News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Billionaire Harvard donor Bill Ackman, who was behind the ouster of Claudine Gay as Harvard President over plagiarism and antisemitism allegations, explains how he finally woke up to the malign 'anti-racist' DEI agenda.
The Royal Air Force illegally discriminated against white male recruits to boost its diversity drive, an official inquiry has concluded, as Air Chief Sir Richard Knighton "apologised unreservedly" to all those affected.
The inflammatory 'equity in cricket' report is stuffed with divisive Critical Race Theory and misses the real challenges facing the sport, says Nick Timothy.
BLM's national U.S. organisation is at risk of going bankrupt after its finances plunged $8.5 million into the red – while handing seven-figure salaries to staff connected with the founder and leaders.
Our collapsing NHS seems obsessed with hiring diversity managers to ensure it "reflects the communities we serve". But since ethnic minorities are 'over-represented' at all levels, this is an utter waste of money.
Major academic publishers are asking the race of those who submit papers. This undermines confidence in the fairness of the editorial process, says Amber Muhinyi.
"The over-emphasis on diversity within education feels degrading. I am no longer a student with individual hopes, interests and motivations; I am now just mixed-race" – a college student speaks out.
Ofcom has been flooded with complaints after a Bridgerton star told ITV that the view of Buckingham Palace balcony was "terribly white" on Coronation Day – but a BBC presenter tells her "You haven't upset anyone".
Labour MP Diane Abbott was stripped of the Labour whip on Sunday morning amid a backlash at her "shameful" suggestion that Jewish people don't suffer racism. She also falsely claimed white people were never enslaved.
The new 'progressive' elite is waging war on meritocracy as being supposedly 'white' and 'racist' and is pushing quotas and race-based selection in its place, writes Adrian Wooldridge.
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