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
"Does Nadine Dorries understand her Online Safety Bill?". Good question from @DavidDavisMP I'd extend qu to @trussliz & all Cons MPs supporting it, who seem blind to its censorious/anti-democratic consequences. And one Tory law Lab/LibDems like? For shame https://t.co/0v5iN1w5fN\
Well said @KemiBadenoch. Agree entirely that phrase war on woke can SEEM to trivialise hugely important issues. Also listen to details of internal resistance/obstruction even a Gov minister encountered from officials when investigating Tavistock; no wonder civilians can be cowed
RT @GBNEWS: 'I don't call it "war on woke", because I think it's far far more serious than that'
Former Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch MP tells G…
Well said @tomhfh - myth-bustng misinformation about the Green Belt is so important in housing debate (and urgent task of building many new homes).
RT @tomhfh: On banning any amendments to the green belt, Rishi needs a rethink.
His new anti-housing policy isn't as pro-green fields as you might think.
Here's why👇
Convincing case made here for need for a public inquiry into #Oldham #GroomingGangs. Recent review has thrown up more questions than answers. For all Westminster posturing on violence against women & girls #VAWG strategies & #MeToo scadals, some young female victims are ignored
RT @GBNEWS: 'It's quite distressing when you hear first hand what's gone on, it's even more distressing when you find out the authorities are wanting to push…
Cost of living crisis. People properly worried re cost of food/feeding kids etc. Yet this activism wastes gallons of milk with aim of closing down an industry. Don't let these militants dare suggest they're progessive. They're anti-wc, pro austerity, self-indulgent reactionaries
RT @TalkTV: A group of vegan activists who disrupted the Queen’s Jubilee have staged a protest by pouring milk on the floor of Harrods.
The activists from …
If true, grim. Both candidates should make their position on #OnlineSafetyBill clear; media and Conservative members with any interest in liberty & #freespeech should lobby hard for both of them to drop/radically amend this censorious legislation @RishiSunak @BackingLizTruss
RT @BellaWallerstei: According to her supporters, Liz Truss backs the Online Safety Bill as it is. This would create a two-tier system where the public may be p…
What a stupid, mad idea @BackingLizTruss. This will not make women safer, will distract police from solving crimes that do materially make women & men's lives miserable. It could result in institutionalising the criminalising of 'offensive' speech. A Labour policy as well! Grr
RT @TheBuzzerUK: 🚨 | NEW: Liz Truss to ban wolf-whistling and catcalling if PM
@SamTarry not sacked for supporting @RMTunion on picket lines but for doing unauthorised media/breaking collective responsibility? Rather begs question why on earth Labour leadership doesn't collectively support striking workers & argue their case to media https://labourlist.org/2022/07/sam-tarry-sacked-as-shadow-transport-minister-after-joining-rail-strike-picket/
Postive that Wiltshire constabulary acknowledge an offical visit to someone for offensive speech wasn't proportionate. Slightly ruined by defense of acting with best intentions. Admission that police believe it's EVER appropriate to use state authority in censorious way is scary
RT @wiltshirepolice: We've issued the following statement due to widespread commentary online:
"Following a report from a member of the public, officers v…
Congratulations @BluskyeAllison - you personally took up the burden of this fight but you have won for so many. Delighted for you/for us/for freedom of conscience & speech. What a fantastic result.
RT @BluskyeAllison: 1/The Employment Tribunal found that Garden Court Chambers discriminated against me because of my gender critical belief when it published a statement that I was under investigation & in upholding Stonewall’s complaint…
Took a while, causing some national anxiety, but well done to @iancollinsuk and @petercardwell for getting @TalkTV back on road, and into reassuring, normal politics chat after a scary blank screen and very long minutes of uncertainty about what happened. Phew #LeadershipDebate
Whatever the excuse, it is always same messaging: cut back, don't do this or that, make do with less. Who needs recessions, when so many other crisis warnings will suffice?
RT @janemerrick23: NEW: public told you cut down on water as drought looms - have shorter showers, don’t wash your teacups through the day, don’t water your lawn. Cutting down now will secure supplies if situation gets worse @theipaper https://inews.co.uk/news/po…
God knows Sunak was irritatingly aggressive and spoke over her too much. Bad for him. But FGS, if Truss's team start playing woman as victim card, they will do her more harm than good. Any PM needs to be tougher than moaning about a shouty debating opponent
RT @Steven_Swinford: A spokesman for Liz Truss claims that Rishi Sunak is not fit for office:
'Rishi Sunak has tonight proven he is not fit for office
'His aggressive mansplain…
@StevenEdginton is right. It is a low bar but sorry, I thought in this instance, the broadcaster came last and performed worse than two candidates
RT @StevenEdginton: Why is the BBC obsessed with a Tweet about earrings and the non-question of whether Boris would be in a future government?
This is a good debate from the candidates despite awful questions from the BBC.
Both awful on #NetZero but Rishi so much worse as repeated banal nothings, while the reference to his children teaching him was cringeworthy #BBCOurNextPM
Seems to be written by someone who a) has never actually gone into Wetherspoons and b) who therefore caricatures (even despises) those who do
RT @virgosam70: Go into your local wetherspoons and you’ll find loads of men born between 1950 and 1965 saying they voted for Brexit because of ‘ow we won the woar'. And this is the problem.
Scary outcome. Like some McCarthyite purge of wrong-think(ers). Hardly suggests commitment to diversity of thought or tolerance. Wonder if @OxfordRoyale will issue staff with a list of verboten guest speakers. If so, would be good if it could be public for sake of transparency.
RT @calvinrobinson: I am just learning the lovely lady who booked me has been fired for “booking very right wing guest speakers”.
Thanks @TVKev for this i/v with @Furedibyte on anti intellectualism of critical theorists. Eg lot more at risk from trans identity orthodoxy than even women's rights; whole edifice of truth, historical investigation of human development (eg archeology as discpline), now at risk
RT @TalkTV: The Black Trowel Collective, a "multi-ethnic collective of archaeologists," wants scientists to stop categorising ancient bones as male or female…
"No political agendas"...talk about a broad catch-all to ensure only most anodyne speakers will sign up.
RT @calvinrobinson: Had been invited to speak in Oxford over the summer but was presented with this monster of a “guest speaker agreement”.
Censorship has no place in academia. #FreeSpeech
Suffice to say I would not sign anything as ridiculous as this and my invitation to speak has been rescinded.
Parents increasingly portrayed as ignorant/ backward, in need of enlightening/educating by their own children. Surely this:
A) fuels inter-generational tensions B) undermines adult authorìty C) smacks of Cultural Revolution vibes. Also"How to talk to" in this context = preach at
RT @BBCNews: Climate change: How to talk to a denier https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-61844299?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bhe…
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
