Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Claire Fox is director of @acadofideas, author of 'I find that Offensive!', former MEP; now Baroness Fox of Buckley (!!!)
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Joined Apr 2022
Lovely to see one of our modern day heroines tonight. Chatting to @cwknews is always a tonic & @Transgendertrd such an important campaign group.
I admire when politicians don't back down under extreme pressure: I admire conviction politicians who stick to what they believe. Problem when beliefs are wrong eg that growth will spontabeously emerge from tax cuts or when repeating mantra growth plan is substitute for a plan.
Of all the potential solutions to economic melt down, this is surely the most cowardly, unimaginative and cruel: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/is-there-a-case-for-racial-reparations/
RT @AnushkaAsthana: New. Chris Philp confirms on #peston that the government has NOT decided if benefits will be uprated in line with inflation this Autumn, as promised by @RishiSunak As I reported earlier.
This might not explain IMF intervention (over-reach IMO), but it is defintely interesting.
RT @LanceForman: Maybe @faisalislam should make it clear who the head of the IMF is.
It’s Kristalina Georgieva, former VP of the European Commission.⬇️
The attacks of the UK economy are simply an ongoing pushback against Brexit.
I’d actually find it quite funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.
About to go on @GBNEWS Dewbs but without @MichelleDewbs (boo) on but all good cos @beverleyturner here to keep us in check. And God knows TOO much news to discuss.
Wish I had known this before filming @bbcquestiontime - would have liked to condemn it on air
RT @MaximumCities: Scotland. Twilight Zone
'Judge ruled a legal challenge against Scottish government could not go ahead because "there is no prohibition against fracking in force" in Scotland.'
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Hopeless and backward approach to energy innovation
RT @MaximumCities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-62999762?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom2=twitter&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64&at_custom4=BAEC1E10-3A8D-11ED-BF0F-959F4744363C&at_custom3=%40BBCNews
And I am here in Grimsby to prove it. Ridiculously nervous but goodness knows, plenty to debate on tonight's @bbcquestiontime. Hoping good people of Grimsby ask common sense questions and are generous if they get honest, good-faith answers, even if a bit garbled.
RT @GuidoFawkes: Who’s on Question Time Tonight? #BBCQT https://order-order.com/2022/09/22/whos-on-question-time-tonight-bbcqt-26/
FGS. I was so pleased to see NEU being committed to diversity of opinion as well. Solidaity @Transgendertrd
RT @KatyMontgomerie: Looks like @NEUnion have removed TransgenderTrend's book from their online publication and have apologised for it slipping through the net ❤️ pretty solid condemnation of TT imo
Excellent thread on maternity services by @Ella_M_Whelan. Goes beyond same old, same old. And based on "lived experience" as they say
RT @Ella_M_Whelan: Hard not to be worried with my delivery date a few weeks away listening to this story on #Today this morning. Maybe time to share some thoughts on here instead of shouting about them to my partner as I have been doing for the last 9 months:
Well that was breathtaking @jamesmacm - wonderful composition
RT @fafnerthekite: The order of service for the Queen's funeral reveals two pieces of new music composed for it:
- a setting of Psalm 42 by Judith Weir, Master of the King's Music
- an anthem, "Who Shall Separate us from the Love of Christ?" by James MacMillan https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/queen-funeral-order-of-service-in-full-tskq9xnwx
Lots of people have asked me about coming to @acadofideas #BattleFest this year. Obviously can buy your Early Bird tickets or fab discounted tickets for students /STEM under 30. But you can also VOLUNTEER and join a lively team of free speech/debate supporters and attend for FREE
RT @acadofideas: 📢Battle of Ideas volunteers📢
Don’t let the cost of a ticket prevent you from joining our FREE SPEECH ALLOWED festival!
Volunteer at #B…
Reviewing the papers on @GBNEWS this morning, I made the argument for #freepseech at football matches - for both Rangers and Celtic fans - whatever disrespectful things they paint on banners or sing in the stands.
Despite a dazzling range of lines of questioning (I'm sitting at back of tribunal finding it hard to follow & not to explode with frustration), @BevJacksonAuth is not fazed. She's brilliantly clear, precise, so patient and devastatingly calm in her responses. In awe @ALLIANCELGB
RT @jo_bartosch: Mermaids' lawyer is arguing that sex is plural. Bev rejects this and states that humans are sexually dimorphic.
Dear @CitizenBrookes - I think you'll find I voted content in support of anti Gov ammendments to defend right to protest. See my many speeches on issue in Hansard. Seems churlish that you so want to paint me as an opponent on this issue, you ignore the facts even when we agree
RT @CitizenBrookes: Baroness Fox of Buckley voted ‘content’ on the PCSC bill allowing arrests of ‘irritating’ protestors *twice* this year.
So is making pr…
Fascinating hearing Behavioural Insights Team's chief nudger David Halpern discussing ways to reduce our energy-use on @BBCRadio4 Today. Stressed maybe Gov not best placed to manipulate us. Use charities/NGOs instead. Hmm. Nothing underhand here. In plain sight @BareReality
Seems that playing gotcha is more important to @GerryHassan than a) fighting for free speech b) checking facts. ALL of us copied in have been all over this in public for last 24 hours. Silent? No we've all been vociferous. Maybe being a bitter old sectarian affects your eyes/ears
RT @GerryHassan: Where are those fearless self-proclaimed defenders of freedom of speech @Fox_Claire, @toadmeister & @FreeSpeechUnion when freedom & libert…
I tend to agree with this
RT @michael_hal: Cancelling sporting fixtures this weekend is unnecessary. Nothing is happening. Yes, cancel on the days around the funeral itself. But this smacks of lockdown type decision making. Tributes would have been heartfelt and stirring at events. Celebrate life, not mortality. #Queen
Everything crossed for @ALLIANCELGB today. If ever there was an organisation with clear, charitable aims, it's #LGBAlliance. And if ever there were campaigners with superhuman strength of character able to overcome all hurdles, it's Kate & Bev. It's just they shouldn't have to.
RT @MForstater: Best of luck to Kate Harris & Bev Jackson of @ALLIANCELGB
Mermaids and the "leading LGBTQ+ charities and organisations" say they "speak wit…
People can be oafish prats on here, tweeting insensitive/offensive bile. Tells us something to see that in full view. Can treat with contempt, note it & ignore or publicly criticise. But calling for their employers to sack or discipline them? Surely only winner is #CancelCulture
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Claire Fox is director of @acadofideas, author of 'I find that Offensive!', former MEP; now Baroness Fox of Buckley (!!!)
https://academyofideas.org.uk/ #CP4G
Joined Apr 2022
