Alan McCormick

[TRIC Awards @TRICawards]

2024 #TRICAwards in partnership with @euronics_UK

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⭐️ Interview of the Year
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[The Freedom Fund @Freedom_Fund]

"We believe the Freedom Fund has created a template for how to alleviate – and ultimately – banish this deplorable practice."

Outgoing Freedom Fund chairman @AJMcCormick of @Legatum reflects on 10 years of key lessons in the fight against slavery. ⬇️

https://t.co/L5r1OwX4YR

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Here is a 14th explanation for the teen mental health crisis which does not work: parents are increasingly abusive since 2010 (they are not).

Nobody has yet proposed an explanation for the crisis that works--especially internationally-- other than the rapid teen transition from flip phones to smart phones around 2012. This also explains why academic achievement stopped rising around 2012 and started declining, as shown in both NAEP and PISA scores. Students with smartphones pay less attention to teachers, and to fellow students.

@jean_twenge laid out 13 failed explanations here:
https://t.co/SXNdnbgrmS

Here is her rebuttal of the 14th explanation:
https://t.co/pV5MEXy4vM

Note that teen "satisfaction with life" used to track satisfaction with relationship with parents. Until they moved onto smart phones. Can't we at least get phones out of the school day?

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

The presidents of @Harvard, @MIT, and @Penn were all asked the following question under oath at today’s congressional hearing on antisemitism:

Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?

The answers they gave reflect the profound moral bankruptcy of Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth.

Representative @EliseStefanik was so shocked with the answers that she asked each of them the same question over and over again, and they gave the same answers over and over again.

In short, they said:

It ‘depends on the context’ and ‘whether the speech turns into conduct,’ that is, actually killing Jews.

This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress, certainly on the topic of genocide, which to remind us all is:

“the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group”

The presidents’ answers reflect the profound educational, moral and ethical failures that pervade certain of our elite educational institutions due in large part to their failed leadership.

Don’t take my word for it.

You must watch the following three minutes. By the end, you will be where I am.

They must all resign in disgrace.

If a CEO of one of our companies gave a similar answer, he or she would be toast within the hour.

Why has antisemitism exploded on campus and around the world?

Because of leaders like Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth who believe genocide depends on the context.

To think that these are the leaders of Ivy League institutions that are charged with the responsibility to educate our best and brightest.

On the bright side, our congressional leaders deserve accolades for showing tremendous leadership and moral clarity in their statements, by the questions they asked, and the respectfulness with which they conducted the hearing.

It was a masterclass of how our government and democracy should operate.

If you have time, please watch the entire hearing. Throughout the hearing, the three behaved like hostile witnesses, exhibiting a profound disdain for the Congress with their smiles and smirks, and their outright refusal to answer basic questions with a yes or no answer.

[Ben Briscoe @BenWBriscoe]

Nearly 10 years ago I was Senior Producer for the launch of Good Morning Britain on ITV, and on Monday I will launch the BRAND NEW Good Afternoon Britain on @GBNEWS with @tomhfh and @CarverEmily

[Ben Briscoe @BenWBriscoe]

Taking over Europe. @GBNEWS is now available across the entire European continent...for free!

[GB News @GBNEWS]

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[GB News @GBNEWS]

🚨 GB News has picked up several awards at the 2023 Tric Awards!

GB News Breakfast has won Multichannel News Programme of the Year, and Nigel Farage has won News Presenter of the Year ���

[Alan McCormick @AJMcCormick]

“Those responsible failed to keep it a safe space…” It was a safe space. They knew it which is why they didn’t enforce the rules. They just forced all the silly rules on everyone else under the guise of keeping people safe.

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Incredible first hand testimony - in the additional evidence bundle - from a No10 official how there were no rules enforced but they were told to behave in front of the cameras

[David Frost @DavidGHFrost]

Two years today since @GBNEWS launched, & what a breath of fresh air it has been.

First a real discussion on lockdowns, & now on net zero , the small boats crisis, and much more.

Much more free debate is what this country needs, & @GBNEWS is providing it.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

BREAKING...GB News to broadcast Coronation LIVE and in full after last-minute BBC climbdown
https://t.co/IEyg6V6Cgr

[GB News @GBNEWS]

‘Downing Street is the real royal palace.’

David Starkey outlines how power is shared between the British monarchy and Parliament.

💻 GB News YouTube: https://t.co/Wa58gYHxmd

[Nicholas Boys Smith @boys_nicholas]

Want to learn how to make beautiful places? Interested in becoming an architect, developer or planner? Want to spend three summer days in one of Dorset’s most lovely towns? Why not come to the &CreateStreetsFN⁩ #SummerSchool ? you know you want to… https://t.co/jiW06Zjrx4

[Visual Capitalist @VisualCap]

Visualizing the World’s Plummeting Fertility Rate 📉

https://t.co/bfGTOjW9W8

[Ben Briscoe @BenWBriscoe]

A really fantastic ratings day for @gbnews yesterday beating Sky News and the BBC News Channel for nearly all of the morning, afternoon and evening! Britain’s watching!

[Alan McCormick @AJMcCormick]

NZ as currently conceived reduces GDP. This is unavoidable as energy is the major input for productivity. Increase energy costs, reduce GDP. By driving up the cost of energy, the govt drives down GDP and living standards. Impoverishment lies ahead unless these costs are reduced.

[Richard Wellings @RichardWellings]

Ministers' radical green agenda is going to devastate the middle classes - who will be forced to spend tens of thousands of pounds making their homes compliant with all the new red tape. Indeed many families will have to abandon home-ownership. https://t.co/BVHdqFF101

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Maps twist our perception of the world
Here are 20 to rethink it:

1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are

(map by @neilrkaye)

[The Luminos Fund @luminosfund]

In Luminos classrooms, students use a variety of local learning materials, games, and stories to grasp foundational literacy and numeracy skills, and build their confidence as lifelong learners. Join us for a day inside one of our #joyful classrooms in #Liberia! 📷📚

[Shanker Singham @ShankerASingham]

Shanker Singham – Author of major works on trade, competition, and the danger of market distortions. New book out today on trade, competition and regulatory reform. https://t.co/EbOOkXL8Qd

[Alan McCormick @AJMcCormick]

Socialism’s great as long as someone else is paying for it!

[Institute of Economic Affairs @iealondon]

💸But do people want to pay for it?

💷Brits favour wealth taxes and higher income taxes on the rich to pay for socialist programmes

🙅 They overwhelmingly oppose higher VAT or income taxes across the board 👇