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Me on #PoliticsLive: fuss re Kemi's toxic language is SO irritating from party that gave us Lucy Powell's dog whistle attack on mentioning grooming gangs, Lammy labelling Brexiteers as Nazis & nasty, ugly demonising of dissenters as far right/racist/ignorant gammon. Grrr

Me on #PoliticsLive: fuss re Kemi's toxic language is SO irritating from party that gave us Lucy Powell's dog whistle attack on mentioning grooming gangs, Lammy labelling Brexiteers as Nazis & nasty, ugly demonising of dissenters as far right/racist/ignorant gammon. Grrr

169,679 Aufrufe • vor 5 Tagen

Thanks Julia Hartley-Brewer & Talk: my instant response to Burnham's speech. He tells a good tale but huge reservations eg re devolution as solution. I'm from Wales - how did it go there? Yes there'll be lots of jobs: in local bureaucracy adminstering localism. Hmm

Thanks Julia Hartley-Brewer & Talk: my instant response to Burnham's speech. He tells a good tale but huge reservations eg re devolution as solution. I'm from Wales - how did it go there? Yes there'll be lots of jobs: in local bureaucracy adminstering localism. Hmm

32,021 Aufrufe • vor 1 Tag

Every Gov inititiative to manage refugee crisis seems designed to shut down public concerns eg closing asylum hotels while dispersing same residents to HMOs or army barracks. Then politicians mad public still protesting. I backed-up Kim Bailey from CrowboroughShield who explained issue brilliantly on BBC Politics but was accused by Labour MP of whipping up a panic. Now Gov imagines cos its community sponsorship scheme is voluntary, outsourcing housing refugees to 'approved' groups, all OK. But approved by who, on what criteria? And all this done without consulting electorate. Kim is right: the tone-deaf gaslighting is infuriating

Every Gov inititiative to manage refugee crisis seems designed to shut down public concerns eg closing asylum hotels while dispersing same residents to HMOs or army barracks. Then politicians mad public still protesting. I backed-up Kim Bailey from CrowboroughShield who explained issue brilliantly on BBC Politics but was accused by Labour MP of whipping up a panic. Now Gov imagines cos its community sponsorship scheme is voluntary, outsourcing housing refugees to 'approved' groups, all OK. But approved by who, on what criteria? And all this done without consulting electorate. Kim is right: the tone-deaf gaslighting is infuriating

73,064 Aufrufe • vor 3 Tagen

This week I spoke in the Lib Dem debate in the Lords on foreign interference and dis/misinformation. Not sure they were too happy when I traced back the weaponisation of these concepts to 2016, when they were used to explain away and discredit Brexit voters. The elite war on misinformation is now being turbo-charged as panic sets in to contain a turbulent public who won't just acquiesce to PR versions of policies or be bullied by name-calling.

This week I spoke in the Lib Dem debate in the Lords on foreign interference and dis/misinformation. Not sure they were too happy when I traced back the weaponisation of these concepts to 2016, when they were used to explain away and discredit Brexit voters. The elite war on misinformation is now being turbo-charged as panic sets in to contain a turbulent public who won't just acquiesce to PR versions of policies or be bullied by name-calling.

51,013 Aufrufe • vor 3 Tagen

My brief take on GB News re Labour's 2-tier social media ban for u 16s. Somehow Starmer forgot to ban Bluesky. They're such numpties: so keen to contol how plebs communicate, they forget to control their own comms & make their biases blatantly obvious.

My brief take on GB News re Labour's 2-tier social media ban for u 16s. Somehow Starmer forgot to ban Bluesky. They're such numpties: so keen to contol how plebs communicate, they forget to control their own comms & make their biases blatantly obvious.

144,643 Aufrufe • vor 16 Tagen

Today, the Minister stated that Henry Nowak's murder had nothing to do with racism, and repeatedly stated that "lessons will be learned". I used my question to challenge both false statements - to no avail.

Today, the Minister stated that Henry Nowak's murder had nothing to do with racism, and repeatedly stated that "lessons will be learned". I used my question to challenge both false statements - to no avail.

204,119 Aufrufe • vor 27 Tagen

I was only given four minutes to speak on the King's Speech, so I focused on two-tier attitudes to threats to security and why Labour, especially, always feels more comfortable targeting the 'far right' rather than tackling the more dangerous issue of Islamism. I used the 'tale of two demos' at the weekend to make my point.

I was only given four minutes to speak on the King's Speech, so I focused on two-tier attitudes to threats to security and why Labour, especially, always feels more comfortable targeting the 'far right' rather than tackling the more dangerous issue of Islamism. I used the 'tale of two demos' at the weekend to make my point.

207,149 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

The most shocking word of the Southport Inquiry is 'preventable' - Rudakubana was a butcher hiding in plain sight while state authorities looked away. I asked the minister if there will be consequences - will people be sacked? And I was irritated when the minister suggested that it was wrong to bring race into the issue, when in fact it was a bastardised anti-racism that paralysed officials, teachers, social workers and police from confronting the dangerous threats posed by Rudukubana (as well as Calocane in Notts) - because they were black and vulnerable. "Lessons must be learned" reply from the government is unsatisfactory.

The most shocking word of the Southport Inquiry is 'preventable' - Rudakubana was a butcher hiding in plain sight while state authorities looked away. I asked the minister if there will be consequences - will people be sacked? And I was irritated when the minister suggested that it was wrong to bring race into the issue, when in fact it was a bastardised anti-racism that paralysed officials, teachers, social workers and police from confronting the dangerous threats posed by Rudukubana (as well as Calocane in Notts) - because they were black and vulnerable. "Lessons must be learned" reply from the government is unsatisfactory.

239,700 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Do too many young people lack an appetite/resilience for working? Why are so many 16 to 24-year-olds claiming they're too ill to work? Obviously the welfare system is full of perverse incentives - you can be better off on benefits than with a job. But it seems there are deeper problems eating away at generational resilience - eg, the medicalisation of everyday problems, or the fact that many young people have internalised the Lockdown lesson that health trumps jobs, school, economy etc...

Do too many young people lack an appetite/resilience for working? Why are so many 16 to 24-year-olds claiming they're too ill to work? Obviously the welfare system is full of perverse incentives - you can be better off on benefits than with a job. But it seems there are deeper problems eating away at generational resilience - eg, the medicalisation of everyday problems, or the fact that many young people have internalised the Lockdown lesson that health trumps jobs, school, economy etc...

44,316 Aufrufe • vor 19 Tagen

I rather lost my rag yesterday at a poorly attended short debate on rape gangs and an inquiry. The government wants to talk about child sex abuse per se, but the question is why state agencies and public servants looked the other way in terms of these specific, organised rape gangs. Even now, the government and many in the media refuse to confront how a fear of being labelled racist is still concealing the truth.

I rather lost my rag yesterday at a poorly attended short debate on rape gangs and an inquiry. The government wants to talk about child sex abuse per se, but the question is why state agencies and public servants looked the other way in terms of these specific, organised rape gangs. Even now, the government and many in the media refuse to confront how a fear of being labelled racist is still concealing the truth.

622,809 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Late in the day of the Police and Crime Bill, Labour pushes through a dangerous legal change (one that a minister boasted Stonewall welcomes): any crime allegedly driven by hostility to a trans person will be an aggravated offence, with longer sentencing. My speech against this did not go down well. Even the minister interrupted me...

Late in the day of the Police and Crime Bill, Labour pushes through a dangerous legal change (one that a minister boasted Stonewall welcomes): any crime allegedly driven by hostility to a trans person will be an aggravated offence, with longer sentencing. My speech against this did not go down well. Even the minister interrupted me...

121,235 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Thanks Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ for having me on LBC Cross Question. On under 16 social media ban: problems it WON'T solve in protecting kids & problems it will create for adult freedoms/privacy & abdicating responsibilty for teaching young how to negotiate online world

Thanks Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ for having me on LBC Cross Question. On under 16 social media ban: problems it WON'T solve in protecting kids & problems it will create for adult freedoms/privacy & abdicating responsibilty for teaching young how to negotiate online world

24,836 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen

A bit of a lone voice against cross-party fervour of Lords baying to ban social media for the under 16s. It really won't keep kids safe and could create a range of unintended consequences. But also it makes ADULT age-gating ID checks compulsory, for all user to user services. Such was the 'ban it' mood that, when I spoke, there were lots of groaning around me. Let me know what you think.

A bit of a lone voice against cross-party fervour of Lords baying to ban social media for the under 16s. It really won't keep kids safe and could create a range of unintended consequences. But also it makes ADULT age-gating ID checks compulsory, for all user to user services. Such was the 'ban it' mood that, when I spoke, there were lots of groaning around me. Let me know what you think.

146,109 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

I didn't plan to speak on the arms embargo against Israel, but after far too many ministerial replies of 'it's just a question of implementing international law', I called disingenuous BS - and double standards.

I didn't plan to speak on the arms embargo against Israel, but after far too many ministerial replies of 'it's just a question of implementing international law', I called disingenuous BS - and double standards.

446,755 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

This afternoon, the minister tried to make light of the problems with the rape/grooming-gangs inquiry. I made it clear that when the safeguarding minister effectively accuses victims of telling lies, this official 'nothing to see here' approach is disingenuous...

This afternoon, the minister tried to make light of the problems with the rape/grooming-gangs inquiry. I made it clear that when the safeguarding minister effectively accuses victims of telling lies, this official 'nothing to see here' approach is disingenuous...

187,045 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

The Lords managed to have a 15-minute debate on the Ballymena riots without anyone mentioning immigration. I managed to sneak in at the end to at least ask an awkward question. Inevitably, it flustered the minister as all other Qs had centred on more funding for police and condemning the violence.

The Lords managed to have a 15-minute debate on the Ballymena riots without anyone mentioning immigration. I managed to sneak in at the end to at least ask an awkward question. Inevitably, it flustered the minister as all other Qs had centred on more funding for police and condemning the violence.

271,244 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Yesterday I made a brief intervention making one last, desperate, appeal to the government to ensure the Data (Use and Access) Bill doesn't become a vehicle for self-ID. I can't decide if the government is being naive, or if they are indifferent to women's concerns that - yet once more - the importance of clear water between biological sex and gender identity in not just data but everyday life.

Yesterday I made a brief intervention making one last, desperate, appeal to the government to ensure the Data (Use and Access) Bill doesn't become a vehicle for self-ID. I can't decide if the government is being naive, or if they are indifferent to women's concerns that - yet once more - the importance of clear water between biological sex and gender identity in not just data but everyday life.

253,739 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Yesterday, during committee stage of the Crime and Policing Bill, I supported some sensible amendments to ensure that when sex offenders change their name via Deed Poll or using a gender recognition certificate, their name remains clear on the Sex Offenders Register. I told the story of Clive Bundy, who raped his daughter Ceri Lee Galvin for years before being jailed. Pre-release, he changed his gender and name to... Claire Fox. The horror! But far worse for Ceri who has been extremely brave in speaking publicly about her ordeal. Thanks to his new name, Clive (now Claire) could apply to work with children, even 'her' daughter. How can the government NOT agree to close these loopholes? And yet, the Minister's reply seemed vague and evasive.

Yesterday, during committee stage of the Crime and Policing Bill, I supported some sensible amendments to ensure that when sex offenders change their name via Deed Poll or using a gender recognition certificate, their name remains clear on the Sex Offenders Register. I told the story of Clive Bundy, who raped his daughter Ceri Lee Galvin for years before being jailed. Pre-release, he changed his gender and name to... Claire Fox. The horror! But far worse for Ceri who has been extremely brave in speaking publicly about her ordeal. Thanks to his new name, Clive (now Claire) could apply to work with children, even 'her' daughter. How can the government NOT agree to close these loopholes? And yet, the Minister's reply seemed vague and evasive.

109,068 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Gov claiming Lords voted against workers' rights is disengenous rubbish. It was a vote against ONE amendment which was only introduced at V late stage -none of us had seen it before- offering UNLIMITED financial settlement for all employment tribunal cases. Bonkers as I explained

Gov claiming Lords voted against workers' rights is disengenous rubbish. It was a vote against ONE amendment which was only introduced at V late stage -none of us had seen it before- offering UNLIMITED financial settlement for all employment tribunal cases. Bonkers as I explained

108,752 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Before the weekend, I gave my last speech on the last day of the Assisted Dying Bill, which has run out of road. Despite conspiratorial smears about filibustering peers, there were actually lots of fine speeches about the challenges of legislating to allow the state to assist people in taking their own lives. The problem for Kim Leadbeater and Lord Falconer is that they were more interested in parading celebs and winning the media war to bully peers into nodding the Bill through, and also seemed uninterested in winning over critical members of the public or worried disabled people. And just a bloody cheek to blame the Lords for eroding trust in parliament - have they looked at the shenanigans of their own Party/leader?

Before the weekend, I gave my last speech on the last day of the Assisted Dying Bill, which has run out of road. Despite conspiratorial smears about filibustering peers, there were actually lots of fine speeches about the challenges of legislating to allow the state to assist people in taking their own lives. The problem for Kim Leadbeater and Lord Falconer is that they were more interested in parading celebs and winning the media war to bully peers into nodding the Bill through, and also seemed uninterested in winning over critical members of the public or worried disabled people. And just a bloody cheek to blame the Lords for eroding trust in parliament - have they looked at the shenanigans of their own Party/leader?

39,617 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten