🧵 Liberty doesn’t defend itself. People do.
That’s why we founded Classical Liberal Action.
If you believe in free speech, civil liberties, lower taxes and limited government join us. Ideas need people willing to stand up for them.
Help us build a movement for liberty.
🧵1/ The OfS has published today two key documents:
a) The rules of the free speech complaints scheme beginning Sep 1, 2024
b) An update to its Freedom of Speech Guidance, Regulatory Advice 24.
https://t.co/rZl2xbItJO
We've been here before. The technology has changed, but the principle hasn't. We will say no again. Sign the petition and help stop digital ID by the back door
🪪Andy Burnham = ID Burnham
The new Prime Minister was Tony Blair's ID card minister
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I'm fed up of parties campaigning on social and foreign issues in local politics.
Local government has no control over these issues and this form of politics only seeks to divide us needlessly.
Greater Manchester needs a mayoral candidate who will focus on what the role actually entails.
That option doesn't exist.
So I am very happy to announce that I intend to stand for election to Greater Manchester Mayor in 2028.
#letsgetmanchestermoving
Only a matter of weeks until the book is released. Four weeks later I go on tour with the book across the country, delivering a talk on the erosion of civil liberties and being joined by a number of different speakers including @JeffTaylorUK@NickBuckleyMBE @harmansinghkapoor @CLActionUK and a host of others from the world of politics... indeed, we will also have a spicy combination of speakers rarely seen under the same roof...
More speakers still to be booked. We are having to ticket these events - just £5 - to cover the cost of the hall and some of the promotion.
"The Free Speech Caveat" will be available September 7th - £10 (those wanting an e-book, that will be cheaper as I don't have the printing costs, etc to cover).
Since Liz Truss managed to sell about 6,500 copies of her book according to Google AI, that is my first sales target - and you wouldn't want me to sell fewer copies than Liz Truss, would you? ;) (Sorry Liz, we love you really!)
I will be looking for a few extra pairs of hands for the events to welcome people and assist with the streaming/live-editing. If you're interested please give me a shout.
Every generation is told it must give up a little freedom to stay safe
Every generation ends up with less freedom
Liberty isn’t protected by good intentions. It’s protected by people willing to defend it
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Every free society started with people willing to challenge the status quo.
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Jury trials are not an inconvenience to be removed for administrative convenience, they are a fundamental safeguard between the individual and the state
@K_Niemietz Anyone with any sense could see this from a mile away We're getting to the point where people are pretending not to understand obvious jokes
There is no one left to defend free speech in Britain.
The t-shirt meme is distasteful, but it does not warrant police action.
I understand why people feel emotional about the subject, especially after recent events. I understand that there are double standards which exist, and that if a Reform politician had posted that meme, they would be arrested.
That does not make it right. ‘Free speech for me and not for thee’ is short-sighted and results in a less free country. We must be more principled than that.
It really angers me when people claim they believe in “free speech,” but when it comes to defending political adversaries, completely abandon the principle.
Whether it’s Lucy Connolly’s tweet, pro-pro-Palestine chants or this Green Party meme, the state should not police words.
It is time we go back to the days where we Innovated. We were world leader during the Industrial revolution. We need to be a world leader again, whether that be in Financials, AI, or anything else we can lead on.
👁️Sainsbury's plan to expand the use of Orwellian live facial recognition in 200 stores.
This is a drastic and disproportionate intrusion of customers' privacy.
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