Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
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Director of Don't Divide Us - https://t.co/E76fZSrYvJ. Believer in classic liberal education and democracy.
Joined February 2015
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🚨📣 FSU VICTORY! The Free Speech Union has won a landmark High Court victory against the Police Federation for unlawfully suspending police officers Richard Cooke and Rick Prior after they questioned whether the police were “institutionally racist”. The High Court ruled that
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🚨📣 FSU VICTORY! The Free Speech Union has won a landmark High Court victory against the Police Federation for unlawfully suspending police officers Richard Cooke and Rick Prior after they questioned whether the police were “institutionally racist”. The High Court ruled that
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Spot on from @Ella_M_Whelan
A ban on social media for children is an affront to parental authority. Kids need parents willing to enforce boundaries, not more state intervention. We must say no to the nanny state. Or it will consume every aspect of our lives, says Ella Whelan https://t.co/HJGEYHFeHh
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Was such a pleasure interviewing Jennifer Melle again. The way she was treated by her managers, by the NHS Trust, and by her union was utterly disgraceful. And now she is bravely continuing the fight to hold them to account so that hopefully no one else suffers the same treatment
'If it is against my faith I will stand by my values!' @JoshxHowie speaks with NHS nurse Jennifer Melle, who was reinstated after previously being suspended from her job for misgendering a trans patient.
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No, we don't need more protected characteristics. We don't need to further expand the Equality Act. We need to, instead, scale back the Equality Act, stop viewing everything through the lens of identity politics, and focus on equality under the law. https://t.co/gZydRmVX9G
telegraph.co.uk
University chief suggests playing field must be levelled for working-class people to break into arts world
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Shocking news that the brilliant historian David Abulafia has died. I got to know him when I was @JewishChron editor and was lucky enough to publish him. I saw him last year and he was as inspiring as ever. May his memory be a blessing
cai.cam.ac.uk
Professor David Abulafia CBE has died. He was 76.
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Fascinating conversation on geopolitics - well worth a listen:
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I think it's appropriate too. I always loved listening to his voice and and his appreciation for India always struck lacking the patronising overtones of other more 'Sahib' like figures! RIP. Hard to see who, in Britain, could match his standards.
I spoke on a panel with Mark in India many years ago. He was charm itself - even though we were on opposite sides of the debate. A truly wonderful and informed broadcaster. The phrase "end of an era" is over-used, but is absolutely appropriate here. This is a suitably glowing
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The fact that we think 14 year olds should decide which teacher gets hired shows how little respect we have for the profession. 😳 Absurd. Imagine a 14 year old advising a heart surgeon how to cut open his chest.
@Mouhssin_Ismail As part of the hiring process in a South-East London School, I was "interviewed" by the student council. Whilst I was "answering" their question two Yr8/9s (not sure) were trying to kick each other under the table. Needless to say, I kindly withdrew my application. Madness.
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Another over flattered Russel Group alumna who can't tell scholarship from politics:
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Feminist historian and LSE graduate Irene Coslet details some of the arguments from her forthcoming book, 'The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano Willoughby'.
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This is just insane. 1) Men/boys who are misogynistic/sexist KNOW WELL what they're doing this isn't an education issue. 2) If a teacher needs training to spot misogyny they're useless and 3) if you want a REAL crisis with boys, make them sit through a class that tells them that
Teachers to be trained to spot early signs of misogyny in boys
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Ouch. The rapier of basic logic strikes.
"If this is not suitable to talk about with a group of adults, how can it possibly be suitable to talk about in schools?" Man challenging Swinney on Scottish education system as Chair tries to shut him down. He will not be stopped. https://t.co/e1bvqMBU1p
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Against the social-media ban for under 16s Claire Fox (@Fox_Claire) spoke in the House of Lords about the rush to clamp down, the very mixed evidence that a ban would protect children and the impacts of a ban on adults' civil liberties. Watch the video and read the speech 👇
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Student Unions are openly declaring their dislike of freedom of speech. In response to the creation of a @reformparty_uk society, here is York SU encouraging students to write to their MP to help change the law so that student unions do not have to uphold free speech. And of
The Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act is working to the great disappointment of Warwick Student Union. Reform UK Cllr @_GeorgeFinch has been invited to speak by the Warwick Uni PPE society. The student union has told students they share their concerns about him coming to
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Please make it make sense, is this malice, or mere stupidity?
From April 1, listed places of worship will have to bear the full cost of VAT on repairs. This brings to an end a system that has operated successfully for 20+ years. Local people will have to raise money not just to repair roofs and towers but to pay a 20% tax to the Government.
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Like @Jacob_Rees_Mogg, lots of people ask me how the Church of England can legally spend £100 million on slavery reparations when that money was given for parish churches. The answer is: they can't. It's not just historically illiterate and morally wrong; it’s illegal.
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⛔️EU's new anti-racism strategy a blatant cover for more censorship and NGO funding. In an interview with @EpochTimes, @jacobreynolds explained how "this strategy is clearly not concerned about the things that ordinary people would understand as racism, but is actually about
theepochtimes.com
Critics warn the policy risks embedding ‘cultural socialist’ ideas into law, policing speech, and shifting Europe away from equal treatment under the law.
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A bit of a lone voice against cross-party fervour of Lords baying to ban social media for the under 16s. It really won't keep kids safe and could create a range of unintended consequences. But also it makes ADULT age-gating ID checks compulsory, for all user to user services.
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I do hope the police catch whoever did this and that they are brought to justice:
bbc.co.uk
A cordon is put around the HSBC branch which has been daubed with a reference to a defence firm.
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