Fiona Wilson

[spiked @spikedonline]

Andy Burnham’s smug sermon on Gaza is a disgrace. He is throwing Israel under the bus to try to win back Muslim voters and the Israel-hating middle classes. Abandoning the Jewish State for fleeting electoral again? It’s despicable, says Brendan O’Neill
https://t.co/rXgpQMvGeM

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

Adam Boulton is a pig in appearance and attitude.
Ann Widdecombe was marvellous.
More despicable content from the awful @SkyNews
Time to cancel your subscription

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

Absolutely shattered.

Just filed my @Telegraph tribute to Ann Widdecombe when I was told it’s believed she was murdered.

Horrific. Who would do such a thing to an elderly lady?

Ann was fearless, a battler - hope they catch the guy they’ve got on CCTV

[Colin Brazier @ColinBrazierTV]

The people who insist we should all “be kind” very often turn out to be something quite different.

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Having entered politics a couple of years ago from the world of business, there was a veteran politician with whom I met regularly.

Someone I had immense respect for and would invariably offer counsel and wisdom which I found incredibly helpful.

I found it remarkable that someone so diminutive in stature could be such a towering presence in any room.

We would discuss challenges and opportunities.

Ann Widdecombe always had time to discuss things in detail, was genuinely motivated to help, and her presence radiated empathy and warmth.

I could also be assured that where she disagreed with a view that I had, she would be direct and forthright in explaining why.

I recall being struck by just how relevant the wisdom of a lady in her late seventies still was in this hyper-modern era.

I will always be grateful to Ann and remember those lunches and long tea meetings at Reform HQ with immense fondness.

She gave so much to this country.

Her multi-decade Parliamentary career, during which she held key ministerial positions means she permanently altered the course of history in this country.

Her legacy is to be one of the most formidable and courageous voices in the upholding of law and order, and to be widely considered a national treasure.

The last lunch we had ended with her enthusiastically saying she would write up some of her advice on sentencing reform, based on her vast experience.

I am so sad I shall never get to read it, nor enjoy such a lunch again.

Rest in Peace Ann.

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

Adam Boulton talking mean-spiritedly about Ann Widdecombe in front of what looks like a picture of himself. He describes her – a possible murder victim – as a 'spinster', a 'battleaxe', 'a bruiser', an 'old maid', and mentions her virginity, before speculating irresponsibly about her death. Horrible, horrible stuff

[Matt Cartoons @MattCartoonist]

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph

Buy a print of my cartoons at https://t.co/ILFJjPmckx

Original artwork from https://t.co/CVzTP7rF2f

[Winston Marshall @MrWinMarshall]

RIP Ann Widdecombe

I had the honour of debating alongside her. A righteous woman. Patriotic, God-loving, embodying all the elegance of England.

Hers is a loss to British public life. But her example was an inspiration

My deepest condolences to her family

May justice be served

[Steven Barrett @SBarrettBar]

Absolutely disgusting.

Sky News needs to go.

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

If Sky News knew that Nigel Farage would be at the Airport, why did they visit the house knowing that he would not be there?

The only explanation is that they wanted to hound his family members.

[Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman]

I’ll take no lectures from you, the guy who went out of his way to defend Huw Edwards- a man embedded in the establishment while he was committing awful sex offences.

Shame on you.

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

If it helps to get knives off the street and save lives then I fully support this.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Not true 👇Uniform is the number one way school leaders improve behaviour across schools.

This policy prevents schools from improving- disadvantaged kids suffer.

Bridget is hurting the kids she says she wants to help.🙄

[Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman]

Boy George, you do not speak for all gay people, as you smugly assume.

You can call me whatever stupid names you like but I will not stop. I will keep calling out and opposing the damaging transgender ideology that has harmed thousands of children and put women’s safety at risk.

Voting Labour does not make you morally superior. It just means that you support awful things like the outrageous puberty blockers trial which will see children as young as 10 put on irreversible, life-changing drugs which can cause infertility, amongst other physical problems.

For you to support that is shameful.

And many gay, lesbian and bisexual people agree with me.

[Steven Barrett @SBarrettBar]

@SuellaBraverman I agree 100%

The safety of children comes before my ego.

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

What is going on with Labour and social media?

The Free Speech Union has been discussing internally whether Andy Burnham will be better or worse than Sir Keir Starmer when it comes to free speech.

We’ve concluded that he’ll be just as bad — if not worse.

Andy Burnham’s team has confirmed that he will push ahead with Starmer’s controversial social media ban for under-16s. We also know that the Technology Secretary, Liz Kendall, is looking into a potential ban on VPNs, which would put the UK in the same league as Iran, Iraq and North Korea.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, led by Burnham ally and constituency neighbour Lisa Nandy, has also published a Green Paper, Watch This Space, which proposes forcing social media companies to prioritise the promotion of what the Government deems to be “trustworthy” news sources — namely content from public service broadcasters such as the BBC.

There is no evidence that Andy Burnham would abandon these plans when he enters Downing Street in just 13 days’ time.

This is a deeply concerning proposal and an extraordinary interference with freedom of association and free speech on social media — one that the Free Speech Union opposes wholeheartedly.

In another full-frontal assault on free speech and our right to engage in open political debate online, Labour’s Deputy Leader and close Burnham ally Lucy Powell wants to impose new legal duties through the Representation of the People Bill that would effectively treat private citizens as broadcasters and censor social media platforms during election periods.

This raises serious practical questions. Would individuals be prevented from expressing political views on social media during elections? The Free Speech Union also cannot see how such restrictions could realistically apply only to UK citizens. Surely they would have to extend to overseas users as well? President Trump and JD Vance would almost certainly have something to say about that.

This all seems to be part of Labour’s explanation for why it is struggling in the polls. Rather than recognising that people are concerned about issues such as mass uncontrolled migration, higher taxes, unemployment and soaring energy bills, Labour ministers appear to believe that voters are simply being misled by misinformation and disinformation on platforms such as X.

Last Thursday, Lisa Nandy flounced off X, citing an increase in abuse and the spread of misinformation and disinformation.

If Government ministers — particularly those responsible for the media — are concerned about misinformation, they should remain on the platform and challenge it. Trying to suppress it is not the answer.

As Louis Brandeis famously said, “The remedy to harmful speech is more speech, not enforced silence.”

Watch Free Speech Union General Secretary Lord Young below 👇

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

My activities are still very limited at the moment. I have been doing some writing, however–thank God.

I'm so relieved to be once again doing something creative and useful.

I have also been watching Professor Paul Kengor's The Dark Side of Marxism from @petersonacademy.  

It does not feature the Marx portrayed by the woke university socialist acolytes (to put it mildly).

I interviewed @DrPaulKengor a year ago or so ago on my podcast. He's a truly engaging, creative and witty storyteller and lecturer.

It turns out that Old Karl was quite the satanic soul.

He was a parasite economically all his life, extorting continual support from his long-suffering relatives.

He wrote (and admired) purposefully demonic poetry and drama.

Most disturbing, however, was his choice of favorite quote. From Goethe's Faust, it's a line I have quoted many times, in consequence of its sheer existential horror.

It's Mephistopheles presenting his identity and central credo:

“I am the Spirit that endlessly denies!
And rightly, too; for all that comes to birth
Is fit for overthrow, as nothing worth;
Wherefore the world were better sterilized;
Thus all that's here as Evil recognized
Is gain to me, and downfall, ruin, sin.
The very element I prosper in.”

I wonder if Zohran Mamdani @NYCMayor knows of the inclination of his apparent intellectual hero?

[Andrew Bridgen @ABridgen]

World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab has filed a complaint to police after a listening device was found in his home in Geneva, Switzerland

Ironically, last year Schwab said “We have all got to submit to surveillance, if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear”
🤣

[Fig Newton @TopTerf]

To the London black cab driver who found me bloodied in the chaos of central London and drove me all the way to Reading: thank you.

Thank you for cleaning my face. For the sugary tea at the BP garage. For delivering me safely to my friend's front door and refusing to charge me a single penny.

In the trauma of that day, I never asked your name. I don’t think I even thanked you properly, and I am so sorry for that. But I hope you know that I remember you every single year.

You were a hero when London needed one most.

#SevenSeven
#NeverForget
#LondonBombings

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

Well done @RobertJenrick for putting the hideous Adam Boulton on the ropes.

Sky News have admitted that they DID visit Nigel Farage’s daughter’s home.

They were in the wrong and lied, as usual.