Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 18
May 27, 2023
RT by @NigelBiggar: The party of Keir Hardie and Ernest Bevin.
The party of Keir Hardie and Ernest Bevin.
RT by @NigelBiggar: Absolutely gobsmacked by this response from the @BBCNews journalist responsible for the factually incorrect claim referred to below
She seems to radically misunderstand her responsibilities as a journalist.
Absolutely gobsmacked by this response from the @BBCNews journalist responsible for the factually incorrect claim referred to below
She seems to radically misunderstand her responsibilities as a journalist.
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RT by @NigelBiggar: Brilliant! He was quite a character. Of course, he was also the man who designed and delivered ‘Operation Jericho.’
Brilliant! He was quite a character. Of course, he was also the man who designed and delivered ‘Operation Jericho.’
RT by @NigelBiggar: Encouraging as it is to see @AFAF_freespeech branches springing up everywhere, there's no need to wait for one to be set up. Any academic/retired academic can sign the AFAF statement as an individual.
https://www.afaf.org.uk/afaf-statem
Encouraging as it is to see @AFAF_freespeech branches springing up everywhere, there's no need to wait for one to be set up. Any academic/retired academic can sign the AFAF statement as an individual.
afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
RT by @NigelBiggar: This is an important story. It’s also the tip of the iceberg. While I was at DfE, I witnessed senior civil servants being anti-Tory, anti-Boris, anti-Brexit, anti-monarchy (on the death of the Queen), and anti- lots of things that didn’
This is an important story. It’s also the tip of the iceberg. While I was at DfE, I witnessed senior civil servants being anti-Tory, anti-Boris, anti-Brexit, anti-monarchy (on the death of the Queen), and anti- lots of things that didn’t fit their world view
RT by @NigelBiggar: Up to 1,000 trans rights activists are preparing to picket the entrance to the Oxford Union prior to gender critical feminist Kathleen Stock's speaking event on Tuesday. "Heated interactions are likely," warns one leaflet supporting the
Up to 1,000 trans rights activists are preparing to picket the entrance to the Oxford Union prior to gender critical feminist Kathleen Stock's speaking event on Tuesday. "Heated interactions are likely," warns one leaflet supporting the protest.
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RT by @NigelBiggar: Lest we forget.
Please remember also William O’Callaghan of Dereham, and Bert Pooley, who survived the massacre, told the story and on whose evidence SS commander Knöchlein was convicted.
Lest we forget.
Please remember also William O’Callaghan of Dereham, and Bert Pooley, who survived the massacre, told the story and on whose evidence SS commander Knöchlein was convicted.
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RT by @NigelBiggar: Similarities, but America was settled by Brits en masse (over time), whereas in India the main role of Brits was governance, not settlement. I get your main point that neither was a planned endeavour that the Crown threw all its weight
Similarities, but America was settled by Brits en masse (over time), whereas in India the main role of Brits was governance, not settlement. I get your main point that neither was a planned endeavour that the Crown threw all its weight behind.
RT by @NigelBiggar: He gave the best talk at #NatConUK, and his book on Colonialism is excellent, so this week's #FF is @NigelBiggar.
Give him a follow.
He gave the best talk at #NatConUK, and his book on Colonialism is excellent, so this week's #FF is @NigelBiggar.
Give him a follow.
RT by @NigelBiggar: “It’s so much safer to assimilate the past to the present because then you don’t have to think about it.”
—@NigelBiggar
“It’s so much safer to assimilate the past to the present because then you don’t have to think about it.”
—@NigelBiggar
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