same-sex attraction.

It pays little heed to safeguarding.

And it was wri…

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Important points from @Future_Cities. These trends are a real & present danger to #AcademicFreedom and crucially they deprive students of access to wide/ diverse alternative viewpoints, research etc. All approved under auspices of undebatebable values/truths, sewn into curriculum
RT @Future_Cities: Unaccountable Third Party interventionists in #education means that students are getting a one-sided #environmental view of the world... and an unchallengable one! This…

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Lot to this speech from Camada in terms of taking on mayors/devolution as gatekeeping blocks to building housing, taking on leafy shire Nimbys. At least shows some understanding of urgency of housing crisis and prioritising needs of working people without usual "yes but" excuses
RT @PierrePoilievre: Enough happy meetings between politicians patting each other on the back.

We need to bluntly say that local government gatekeepers must get out of the way, so afford…

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Excellent speech from @BevMcArthurMP: clear, succinct & a liberal defence of women's rights AND anyone's rights to live, to dress how they choose. But using those choices to force women's rights backwards is illberal. If only more politicians had the guts to say this out loud
RT @BevMcArthurMP: “None of what I’ve said is aggressive, or anti-trans…I re-state my view that essentially, people should be able to be, and to act as they wish – so long as they respect the…

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Always have been worried about state endorsed buffer zones, which criminalise speech. Here, the Canadian Gov realises my worst dystopia fears.
RT @realchrisrufo: Canadian politician Kristyn Wong-Tam, who uses the pseudo-pronouns "they/them," proposes legislation to criminalize "offensive remarks" within 100 meters of a Drag Queen Story Hour.

They want to eliminate free speech and turn normal people into criminals.

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There are few cases that can be more important than that of @JoPhoenix1 - if any of us can help at all, it really matters to the cause of #FreeSpeech, of not being punished by employers for stating #gendercritical views. University managers need a lesson - #academicfreedom is key
RT @JoPhoenix1: I'm in the final run-up to my Employment Tribunal with The Open University which is in 6 months.

I'm relaunching the CrowdJustice fund appeal as I need your help again. …

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This statement from Michael Vaughan is gracious and serious. He's been cleared, his reputation untarnished, but he doesn't take the opportunity to crow, complain, or belittle racism. In today's toxic climate, this is impressive and mature.
RT @Telegraph: ✍️ Michael Vaughan has put out the following statement:

Read it in full on our liveblog ⤵️
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/03/31/michael-vaughan-racism-verdict-latest-yorkshire-azeem-rafiq/

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...My main concern is the loss of sovereignty the #WindsorFramework represents. The duplicitous way it has been sold as Brexit done and dusted suggests that very few in parliament ever really got the democratic spirit of Brexit. (2/2)

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I made my long speech against the #WindsorFramework this evening. I lost my voice midway, and I lost a page of my speech. But... (1/2)

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One of the good guys. Very sad. Far too young. #PaulOGrady RIP
RT @BBCBreakfast: Presenter and comedian Paul O'Grady has died at the age of 67.

He passed "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening.

On #BBCBreakfast Sally & Ben read out some of the tributes to him

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65108130

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Too many calling for compassion for Shamima Begum, given that she has admitted she chose to join the barbaric ISIS. BUT, when government stops her citizenship is it actually because they are too complacent about keeping UK citizens safe from home-grown radical Islamist threats?

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