Ridiculous and, of course, censorious, that original petition was taken down. But you can still sign if you agree, but be quick, just in case...
RT @JessDeWahls: The original petition has been taken down by @Change so here we go again
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-gender-propaganda-at-Tate
Please sign and share! This sort of ideological nonsense is payed for by public money, YOUR MONEY! So have your say! The arts are very captured right now & we need to talk about it!
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My first Lords speech of 2023 on the Financial Services & Markets Bill. I argued against Big Tech Payment Processing - like PayPal - suspending accounts to regulate speech and punish 'wrong think' as happened to @SpeechUnion and @UsforThemUK.
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#Harry now speaks therapeutic/victimhood lingo fluently. Despite claims he's been damaged, he also has that entitled air of passive-aggressive retort: are you challenging my truth? And all those gaslighting denials. Grr. Well done to @tombradby for some probing questions.
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Terrible turn of events in #Brazil. This trend - to refuse to support democratic ideal of losers' consent if election result doen'r go yiur way (which we have seen here in UK post referendum, and of course in US) - taken to its logical extreme. Very dangerous.
RT @austeni: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64204860
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Really like this article by @NickBusvine, based on his @acadofideas #BattleFest speech:"The Blob does not always get it right and are all too often laggards when it comes to delivery. Civil servants should forget politics and focus on getting the job done" https://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk/why-government-is-failing/
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How is that misjudged 'levelling up, take the arts up North' project going @ace_national? So galling because, tbh these consequences were so predictable.
RT @glyndebourne: Glyndebourne regrets to announce that it will no longer be able to tour as planned in 2023, following a reduction to its Arts Council England (ACE) funding for touring and its learning and engagement work. https://www.glyndebourne.com/tour/glyndebourne-is-unable-to-tour-in-2023/
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Get your diaries out - some key @acadofideas 2023 dates that you won't want to miss.
Oh, and there is even a poem... https://clairefox.substack.com/p/essential-dates-in-2023?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=eylcj
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Sorry to see @Miss_Snuffy leave her post at Social Mobility Commission. NB: Her statement shows more integrity, honesty & courage than anything shown by her persistently nasty critics. Katharine can now continue to focus on her passion as an educator & head; a win for her pupils
RT @samanthajbooth: Exclusive via @dutaut: Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh has quit as Social Mobility Commission chair, saying her controversial opinions 'puts the commission in jeopard…
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This @unherd review by @SohrabAhmari makes me really want to read 'Not So Black and White', a new book by @kenanmalik. I love reviews that entice you to read more. We need more depth in the discussion of identity, and this books sounds an invaluable contribution to that endeavour
RT @freddiesayers: “Among the competing particularisms, the dumbest and most pernicious is race particularism. And yet I worry that it’s bubbling just beneath the surface of our “anti-rac…
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#Starmer's 'Take Back Control Bill' is a clever idea, as is Westminster giving away power. But if it gets dispersed to local/ regional politicians/bureaccrats, super devolution, will be just a bastardised version of Drakeford's Wales (yuk). BUT, idea of National Renewal is strong
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Ahh, I loved Fay Weldon. Her support for @acadofideas was so appreciated, as was her irreverant, witty, caustic take on sacred cows and her stalwart support for free speech. One of those great women who makes an impact.
RT @acadofideas: Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of a true free-thinking hero of ours, Fay Weldon.
We're rewatching this interview with her at the Battle of Ideas festival in 2017 - and so should you. Thanks as ever to @WORLDbytes for the f…
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With so many proven, actual victims or grooming gangs so often sidelined and still seeking justice, this sort of malicious allegation is despicable and infuriating.
RT @themetskipper: ‘Woman who made Asian grooming gang claims found guilty of perverting course of justice’
Eleanor Williams, 22, claimed she had been groomed, trafficked and beaten - but prosecutors said her injuries were self-inflicted with a hammer. https://news.sky.com/story/woman-who-made-asian-grooming-gang-claims-convicted-of-perverting-the-course-of-justice-12779148
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I don't agree with all @juneslater17 says here (I'm much more of an enthusiastic zealot about education). Bit it made me laugh out loud. And she's spot on about Rishi's daft 'Maths til 18' idea which is both bonkers & misses point of myriad ways education pre 16 needs to improve.
RT @juneslater17: Good grief one ding bat idea after another 🤦🤦
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Frustrating when many fantastic educational initiatives struggle for funding. Yet money wasted on EDI in prisons that also often creates problems. Staff shortages that matter eg lack of prison officers, should take priority. Views @TheTartanCon @NoXYinXXprisons @DebatingMatters?
RT @thetimes: Prisons have spent more than £11 million on staff whose roles involve promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in jails over the past two years, an investigation has…
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Fascinating thread on Grooming Gangs /Rotherham from @CDP1882 - worth reading
RT @CDP1882: Remember this front page? Dominic Beck, highlighted, stood down as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Rother Valley last month after a GB News investigation 1/
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FGS
RT @ripx4nutmeg: The HM Inspectorate for Prisons has written a critical report of HMP Northumberland, saying it is failing when it comes to prisoner diversity and, in particular, has 'failed' to provide women's clothing and make-up for male inmates to explore their genders https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11581065/Mens-prison-slammed-inspectors-not-providing-make-transgender-inmates.html
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Excellent read. Well worth your time. Reminder that history, when simplified to deliver contemporary messages, can too easily become a betrayal of historical accuracy or, at the least, complexity.
RT @SpecCoffeeHouse: The BBC is failing impartiality with its history documentaries 👇
✍️ David Abulafia
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-bbc-is-failing-impartiality-with-its-history-documentaries/
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Come on everyone. Plenty to ask/say to @DCMS on this one. #OnlineSafetyBill is likely to be one of the big free speech battles of 2023
RT @DCMS: Want to know more about the #OnlineSafetyBill?
Secretary of State @MichelleDonelan will be sitting down in the New Year to answer your questions about the Bill
Submit your questions at askmichelle@dcms.gov.uk
Find out more 👉 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/put-your-online-safety-bill-questions-to-secretary-of-state-michelle-donelan
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This is beautiful. Happy Christmas to all & #SlavaUkraini
RT @glabsandra: What is more commonly known as ‘Carol of the Bells’ was originally a Ukrainian folk chant welcoming the New Year called ‘Shchedryk’. It was arranged by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1916. Here it is performed by Helena Androsova. (1/3)
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God, this awful, heinous murder of Kurdish people in Paris, seemingly by a racist bigot, is tragic, especially as looks like it could have been prevented: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/23/dead-injured-paris-shooting-reports
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