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RT by @NigelBiggar: A debating society cancelled a talk about #freespeech because the speaker retweeted something members of another part of the university found offensive. Does anything more perfectly capture the strange ironies of the free speech wars, a

A debating society cancelled a talk about #freespeech because the speaker retweeted something members of another part of the university found offensive. Does anything more perfectly capture the strange ironies of the free speech wars, asks @tomowolade.
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RT by @NigelBiggar: 'In Defence of Elective Dictatorship'My piece for @Policy_Exchange in praise of the political constitution & against efforts going back to Viscount Hailsham to weaken it. The old constitution evolved into a powerfully democratic one.

'In Defence of Elective Dictatorship'

My piece for @Policy_Exchange in praise of the political constitution & against efforts going back to Viscount Hailsham to weaken it. The old constitution evolved into a powerfully democratic one. We should cherish it
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RT by @NigelBiggar: So, ladies and gents, thanks to @littlebrown publishers, I've written a book on the role of money in sustaining racial and national hierarchies.-It’s Not About Whiteness, It’s About Wealth.Out on April 20th.A stroll through the bo

So, ladies and gents, thanks to @littlebrown publishers, I've written a book on the role of money in sustaining racial and national hierarchies.

-It’s Not About Whiteness, It’s About Wealth.

Out on April 20th.

A stroll through the book's what, why and how⬇️. @LittleBrownUK

RT by @NigelBiggar: Corn Stooks and Farmsteads, Eric Ravilious, 1935. It depicts Hill Farm, Capel-y-ffin, #Wales. The original artwork was sold at @ChristiesInc in 2018 and is now in a private collection.

Corn Stooks and Farmsteads, Eric Ravilious, 1935. It depicts Hill Farm, Capel-y-ffin, #Wales. The original artwork was sold at @ChristiesInc in 2018 and is now in a private collection.

RT by @NigelBiggar: Mountain Pass that David Stirling's patrol passed in 1943, seen today. View from Point 275, highest point in battle of Wadi Akarit. Behind where I am standing is where his Patrol were captured. Thanks @PhoneyMajor for info. #Tunisia80 #

Mountain Pass that David Stirling's patrol passed in 1943, seen today. View from Point 275, highest point in battle of Wadi Akarit. Behind where I am standing is where his Patrol were captured. Thanks @PhoneyMajor for info. #Tunisia80 #TunisianBattlefieldsToday #SASrogueheroes

RT by @NigelBiggar: I’m so proud of this great @NewCultureForum series, which features interviews with Professor @NigelBiggar @KonstantinKisin @andrewklavan of @realDailyWire @Emma_A_Webb columnist @realzoestrimpel @NileGardiner of @Heritage and many more

I’m so proud of this great @NewCultureForum series, which features interviews with Professor @NigelBiggar @KonstantinKisin
@andrewklavan of @realDailyWire @Emma_A_Webb columnist @realzoestrimpel @NileGardiner of @Heritage and many more

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Go on, Al Jazeera, do Qatar next…

Go on, Al Jazeera, do Qatar next…

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RT by @NigelBiggar: It's got to go:"It was built to awe, subdue and terrify Londoners"https://images.app.goo.gl/Wwd1zBa3EHT...

It's got to go:

"It was built to awe, subdue and terrify Londoners"

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RT by @NigelBiggar: My Hoover Institution 'Military History in the News' piece about the absurd wokery of Welsh archaeologists believing that Edward I's great 700-year-old castles might trigger people's feelings of oppression & alienation, leaving them off

My Hoover Institution 'Military History in the News' piece about the absurd wokery of Welsh archaeologists believing that Edward I's great 700-year-old castles might trigger people's feelings of oppression & alienation, leaving them offended & traumatized: hoover.org/research/woke-com…

RT by @NigelBiggar: This is a fascinating discussion. Felipe Fernández-Armesto makes the point that ‘class’ was a bigger issue in the Spanish Empire than race. In fact, this was also a driving imperative in the British Empire, especially in India, as Roddy

This is a fascinating discussion. Felipe Fernández-Armesto makes the point that ‘class’ was a bigger issue in the Spanish Empire than race. In fact, this was also a driving imperative in the British Empire, especially in India, as Roddy Matthews compellingly argues

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