Tag: Culture

Free Speech Part 22

Recent research has demonstrated that, in general, a minimum of only 30% of students would choose a free speech position on, for example, inviting controversial speakers to come to campus. Furthermore, a minimum of 20% would choose no-platforming in the interests of the emotional safety of minority groups. There is, therefore, a significant malleable ‘undecided’… Continue reading Free Speech Part 22

Free Speech Part 21

Several articles have also tried to address the problem of social work students being reluctant to ‘speak up’. Social work educators have noticed the reluctance of students to speak out in classroom, and have probably also noticed a marked difference from, say, 10 years ago. This appears to go hand-in-hand with a comfort in following… Continue reading Free Speech Part 21

Free Speech Part20

It’s been proposed that new measures to strengthen free speech in universities is needed in that there have been recent attempts to censor speech and quell diverse or controversial opinions. There may be some features of the current cohort of social work students that lend themselves to a potential difficulty with free academic enquiry and… Continue reading Free Speech Part20

Free Speech Part 19

The Government has vowed to tackle extremism ‘in all its forms’. But who are ‘extremists’? Terrorists? Of course. But what about political activists? Religious groups? Anti-religious groups? Trade unionists? Environmental campaigners? Are these people extremists too? The Government must tackle terrorism and criminal behaviour. But defining extremism too widely risks harming free speech. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239335

The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 35

Ms Sturgeon will likely be disappointed that, while attempting to demonstrate her dedication to this growing issue, she instead captured the attention of the room by falling to the ground. The SNP leader, alongside Mr Ross and some children at the Bluevale Community Club in Glasgow, jumped from a boxing ring as part of a… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 35

The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 34

Ms Sturgeon visited a drug recovery centre in Scotland on Monday in an unusual joint visit with Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross. The First Minister was invited by Mr Ross, according to The Scotsman, amid growing pressure on Scottish officials to tackle the country’s drugs problem. When asked about the addiction crisis in Scotland, she didn’t… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 34

The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 33

Watching Nicola Sturgeon on TV talking about SNP and their track record of delivery. This video shows what she’s delivered to her constituency of Govanhill. Nicola Sturgeon’s Constituency Govanhill Glasgow Scotland (If we wanted a can of Irn Bru she would run about and fetch it for us though)! I often work there and rats… Continue reading The SNP Evil in Scotland Part 33

Nov 2021. The Pedantic Pronoun Police

Every once in a while some concerned citizen decides to do something about the fact that English has no gender-neutral pronoun. They either call for such a pronoun to be invented, or they invent one and champion its adoption. Wordsmiths have been coining gender-neutral pronouns for a century and a half, all to no avail.… Continue reading Nov 2021. The Pedantic Pronoun Police

Oct 2021. Woke Attacks on our Culture

Woke culture warriors are a noisy minority but they risk tearing the UK apart.Throwing around baseless allegations of racism and white privilege will lead to deep US-style social divisions. And social media platforms need to be held to account better for fuelling divisive movements. The experts found that cancel culture had exploded in the last… Continue reading Oct 2021. Woke Attacks on our Culture