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 (!!!)
https://academyofideas.org.uk/ #CP4G
Joined Apr 2022
Delighted #Finland did so well. Loved it. Don't get Sweden being such a runaway success. Good; not that good. I'm afraid Mel G's incessant talking over results irritated me in the extreme. #Eurovision
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Leamington's MP Matt Western is delighted as "plans for houses...are paused". He wants no more homes built locally cos of increased "strain on already hard pushed services". It COULD also mean less housing crisis & chance to build thriving community. Or is Labour's POLICY just NO
RT @SimonMagus: NIMBYs gonna NIMBY https://www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/leamington-mps-delight-as-plans-for-houses-between-whitnash-and-sydenham-are-paused-4141324
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This looks great. Something different for @acadofideas - should be fun & informative. All welcome. See you there. Weds 17th May 7pm
RT @acadofideas: Arts & Society Forum:
'Jack Hues in Conversation: Reflections of a rock star'
🚨Wed 17 May 7pm | London 🚨
How is the music industry faring amid new political & social pressures:
🎸innovation & tech
🎸radicalism & conservatism
🎸culture wars?
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I tweeted support for @OurBBNP on Brecon Beacons. My TL crammed by angry offended Welsh Lang Nats. But as Plaid Cymru implodes in sexual harassment scandal & Wales emulates SNP's gender ideology, in whatever language, I hope to see as much energy defending women's rights. Diolch
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Archbishop of Canterbury got all the front pages for his @UKHouseofLords speech on #IllegalMigrationBill. But for me, this speech by @tinastowell should have hit headlines as it challenged a rather smug consensus, as did minority of 75 plus speakers. Let's hear their arguments
RT @tinastowell: Here's my speech in @UKHouseofLords debate today in support of the #IllegalMigrationBill. https://t.co/ej5uzaS3dk
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@UsforThemUK @FullFact Actually addressed this in my speech today ?t=VhjbWonKvo1R195SxIyZAg&s=19
RT @Fox_Claire: More #OnlineSafetyBill discussion today. I took on mis-and-disinformation. The terms are highly politicised, weaponised so often used to justify censorship or discredit our political opponents...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z64ovbi886I&feature=youtu.be
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...Emphasising harms rather than arming people with resilience that comes via debate & being open to diverse views. I recommended @DebatingMatters Topic Guides and John Locke on toleration as a better options for adult media literacy than a technical fix.
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Later on we discussed media literacy, and, in some ways, I'd prefer education to regulation. But when people say ‘adults need lessons in media literacy’, it always ends up being paternalistic and infantilising...
#OnlineSafetyBill
https://youtu.be/f9wecnv47DA
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...Inevitably, the opposition benches are all keen to have more policing of misinformation, especially what is called 'harmful health fake news'. The irony being that so many official truths on Lockdown ended up being misinformation. #OnlineSafetyBill
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More #OnlineSafetyBill discussion today. I took on mis-and-disinformation. The terms are highly politicised, weaponised so often used to justify censorship or discredit our political opponents...
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How brill is this. Grassroots fightback. I stand with #breconbeacons
RT @JonesyFay: Good to join the Bannau Brycheiniog/Brecon Beacons Businesses Group this morning in launching their campaign to reinstate the bilingual name and logo for BBNP. Clear sense of the outrage at the absence of prior consultation by BBNP and I support them fully https://www.ourbbnp.co.uk/ https://t.co/Or0hXRGdV7
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Not sure an Inquiry is the answer as Tobias Ellwood suggests, but interesting on 'those' Labour attack ads aimed at Sunak personally https://www.gbnews.com/politics/labour-party-attack-ads-tobias-ellwood-cross-party-inquiry
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To say this is disappointing is an understatement. Endless reassurances, many at Commons/Lords Dispatch Box, that Gov would
abolish Leasehold come to nothing. Assume @michaelgove is as furious/ frustrated as many of us. Will Labour rise to the challenge? No more broken promises?
RT @guardianmoney: Plans to abolish ‘feudal’ leasehold system in England and Wales dropped https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/10/plans-abolish-feudal-leasehold-system-england-wales
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Oh sorry, I should have mentioned @epkaufm who has been banging this Bill's academic freedom importance from the start.
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Lots of people to thank for pushing this. For now to mention @SpeechUnion @profdws @jamesmurray88 @james_tooley @AFAF_freespeech @LivingFreedomUK @AFFSUK @spikedonline. Oh & @Docstockk who inspired me to believe that for once, the law might just help defeat campus #CancelCulture
RT @Fox_Claire: For once, I am positive about a government law because it extends freedom - the Higher Education (Free Speech) Bill. Cancel Culture on campus is getting worse. But...
http…
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...Grassroots fightback from the likes of @LivingFreedomUK & @AFAF_freespeech will, I hope, be able to use this law to aid their cause.
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For once, I am positive about a government law because it extends freedom - the Higher Education (Free Speech) Bill. Cancel Culture on campus is getting worse. But...
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Finally, my longest speech yet. Trying to insist that #freespeech is not a secondary value, always trumped by safety. What is psychological harm? And how on earth can we defend democratic debate online if the virtual world is crawling with regulators?!
https://youtu.be/SdTs6I86K3M
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Yesterday I spoke in defence of online anonymity. So many reasons why people might be anonymous - experimenting with sexuality before coming out, using social media for campaigning. The freedom to be anonymous is an important privacy right.
https://youtu.be/-8uJtPBtJpk
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Thread on some #OnlineSafetyBill speeches and questions in the Lords today - on vulnerable adults, toggles, safety filters, hateful content and big-tech responsibilities...
RT @Fox_Claire: 'Legal but harmful' may have been formally removed from #OnlineSafetyBill, but it has been outsourced to Ofcom enforcement of Big-Tech companies' terms & conditions. If they fail to enforce it - even removing legal content - they will be breaking the law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX18gS7trHg&feature=youtu.be
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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
