Simon Calvert

Deputy Director at The Christian Institute.

[The Christian Institute @christianorguk]

Activists have failed to push through proposals to remove the legal defence of “reasonable punishment” in Northern Ireland.
https://t.co/ci7K6E9LXS

[The Christian Institute @christianorguk]

UK legislators should heed the chilling effect Victoria’s conversion therapy ban is having on ordinary church work and everyday parenting.

[The Christian Institute @christianorguk]

The key paragraph is: “their analysis could not prove a direct link between smacking and the results, as other factors might have influenced a child's life over the research period.” Not that you’d get that from the tone of the article. https://t.co/XjXPZGZcc5

[Maya Forstater @MForstater]

It's the 5 year anniversary of being worthy of respect in a democratic society ☺️

(Thanks @MrMennoTweets for the cake and the forthcoming podcast)

Fear is contagious, but so is courage.

Freedom of speech is so important. Use it or lose it!

[Graham Linehan @Glinner]

She's so great at this.

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

Let us pray…

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

🚨Anyone who watched the outstanding scrutiny of the assisted suicide Bill by Peers in the House of Lords will be baffled watching MPs' Westminster Hall debate today. Their description of Lords' scrutiny is wilfully misleading and completely untrue.

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

When you consider some of the academics who are allowed to force-feed students with their grim politics day in day out, the idea that it is the fascinating @michaelpforan who gets silenced is so unfair.

[Michael Foran @michaelpforan]

Due to escalating disruptive protests, I have decided to cancel the remainder of these lectures. This is deeply lamentable, but the disruption has undermined the academic nature of this series. Students shouldn't face bullying or harassment when attending academic events.

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

Well done to @JapanesePolar @MForstater and others for securing this climbdown: https://t.co/ks3KEenYfv

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

“You can’t preach here!” @christianorguk Director Ciaran Kelly write for @TheCriticMag on the phenomenon that did for Clive Johnston:
https://t.co/FLtcbssIxD

[spiked @spikedonline]

A school chaplain was referred to the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme for teaching the Christian message. A pastor has been convicted for reading the gospel in a ‘buffer zone’. Christianity is now treated as criminal hate speech, says Carla Lockhart
https://t.co/rmOHmtPNrN

[Leigh Polaroid Taylor @JapanesePolar]

26.05.26 Some people at Sunderland Minster decided to acquiesce to demands of some men to use female designated toilets & posted their intentions to allow ‘lawbreaking’ on their Facebook page.
Today Sunderland Minster PCC declared they didn’t & don’t support such law breaking 🤔

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

What Has Christianity Ever Done for Scotland? https://t.co/gRkSKCPpyx

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

🔥BIGGEST POLL SINCE LEADBEATER BILL INTRODUCED FINDS PUBLIC OPPOSE RETURN OF ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL!

In a major development, a landmark new MRP poll of 10,000+ adults, has found that legalising assisted suicide came rock bottom of a list of voters’ priorities for their MP.🧵1/

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

Pastor convicted for preaching John 3:16 near hospital files appeal, warns of free speech precedent https://t.co/3Mws6OSe5S #FoxNews

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

Enjoyed this chat with @Iromg about why @christianorguk is backing Clive Johnston’s appeal

[Mike Graham 🇬🇧 @Iromg]

Convicted for speaking out on Christian values and beliefs. The strange case of retired pastor Clive Johnson who was detained for holding an open air church service near an abortion clinic buffer zone. Simon Calvert on The Mike Graham Show…

https://t.co/rCSFjnL4bS

https://t.co/rCSFjnL4bS

[Leigh Polaroid Taylor @JapanesePolar]

The ‘All Women are welcome to use these toilets’ ‘Ladies’ toilets sign is still on display at Sunderland Minster.

The ‘Gentleman’s’ toilet doesn’t have a commensurate sign.
Only women need shove over?

The Diocese of Durham has issued a statement:

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

@TwisterFilm @christianorguk The generosity and intellectual honesty on display in this tweet is an example of why I love working with people in the gender critical movement!

[Let Us Pray @LetUsPrayUK]

Stonewall's claim that nearly 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ people in Britain have been subjected to ‘conversion therapy’ collapses under the faintest scrutiny. Yet the Govt is citing this survey as justification for bringing forward a draft conversion therapy Bill 👇
https://t.co/nKDjZwso7g

[Simon Calvert @SimonCalvert14]

"The public was assured [buffer zones were] not about censoring free speech or outlawing ordinary Christian witness. Pastor Johnston appears to have taken those assurances at face value. He preached the gospel peacefully. He avoided references to abortion... If such conduct can nevertheless be criminalised because someone might be ‘influenced’ by hearing John 3:16, then many Christians understandably conclude that the law is operating far more broadly than originally presented."
https://t.co/l9wYgyMp9R