Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 11

RT by @NigelBiggar: .@epkaufm: "In the long term, the West must reform its mass culture of therapeutic individualism, moving away from a harm-centered public morality." https://cityjourn.al/43Db5es

.@epkaufm: "In the long term, the West must reform its mass culture of therapeutic individualism, moving away from a harm-centered public morality." cityjourn.al/43Db5es

RT by @NigelBiggar: I absolutely want to get my hands on that book. Sounds marvellous!

I absolutely want to get my hands on that book. Sounds marvellous!

RT by @NigelBiggar: "@NigelBiggar shines perhaps brightest when 'Colonialism' debunks various myths about the Empire which have been promulgated as fact by the anti-colonial left," says @ratlpolicy https://providencemag.com/2023/06/rec...

"@NigelBiggar shines perhaps brightest when 'Colonialism' debunks various myths about the Empire which have been promulgated as fact by the anti-colonial left," says @ratlpolicy
providencemag.com/2023/06/re…

RT by @NigelBiggar: Nice use of ellipses there. I said "state violence or the threat thereof," which is perfectly in line with how the rule of law operates. What else is forced jailing for criminal offenses than the use of State violence for the perpetuati

Nice use of ellipses there. I said "state violence or the threat thereof," which is perfectly in line with how the rule of law operates. What else is forced jailing for criminal offenses than the use of State violence for the perpetuation of sound governance?

RT by @NigelBiggar: In my latest for @ProvMagazine, I reviewed @NigelBiggar's excellent new book, Colonialism. It's a much-needed broadside against the revisionism which has flooded the Anglo-American historical consciousness, and an incredibly well-writte

In my latest for @ProvMagazine, I reviewed @NigelBiggar's excellent new book, Colonialism. It's a much-needed broadside against the revisionism which has flooded the Anglo-American historical consciousness, and an incredibly well-written one at that.

providencemag.com/2023/06/re…

RT by @NigelBiggar: Nigel Biggar’s new book is a spirited, well-argued defense of British history against its popular progressive detractors. @ratlpolicy reviews @NigelBiggar https://providencemag.com/2023/06/rec...

Nigel Biggar’s new book is a spirited, well-argued defense of British history against its popular progressive detractors. @ratlpolicy reviews @NigelBiggar
providencemag.com/2023/06/re…

RT by @NigelBiggar: ‘De Britse natuurlijke inspanningen om vrije handel te bevorderen werden steeds meer aangevuld met en gematigd door Christelijk humanisme, toewijding aan de publieke zaak en een liberale visie op de politiek’, @NigelBiggar@BartFunneko

‘De Britse natuurlijke inspanningen om vrije handel te bevorderen werden steeds meer aangevuld met en gematigd door Christelijk humanisme, toewijding aan de publieke zaak en een liberale visie op de politiek’, @NigelBiggar

@BartFunnekotter nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/06/01/oms…

#kolonialisme

RT by @NigelBiggar: I wrote for @unherd about Ed Balls, Matthew Parris, so-called extremists, real extremists, and how I am not the sole acceptable face of the movement against modern transactivism https://unherd.com/?p=475639

I wrote for @unherd about Ed Balls, Matthew Parris, so-called extremists, real extremists, and how I am not the sole acceptable face of the movement against modern transactivism

unherd.com/?p=475639

RT by @NigelBiggar: “There was no intention by Oxfam or the film-makers for this slide to have portrayed any particular person or people.”This is so obviously a lie, @Oxfam @oxfamgb, that it shames your organisation. Why not just admit that the artist por

“There was no intention by Oxfam or the film-makers for this slide to have portrayed any particular person or people.”
This is so obviously a lie, @Oxfam @oxfamgb, that it shames your organisation. Why not just admit that the artist portrayed @jk_rowling, and sincerely apologise?

nitter.net/Oxfam/status/1666090474174816256#m

RT by @NigelBiggar: Read the transcript herehttps://historyreclaimed.co.uk/webina...

Read the transcript here
historyreclaimed.co.uk/webin…