Prof Ian Pace

Pianist, Professor of Music, Culture and Society, @citysociology. Views here my own. Also at @ianpacemain . Co-convenor @cityuniafaf, Secretary @lucaf_london

[Ridge & Frost @RidgeandFrost]

Lord John Mann: "A badge that says, 'I support Palestine', or a badge that says, 'I support Israel', I don't want my dentist to be wearing that when they are about to drill my teeth".

This comes as the government accepts the findings of his review into antisemitism in the NHS.

[Opera with Opera News @operamagazine]

“The old world exploded”: Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen and Das Nusch-Nuschi, the first two of Hindemith’s trilogy of expressionist operas, were premiered in Stuttgart @oper_stuttgart #OTD in 1921.

[Chris Newton @drchrisnewton]

Why are the left so desperate to shut down any scrutiny of the police's treatment of Henry Nowak? Because it exposes their cherished Critical Race Theory as dangerous and deadly.

That's what the shrieking and guilt tripping is about. They don't give a damn about the Nowaks.

[Josh Howie @joshxhowie]

Dudes! If you keep this up there’s a real danger people are going to starting thinking Islam is homophobic! 😡

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

Today a new report into NHS antisemitism will be released by @LordJohnMann
A few months ago I sat in a meeting with then health secretary @wesstreeting and two NHS workers who were his constituents.
They described:
* medics telling them they hated Jews
* one of them was formally investigated for being a Zionist because she wrote of her sadness about October 7
* the DEI unit said Jews were not an ethnic minority who needed protection
* one of them was too frightened to tell her colleagues she was Jewish having been subjected to antisemitic bullying when she was a junior
* patients were too frightened to ask for kosher meals as they didn’t want people to know they were Jewish.
My report of that meeting is below 👇🏼

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

Strong statement.
This shouldn’t be about the Sikh community, which is overwhelmingly an integration success story.
This is about a criminal justice system that has been corrupted by wokery.

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

Prosecutors agreed to drop a series of allegations against Peter Murrell that would have heaped further embarrassment on Nicola Sturgeon in exchange for the former SNP chief executive’s guilty plea, it has emerged https://t.co/zHHmlx81vr

[Di (Yee) @nguyenhdi]

It's stupid to compare novels & an epic poem that way, & only a philistine would say you don't have to read one of the most foundational works of Western literature.
People say all sorts of stupid shit on this hellsite.

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

In October 2024, the Free Speech Union came to the aid of Rick Prior, the elected Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, after he was suspended for saying that rank-and-file officers had become so fearful of complaints of racism — and potentially losing their jobs — that they no longer dared challenge allegations of racism, particularly when made by people of colour.

According to Prior, some officers were reluctant to intervene when they suspected a crime was being committed if the perpetrator was a black or brown person for fear of being accused of racism.

Fortunately, with our support, Rick Prior won his

Given the circumstance of Henry Nowak's death, it's clear that Rick Prior was right to raise these concerns.

The police have overcorrected in response to the perception that the force is institutionally racist, and that needs to be addressed.

People like Rick Prior — and other elected federation chairs — must be free to speak out about what they believe has gone wrong and propose common-sense solutions without risking suspension or dismissal.

The lack of free speech within policing on these issues has contributed to the current state of affairs in which officers appear to be more concerned about not following up accusations of racism than protecting people from violent criminals.

Watch the Free Speech Union’s General Secretary, Lord Young, below 👇

[Prof Ian Pace @drianpace]

@OdenKate I love Norton Critical Editions - not least because they use footnotes rather than endnotes!

[Artists Against the False Allegations Industry @AAFAI_org]

Professor @jeffreyketland and his family was hounded out of the @UniofOxford by feminists who accused him of 'murder' after the suicide of his stalker

He had student support, as per the letter below. But did Dame Master Lynne Brindley listen?

https://t.co/1lGrcXk7FP

[Prof Ian Pace @drianpace]

Perfect exchange

[S. I. Rubinstein @si_rubinstein]

'Nowak was murdered not just by the dagger the state allowed his killer to carry in the street, but by the chaotic jumble of powerpoint presentations, HR decisions and fears of offending the wrong people which informed the officers attending his miserable death.'

[The Jewish Chronicle @JewishChron]

Doctors told me they would refuse to save dying Israelis, says Jewish NHS medic

https://t.co/PflR1o2Sfr

[Times Politics @timespolitics]

Kemi Badenoch: ‘That’s someone’s boy. That could be my boy’ https://t.co/CPVPvfLRVc

[Michelle Shipworth @MShipworth]

Students value #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom but nearly half don't understand their rights. Many self-censor to avoid social or academic consequences.

[Abhishek Saha @ObhishekSaha]

As I wrote in the essay below, part of the origins of EDI can be traced back to a liberal understanding of equality, but
equality frameworks have evolved in ways that increasingly diverge from these foundational ideals. We must reclaim its liberal roots.

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

I’m not going to amplify Reform’s ad by sharing it, but the wilful misrepresentation of Kemi Badenoch - selectively quoting what she said about ‘white lives matter’ - is disgraceful and dangerous.

It needs to be challenged, including by those of us who are not Conservatives.

[Abhishek Saha @ObhishekSaha]

Great to see Badenoch endorse the core liberal values of universalism, individualism, and equality under the law. Identity politics should be rejected.

[Liza Libes @pensandpoison]

There was a time when schools tried to raise students up to the canon instead of lowering the canon to the student.