Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu

In the interest of balance, this is an interesting response to #Sharp #BBC story
RT @jonathanshalit: As some one working at the core of UK TV and who also applied to be Chairman of the BBC. I can comment with some authority. There is NO mutiny and NO meaningful momentum for Richard Sharp to resign. He is highly regarded as the right man for job - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/12/bbc-staff-mutiny-richard-sharps-increasingly-untenable-position/

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Well done, @PippyBing - excellent comments and conversation with @Iromg on @LeeAndersonMP_ controversy as well as problems with schools. UFO discussion left me bemused, but good fun.
RT @Iromg: The home of common sense is back from 10am with @Fox_Claire @ClarkeMicah @HarryTheOwl101 @IanTaylorDover @PippyBing AND @jkyleofficial

@TalkTV - the only place to be

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This article on #UkraineWar & dilemmas facing #Zelensky for @acadofideas substack by my colleague @jacobreynolds is a MUST READ. Really thought-provoking, raises challenges for debate, doesn't avoid hard questions for those of us supporting fight for Ukrainian sovereignty.
RT @acadofideas: Academy of Ideas: In asking for more weapons, is Zelensky asking for trouble? https://clairefox.substack.com/p/in-asking-for-more-weapons-is-zelensky?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=eylcj

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V good, if depressing, by Janet Daley. Her key qu at end of quote below:"But is it really true that there are no big questions to be discussed any longer?" She concludes there are still "huge, seminal issues of social conscience" but politcians don't want to engage. But WE should
RT @Telegraph: "All that we expect from political leaders now is competence, not transcendent visions of what society should be like. Maybe that is why they all seem to be so mediocre and…

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Hmm. All for constructive discussions about making Brexit work, but this private cross-party summit makes me feel queasy... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/11/revealed-secret-cross-party-summit-held-to-confront-failings-of-brexit?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Inside The Lords this wk: Zelensky comes to town – I’m firmly on side of Ukrainian fight for sovereignty but fair enough to worry re lack of debate. PLUS rows re EU Retained Law Bill (NB EU no friend to workers) & sheer snobbery in response to Lee Anderson https://clairefox.substack.com/p/inside-the-lords-eu-law-and-zelensky

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Honoured when two students who'd heard me speak at their 6th form, invited me onto their podcast @TheStudentInbox. Intelligent questions & challenges: a productive chat. Refreshing when young are open to discussion. Why I love @DebatingMatters. Listen here https://clairefox.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-debate-for-young

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This is terrifying. To those who say #CancelCulture on campus is some hyped-up culture war, read and weep. Being on left, being black, being an anti-racist - none of this protects you.
RT @wesyang: Amazing personal testimony by left-wing black professor canceled by brain-poisoned woke students for "countless microaggressions" https://compactmag.com/article/a-black-professor-trapped-in-anti-racist-hell

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Canada is so fast becoming the very embodiment of intolerance. Worrying warning to rest of us about where imposed ideological conformity and coerced speech on any issue, not least gender ideology, can lead.
RT @angeloisidorou: A Catholic school student has been arrested for saying there are only two genders.

This brings me back to 2016 when a certain professor named @jordanbpeterson was accused of hyperbole over his concerns about Bill C-16 and its implications.…

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This looks like a MUST ATTEND for teachers, parents and students alike
RT @DontDivideUsNow: What should and shouldn't schools be teaching? Some great speakers to explore important questions about children, schools and morals - do 'come along'! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-end-of-innocence-what-should-and-shouldnt-be-taught-in-schools-tickets-537180189407

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A point too often missed. Gov may claim to be reigning in Big Tech companies, but in practice, #OnlineSafetyBill will ensure they dominate, and newer, smaller social networks, seach engines, etc, will be squashed
RT @matthewlesh: “Implementing the Online Safety Bill would immediately raise the barrier to entry for any new startup... for companies with smaller headcounts, or those that lack the tools and resources to automate processes, they may find survival unvi…

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Couldn't get any photos, but I was pleased to be there for this little bit of history. References to freedom and importance of defending national sovereignty & borders elicited cheers. Good. #Zelensky
RT @Baroness_Nichol: And another one. Loads of applause from packed hall of MPs and peers

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See thread. Good to see @RHANews and #hauliers opposing this ridiculous & expensive scheme in Bath.
RT @RHANews: Calling all #RHA members and #hauliers! Today’s the last day you can have your say on the proposed changes to Bath’s Clean Air Zone, which will bring in additional £50 charges for Euro VI HGVs to enter the Zone: https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/n3-euro-6-HGV-charge-consultation [1/5]

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Later on I spoke in defence of journalistic freedom. I argued in defence of letting people report on demonstrations and why it is important - without threat of police arresting them on spurious grounds.

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I argued against protest-related, suspicion-less Stop&Search (ie police could, with no suspicions, search you). If you object, that too is a criminal offence. I compared it to treatment of innocent people in Lockdown. Does Gov actually want the public to turn against the police?

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Me Too, as they say
RT @DavidGHFrost: I join @UKHouseofLords colleagues in a letter to @thetimes this morning rejecting the many alarmist criticisms of the Retained EU Law Bill.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-jobs-3t8gfkx09

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End of VERY long debate on Retained EU law last night. Swathes of unelected peers - who cheered on imposition of EU laws onto UK parliament - now demanding parliamentary accountability. I'm sceptical, especially when it's claimed we need EU law to defend worker's/women's rights.

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Useful thread on need for balance in discussing EU's Horizen programme and Brexit's impact on research funding
RT @SebastianUitBE: Two people outside of the U.K. sent me this article now, and while I agree with the underlying message (leaving the EU under these terms was dumb and bad for academia etc) I think some of the claims are misleading.. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/04/brexit-causes-collapse-in-european-research-funding-for-oxbridge-universities?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Me in @spectator on pit-falls of law-making, public order legislation and dilemmas over buffer zones around abortion clinics: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/should-it-be-illegal-to-influence-a-women-seeking-an-abortion/

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My friend @RedActuary is fundraising for @worldwrite3. Check out their @JustGiving page. Please donate if you can. Thank you! This is inspired by our wonderfful friend Helene Guldberg, who we lost so tragically last year, but is always in our thoughts https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/helene-guldberg-hs?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=helene-guldberg-hs&utm_campaign=pfp-tweet&utm_term=b2bdfcb9683f4b259ef896eb5c1d7eb4

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