Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 25

RT by @NigelBiggar: Higher Education Freedom of Speech Bill is working as it should to shut down cancel culture https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ox...

Higher Education Freedom of Speech Bill is working as it should to shut down cancel culture thetimes.co.uk/article/oxfor…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: In a recent article first published in the Sunday @Telegraph, @History_Reclaim's deputy editor Zewditu Gebreyohanes reminds us of the crucial role that monarchy can play in underpinning social stability and national cohesion ✍️https://

In a recent article first published in the Sunday @Telegraph, @History_Reclaim's deputy editor Zewditu Gebreyohanes reminds us of the crucial role that monarchy can play in underpinning social stability and national cohesion ✍️
historyreclaimed.co.uk/brita…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Well done @nigelbiggar for speaking out for Freedom of Speech and the need for Debate.

Well done @nigelbiggar for speaking out for Freedom of Speech and the need for Debate.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Any plans to publish them @NatConTalk? Here's the lineup:Zewditu Gebreyohanes of @RestoreTrustNT David Starkey, A Just Commonweal? @NigelBiggar, Why History Matters @haivry, Burkean Principles for Constitutional Reform @Emma_A_Webb

Any plans to publish them @NatConTalk? Here's the lineup:
Zewditu Gebreyohanes of @RestoreTrustNT
David Starkey, A Just Commonweal?
@NigelBiggar, Why History Matters
@haivry, Burkean Principles for Constitutional Reform
@Emma_A_Webb, Against Year Zero

nitter.net/NatConTalk/status/1658748042604888064#m

RT by @NigelBiggar: In a context of unforgiving politics, the triumph of "decolonisation" movements matters because of the political power of guilt.-Nigel Biggar at #NatConUK

In a context of unforgiving politics, the triumph of "decolonisation" movements matters because of the political power of guilt.

-Nigel Biggar at #NatConUK

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Too many Scots align themselves with Scottish independence because they inhabit, imaginatively, a false vision of the past.This biased narrative excites unjustified nationalist indignation and resentment against the English and Britai

Too many Scots align themselves with Scottish independence because they inhabit, imaginatively, a false vision of the past.

This biased narrative excites unjustified nationalist indignation and resentment against the English and Britain today.

-Nigel Biggar at #NatConUK

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Patriots imagine themselves to be part of a national story of virtuous people achieving good things. A moral story that inspires and is therefore worthy of identification and investment.-Nigel Biggar at #NatConUK

Patriots imagine themselves to be part of a national story of virtuous people achieving good things.

A moral story that inspires and is therefore worthy of identification and investment.

-Nigel Biggar at #NatConUK

RT by @NigelBiggar: Great letter from 44 @UniofOxford academics condemning @OxfordStudents who oppose “free inquiry and the disinterested pursuit of the truth by means of reasoned argument” at @OxfordUnion. Astonishing it needs to be said, really. Signator

Great letter from 44 @UniofOxford academics condemning @OxfordStudents who oppose “free inquiry and the disinterested pursuit of the truth by means of reasoned argument” at @OxfordUnion. Astonishing it needs to be said, really. Signatories include @NigelBiggar & @RichardDawkins.

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Here is the letter that calls to uphold Academic Freedom which includes signatories @RichardDawkins @NigelBiggar re @OxfordUnion It’s vital that we all stand up, have courage & defend free speech - if it’s suffocated for any it’s suf

Here is the letter that calls to uphold Academic Freedom
which includes signatories @RichardDawkins @NigelBiggar re @OxfordUnion

It’s vital that we all stand up, have courage & defend free speech - if it’s suffocated for any it’s suffocated for all

telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05…

RT by @NigelBiggar: @NigelBiggar @DrBrookeNewman One of the "Grand Signaras" or royal African women who managed the slave trade while their male kinsmen waged interminable warfare procuring the human cargo required for the international market.

@NigelBiggar @DrBrookeNewman One of the "Grand Signaras" or royal African women who managed the slave trade while their male kinsmen waged interminable warfare procuring the human cargo required for the international market.