While some want to woo young people with the vote, and others to enforce social cohesion via national service, glad to see Ideas Matter are aiming to engage with ideas & debate. Any 18-30 year olds you know with a thirst for digging deeper into dilemmas & challenges of freedom/

The Kenwood Ladies Pond Association committee have unanimously decided revoke my membership because of my speech at the AGM.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT re ACADEMIC FREEDOM at Cardiff University. Why has uni declined to finance cost of room hire & security for Cardiff Academic Freedom Association event? Says cos CAFA is an external org & ineligible. Yet it meets costs for other orgs which are external to university, eg staff associations and

Camilla appear to think a highly skilled, mature man cannot think for himself because he is working class. Camilla is a ghastly snob.

What on earth is the point of having an AGM at which women can speak their minds if you then go about punishing them for doing exactly that. This is a spiteful act of retribution long after cancellation of this kind is remotely tolerable.

ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY!

In 2024, more voters than ever in history - 4.2 billion citizens - go to the polls.

Felice Basbøll explains why should join us at #LF2024 to develop the ideas and arguments we need to make #freedom and #freespeech central to democracy

We’ve made a statement on Cardiff University's decision not to fund last week’s event

Cc Prof Jo Phoenix Naomi Waltham-Smith nigel biggar @speechunion

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.Jerry Seinfeld on visiting Israel after October 7: “The most powerful experience of my life.”

Listen to his full, wide-ranging conversation with @BariWeiss now: thefp.pub/3X4ifZv

The constant instinct to outsource public power is part of the problem - and shows neoliberal technocracy still has tight grip on our political imagination.

We need to be doing the opposite - concentrating public power under democratic authority.

Very important thread compiled by Conservatives for Women. Submissions to all governments consultations still essential.

The apology/correction was necessary and it’s good it was made. But, as is nearly always the case in such incidents, the original infraction speaks volumes about where they’re really coming from.

There is clearly appetite around the country to do more than just counter-protest.

Let's use that energy to remind everyone--the hostages are still held by Hamas.

Book coaches.

Tell your friends.

And let's make this a big one.

London | June 2 | 2pm

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#OnThisDay 1908: James Bond author Ian Fleming was born.

Geoffrey Boothroyd was a gun aficionado who wrote to Fleming asking him to change Bond's signature gun – a Beretta – to one more powerful. In this clip, Boothroyd shows why he thought Bond needed a gun with more oomph.

A curious take on the suffragettes, who in fact fought to win equal status, as women, to that enjoyed by men.
The defence of these acquired rights against attempts by men to stamp our size 11 boots upon such rights is said to be the work of 'right-wing bigots'.
The Greens, again.

Hamas is a reaction *against* democracy, and is fighting for the subordination of the Palestinian people within a theocracy. Support for Hamas in the wider world is shot through with antisemitic prejudice. ‘Solidarity’ with that reactionary force is a blow against democracy here.

Technology is the only thing that has ever eliminated poverty.

Now the BBC's Geeta Guru-Murthy apologises:
'When we came away from his live speech, I used language to describe it which didn't meet the BBC's editorial standards on impartiality. I'd like to apologise to Mr Farage and viewers for this.'

I totally agree with ⁦Gideon Rachman⁩ that we should dump the limp, lame, and hypocritical concept of the “rules-based International order.”

And, actually, that the old-fashioned “free world” may be the best description of our side. 1/ on.ft.com/3KkI002

It's the final week to apply for Living Freedom Summer School 2024. Three days of debate and discussion on how we can make the case for freedom today, open to anyone aged 18-30. Here, Felice Basbøll explains why you should come! tinyurl.com/lfss-2024

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