He’s obviously a clever man. But is Lord Falconer a reliable witness? As he begins piloting the assisted suicide bill through the Lords, here are five of his most misleading statements on the legislation so far:

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✍️ 'The demand for reparations by African nations is a shameless attack on the truth' | Writes nigel biggar telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/0…

nigel biggar on the Telegraph rejects the "cheap performance of “decolonising” virtue" of those asking for #reparations for their imperial past. To Biggar's moral arguments, I would love to see also economic ones added: what is the value of the positive externalities deriving

Truth: 'African rulers generally opposed British anti-slavery efforts. The Beninese historian, Abiola Félix Iroko, has written that “[w]hen the slave trade was abolished [by the British], Africans were against abolition' writes nigel biggar telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/0…

William Clouston SDP Collingwood 🇬🇧 nigel biggar Even more ironic when slavery persists in Africa to this day. x.com/i/grok/share/Q…

William Clouston SDP nigel biggar I recently found myself idly reading a bit of Oman's history. The East African slave trade, run by the Swahilis and Arabs and Persians was as appalling as the Atlantic trade we all know about, and lasted well into the 20th Century. Slavery was only outlawed in Oman in 1970.

Frances Widdowson The Hub We need more conversations - not less. To date, I've spoken with voices on one side including Candice Malcolm, nigel biggar, and now Frances Widdowson and voices on the other side like Michael Moses, Chief Willie Sellars, Hereditary Chief Gibby Jacob, and Chief Derek Epp.

"The African Union’s demand for colonial reparations is an act of cynical opportunism", writes nigel biggar in the The Telegraph. Absolutely true 💯. But, while tempting, we can't really blame people for being opportunistic; it's human nature. Same with those who take advantage of

Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ nigel biggar The Telegraph African Union saw the Chagos deal and thought "Well, we might as well give it a go".

We’ve turned "rights" into weapons and "freedom" into selfishness. nigel biggar explains how we confused dignity with autonomy, and why it's destroying us.

William Clouston SDP nigel biggar Ashanti king sent envoys to Queen Victoria demanding the slave trade be re-opened. Slaves were the source of items like guns and horses for the W African kingdoms.

William Clouston SDP nigel biggar John Louis Gates Jr did a series on the African empires (may be on YT) and several of them were up to their necks in slavery centuries before Europeans arrived. The latter just tapped into a very well established and lucrative market and expanded it.

Are you an Indian Residential School Denier? I asked Frances Widdowson. Her answer might surprise you. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/KR0XyUvmZoc

The New Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Is her appointment in any way connected to the upcoming African Union reparation demands?

It was good to meet with some members of the House of Lords today to discuss the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. It was encouraging that so many members of the Upper House are taking their role as revisers and scrutinisers of Bills so seriously.

❌ The Decolonisation Narrative is ahistorical. Historian debunks it in 3 minutes – with nigel biggar

The “Sea Dagger” landing craft is the result of a collaborative development effort between the Virginia-based Leidos Naval Architects, the Royal Navy, and UK Commando Force. ow.ly/aTgV30sPt9x

The demand for reparations by African nations is a shameless attack on the truth telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/0… Very important points being made by nigel biggar

Oh, this is wonderful nigel biggar! A fascinating corrective to the ahistorical, anti-colonial thinking that passes for expertise in the popular imagination.