Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 47

RT by @NigelBiggar: Yes, yes. And it was about time someone wrote the book. I have read it and can only agree with everything you say. A clear, balanced look at Empire.

Yes, yes. And it was about time someone wrote the book. I have read it and can only agree with everything you say. A clear, balanced look at Empire.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Just finished reading Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by @NigelBiggar, which I highly recommend: https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=colonialism...

Just finished reading Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by @NigelBiggar, which I highly recommend: amazon.ca/s?k=colonialism+a+…

Among many takehomes, I’d not known how the principle of honourable dealings and Christian faith drove Britain to raise moral tides the world over.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Great conversation. Politically motivated and ideology-driven misjudgment of colonial rule is a major part of the problems in post-colonial countries.

Great conversation. Politically motivated and ideology-driven misjudgment of colonial rule is a major part of the problems in post-colonial countries.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Colonialism is on the march. Critics of past empires are blind to barbarism committed today by Russian and Chinese colonial empires. Colonized people in places like Ukraine and Tibet suffer genocide, slavery, exploitation.

Colonialism is on the march. Critics of past empires are blind to barbarism committed today by Russian and Chinese colonial empires. Colonized people in places like Ukraine and Tibet suffer genocide, slavery, exploitation.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Director Alka Sehgal Cuthbert on indoctrination in schools :

Director Alka Sehgal Cuthbert on indoctrination in schools :

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RT by @NigelBiggar: My 5,000 word debunking of Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost will appear in the next issue of The American Conservative. A travesty of history that Hollywood is making into a movie.

My 5,000 word debunking of Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost will appear in the next issue of The American Conservative. A travesty of history that Hollywood is making into a movie.

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Academic freedom for feminists https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/aca... Why the new Higher Ed bill cannot come soon enough. Time and again we see institutional timidity and a failure of leadership in the face of bu

Academic freedom for feminists crowdjustice.com/case/academ… Why the new Higher Ed bill cannot come soon enough. Time and again we see institutional timidity and a failure of leadership in the face of bullying and mobbing. It can only be remedied by a compliance regime that shifts the academic dial back to academic freedom, truth and diversity of opinion. @Laura__Favaro

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Are we entering a new era of politics? Is this the end of populism? Political scientist @GoodwinMJ returns to the show to explain why he thinks a seismic change is at hand and what this might mean for our future.Tune in at 7pm UK time

Are we entering a new era of politics? Is this the end of populism? Political scientist @GoodwinMJ returns to the show to explain why he thinks a seismic change is at hand and what this might mean for our future.

Tune in at 7pm UK time, 2pm ET

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Nigel Biggar and James Heartfield discuss the British Empire with TIffany Jenkins:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

Nigel Biggar and James Heartfield discuss the British Empire with TIffany Jenkins:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

RT by @NigelBiggar: Useful backgrounder on recent CPTPP deal. https://www.briefingsforbritain.co.uk...

Useful backgrounder on recent CPTPP deal. briefingsforbritain.co.uk/cp…

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