This morning ConservativeHome, Miriam Cates, our new columnist, argued that Conservatives have failed to overturn Tony Blair’s disastrous legal legacy. Why? A thread. bit.ly/44uXEPx

Persons of of faith have been & will be FM. Whether it is a Muslim (Humza) or a Christian (John & Kate). Each support the conscience vote & equal rights for all. So what is it about Kate that makes her the focus of anti-religious attacks? 🤔

1/2 “In 2004, the Gender Recognition Act introduced the legal fiction that men can become women. Years before Stonewall brought trans rights activism to mainstream attention, the pitch had been rolled by

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“Government ministers – our elected decision-makers – now find themselves taking the role of counterinsurgents, playing ‘whack-a-mole’ against DEI policies in institutions they are supposed to direct…the incoming 2010 Conservative government should have repealed Blairite laws.”

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DISCONNECT: THE CASE FOR A SMARTPHONE BAN IN SCHOOLS 📱🏫

A new @policy_exchange report published today, authored by Iain Mansfield Sean Phillips and Niamh Webb, sets out the case for a smartphone ban in schools

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Tim Loughton MP 🇺🇦 14/ Miriam Cates, former member of the Education Select Committee, said:

“It’s increasingly impossible to deny that smartphones are doing irreversible damage to children and childhood, and this important new report shows that extends to educational attainment too.”

I said in the debate today that everywhere Assisted Suicide is introduced the scope or eligibility soon expands. A thread:

Has Britain followed the same terrible trajectory as America: loss of play-based childhood, rise of phone-based, decline of mental health? Yes.
Please see this Google doc, where we assemble all the evidence on both sides. I'm in London this week, would love input from UK

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates did not let their own children have free access to the internet.

Same for all the tech guys in California.

The fat cats get rich off of our ignorance.

Their kids get smart while ours get addicted and stupid.

Watch Social Dilemma on Netflix.

I urge people to reflect on the implications of allowing assisted suicide. We simply can't write a law that will be safe for vulnerable people. Instead let's put our efforts into ensuring excellent palliative care for all so no one has to die in agony. thesun.co.uk/news/27584685/…

Government: ‘We need to protect children from smartphones/social media.’

Big Tech: ‘It’s not practical! It’s not possible! It’s an invasion of children’s privacy! It will stifle creativity!’

Translation: ‘We’ve been making $billions exploiting children and now they’re onto us!’

BBC removes Laura Kuenssberg episode after complaint over Chris Packham comments 👊telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

A sobering discussion of how US multinationals & private equity ‘own’ Britain.

UK pays £800bn annually to US companies for goods/services - that’s £23 000 per household per year.

Has free market liberalism sold off the family silver?

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Just finished a The Spectator podcast that was utterly shocking.

@Angushanton, author of 'Vassal State: How America Runs Britain', and William Clouston SDP discuss the extent to which the US essentially owns and controls the UK. 🤯

MUST LISTEN. PLS Retweet

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Great to see the The Telegraph reporting on our latest ARC Off-Stage Conversation about the West's demographic problem.

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New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids