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Senior Researcher @legatuminst Trustee @V_and_A

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@jimdixonwriter @NeilDotObrien @Conservatives @RishiSunak Insulting those who are interested and concerned about the @nationaltrust is really not a good look for an NT Council member! Some helpful context behind your claim that "this is all baloney, over-exaggeration and lies" is that you would not have got elected last year had it not

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Disgusting to see the @nationaltrust using this sort of language. The use of the term "global majority" to lump together everyone who is not "white" as a singular grouping is one of the most racist, ignorant, divisive and patronising examples of virtue signalling.

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"This is a reminder that something is deeply wrong in the @nationaltrust . They may argue that this kind of language is costless but using the term “global majority” indicates that they have forgotten for whom and for what they were created. The clue is in the name. It’s the

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Disgusting to see the @nationaltrust using this sort of language. The use of the term "global majority" to lump together everyone who is not "white" as a singular grouping is one of the most racist, ignorant, divisive and patronising examples of virtue signalling.

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"It is under the @Conservatives ' leadership that the long march through the institutions has accelerated. Divisive EDI strategies, so-called 'anti-racism taskforces' and decolonisation projects have been prioritised, usually to capitalise on the associated funding opportunities

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✍️ 'Britain’s heritage sector stands at a critical juncture, but the Tory manifesto hardly seems to have noticed' | Writes Zewditu Gebreyohanes Read the full column below 👇

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@explanandumx @nationaltrust Of course I would object to the also horrible phrase "people of colour". What does that make everyone else? Colourless? As I've said elsewhere, why are we still transfixed with skin colour in the 21st century? How backwards. How sad to be undoing the progress made.

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By the way, I've been reliably informed that the @MuseumsAssoc is to blame for encouraging the expansion of this ridiculous phrase (instead of the more conventional "ethnic minorities") across the heritage sector.

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Funny how the @nationaltrust claimed a few days ago to be unable to afford “to run a beacon lighting event at Dunstable Downs to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day” (it's reversed its position thanks to public pressure), but today it can afford to give out 50,000 free passes!

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"Why, in the 21st century, are some people still transfixed by skin colour? Far from representing progress, this suggests society is regressing, simply flipping racism in the other direction. "Terms such as these help nobody. Making any group feel insignificant and unimportant

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Dispiriting that in an 80-page manifesto, there is just ONE paragraph on the preservation of British heritage, and NOTHING to address concerns re. institutional mission creep, repatriation etc. The @Conservatives are hardly demonstrating commitment to heritage preservation! 😔

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#1 "Strong, independent institutions are essential to functioning democracies", writes @CeliaRichards0n (NT Comms director) in the @guardian Yet, if the @nationaltrust 's management are as passionate about democracy as they claim, why would they be doing their utmost to undermine

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Just noticed that @CeliaRichards0n also claims, FALSELY, in her Guardian piece that "our [NT] members have democratic voting rights". The table below from my recent @LegatumInst report 'National Distrust' (see link in bio) shows how the @nationaltrust 's leadership have skewed

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A hard-hitting letter by @NigelBiggar (link in next post) criticises "the partisan distortion of the past" in @KelvingroveArt 's Glasgow - City of Empire display: "I urge the Kelvingrove Museum to make itself thoroughly inclusive, telling the whole truth and not just those bits of

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Not many can fill a room for a lecture on a Saturday morning. ☀️ The wonderful @aroberts_andrew can and has done today at @University_Arms in Cambridge as he leads the first session of the annual @History_Reclaim conference!

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Isn't it sad that so far only one party ( @reformparty_uk ) has pledged the defence and promotion of British culture, identity and values? "We will scrap Diversity, Equality and Inclusion" is an excellent and long-overdue policy. Why have the @Conservatives not done this already?

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🧵1/7 In a withering review for @TheCriticMag , Calvin Po observes that the @nationaltrust 's desperate attempts at the so-called 'Children's Country House at Sudbury' (aka Sudbury Hall) "to latch onto children’s fleeting attention spans" are "neither educational nor entertaining".

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Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids — Calvin Po wishes they would stop

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@lunaperla @jimdixonwriter @NeilDotObrien @Conservatives @RishiSunak @nationaltrust So anybody who believes in democracy, good governance and accountability is a "right wing ideologue" to you? Good to know.

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What a joke. Worth noting that, according to @TimeOutLondon , London is officially the worst city in the UK when it comes to nightlife.

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Khan’s “Night Czar” Given Disproportionate 14% Pay Rise

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Today is Good Friday (ስቅለት) in the Orthodox calendar. A day of reflection, and also a dry fast (no food or drink, including water)! Easter to come this Sunday...

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"I find the phrase 'deep dive' useful. As soon as you hear it, you know that the person offering it is not to be trusted. It is one of a growing collection of official words and phrases which mean the opposite of what they state. Others include, 'We welcome the report', 'We take

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Who else wants to know how much charity money the @nationaltrust spends on advertising/marketing? Just spotted another massive advert, this time in Southwark Station. There is plenty being spent on digital advertising too (see post below). Like or repost if you'd like to know!

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You conveniently forget that numbers of members have been falling, and noticeably so. That the @nationaltrust 's management have been spending untold sums of charity money on adverts pushed out across YouTube, in cinemas etc. indicates that even they are not feeling confident

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@El_Vim_Fuego @nationaltrust Since I have nothing to do with said street, no thanks!

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"we’re busy creating ‘green corridors’", writes @HilaryMcGrady in her op-ed for the @Telegraph . The NT have been creating these 'green corridors' on quite a bit of land they didn't previously own. Against a worrying backdrop of the @nationaltrust management claiming not to have

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"Just when we thought there was a glimmer of hope that the Conservative leadership might reclaim their role in ensuring the nation’s heritage is properly conserved – with large numbers of Trustee vacancies advertised, including seven at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a

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It was wonderful to receive at last (fittingly on D-Day) my physical copies of @ChurchillCentre 's magazine Finest Hour with my article about Churchill and Ethiopia! 🦁

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Two flag-lined roads in London. One currently looking infinitely more beautiful than the other. 🇬🇧 Like and repost if you agree!

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My recent tweet has been highlighted in a @Telegraph article on the @nationaltrust 's use of the controversial "global majority" label. The article also explains that "Proponents of the term global majority have said moving from classing people as a minority to a majority is an

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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These seem like perfectly normal, sensible views to hold. Far more attractive than your anti-family ULEZ/LTN advocacy and obsession with virtue-signalling. Thank you for reminding me to vote against you today @SadiqKhan ! Best of luck to @Councillorsuzie #No2ULEZ #NoLTNs

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She supports hard-right politicians, and holds extreme, deeply concerning views.

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@JohnBar72053629 @nationaltrust Given that "global majority"="non-whites", you are saying non-whites can't be British, which is pretty racist. Why, in the 21st-century, can't we just stop talking about skin colour? It's totally irrelevant. Including to going on walks in the countryside, @nationaltrust

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"The hereditary peers provide a necessary counterbalance to a patronage-based system; their existence is one of the checks and balances in place to prevent abuses of power, and they are an essential cog in the complex machine of the British constitution. Their departure would

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'One former MP who found himself unexpectedly appointed by a recent prime minister to the Lords sought an audience with the latter to ask what would be expected of him. The reply: 'I don’t know, just get stuck in'.' ✍️ Zewditu Gebreyohanes

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Setting aside all other considerations, this is a completely ghastly painting. Surely museums and galleries should have higher standards? @NatGalleryAus ?

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Australia’s richest woman demands portrait be removed from national gallery

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart asks for Aboriginal artist’s ‘double chin’ picture to be taken down

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The attempt by @aljhlester to discredit our paper defending Churchill against unfounded attacks doesn't quite stand up to scrutiny, argues Herbert Anderson: “the critique by Roberts and Gebreyohanes is robust”. Unsurprising as @aroberts_andrew is an award-winning WSC biographer!

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The dispute over a 2021 @ChurchillCol Cambridge seminar on ‘The Racial Consequences of Mr Churchill’ has recently been reinterpreted by @aljhlester . Here, Herbert Anderson answers his points.

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Well put by @AllisterHeath in his @Telegraph column: "Starmer will be an accidental prime minister, and would do well not to take his impending gargantuan majority personally, or mistake it for a groundswell of public support for a Left-wing revolution"

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Nigel Farage has driven the Tories to a state of near-total psychological collapse Sending out Right-wing vibes at one minute to midnight to deflect the oncoming Farage tsunami isn’t enough A crossover in the polls would send Tories into a doom-loop

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#3 And @CeliaRichards0n 's claim that the NT have been "open and direct" is laughable. Why, then, have the @nationaltrust not responded to a single substantive argument in my report 'National Distrust'? Could it be because they know all the accusations are true and they have been

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In his brilliant latest blog post, @IGMansfield invites readers to imagine a scenario in which it is election day and they are on their way to the ballot box. 🗳️ It’s a big day with a lot of choices. You worry you’re not an expert on all the issues, or everyone standing. But

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Absurd position being advertised by @UKHouseofLords : "Head of Inclusion and Diversity" The job description appears to be word salad designed to disguise the lack of meaningful objectives. What does "continual learning about matters relating to inclusion and diversity" even mean?

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You conveniently forget that numbers of members have been falling, and noticeably so. That the @nationaltrust 's management have been spending untold sums of charity money on adverts pushed out across YouTube, in cinemas etc. indicates that even they are not feeling confident

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"I do not object to your museum’s communication of discreditable and lamentable truths about the history of Glasgow and Britain. Rather, I object to its absolute exclusion of creditable and admirable truths." Read @NigelBiggar 's letter in full at @History_Reclaim

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#2 There is nothing "politicised", "anti-woke", "polarising" or "divisive" about criticising the @nationaltrust management's destruction of membership democracy. The Trust's paid management (including @CeliaRichards0n ) have a clear interest in keeping the discussion as far away

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In another incisive @Telegraph column, Charles Moore draws attention to the @nationaltrust leadership's decision that from now on Trust "members will not receive their AGM agenda and voting papers by post unless they ask for them. [...] As identified in a recent Legatum Institute

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Has anyone else noticed the weird EDI fanaticism in the @LibDems ' manifesto? E.g. one of the ways in which they intend to “Ensure a sustainable future for football clubs and give fans a stronger voice” is by “Requiring all clubs to have equality, diversity and inclusion action

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🧵6/7 "The experts consulted instead were 100 child ambassadors aged two to 12, with not one from the local village. Their juvenile whims were indulged by adults who should have known better. It’s a far cry from the days when the Trust’s curators would write doctoral theses, such

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According to @UKLabour 's manifesto, a Starmer-led government would introduce "legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords". In other words, it would turn the House of Lords (an important part of 🇬🇧 heritage) into a House of Cronies.

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@gw_emily @NickShepley @nationaltrust But it doesn't even make sense in @NickShepley 's example! Once again, why would one be lumping together everyone who is not white, in any context? It's weird and unpleasant.

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🧵7/7 Calvin pre-empts the common argument that those who criticise the @nationaltrust 's approach at Sudbury must dislike children, pointing out that in fact a visit to a more conventional play-place might be more fun for children (as well as less stressful for parents): at one

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@Hwells28 @MuseumsAssoc In case you've forgotten, it's the National Trust, not the Global Trust. What the skin colour make-up of the world is should be totally irrelevant to the Trust.

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@audinarymusic @jimdixonwriter @NeilDotObrien @Conservatives @RishiSunak @nationaltrust "not from laziness", you say. What was so difficult about looking at the Trust's list of recommended candidates and putting the ticks individually?

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Sad to read that the interests of local charities and communities are being ignored yet again by the @nationaltrust 's senior management, with Brownsea's unique and popular island theatre @brownseatheatre forced to end 60 years of Shakespeare productions.

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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This wouldn't have been an issue if the @nationaltrust had been discharging its statutory and charitable duties (primarily about heritage conservation) well. In reality it is falling noticeably short of doing that, and indeed constantly claims it has insufficient funds to do so!

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Heathrow “looks like a utilitarian structure, post-Second World War”, Sir Tim Clark of @emirates has told the @Telegraph . Very true; quite dispiriting that it is this uninspiring interior which greets many when they land in the UK! #BuildBackBetter 🇬🇧

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Heathrow looks like a Second World War airport, says Emirates boss

Aviation hub warned it is ‘seriously lagging’ behind rivals

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@RealBristolNews @nationaltrust I am doing something that benefits people: holding the @nationaltrust 's leadership to account. Don't forget we're not talking about a private company; we're talking about a huge charity and public body here.

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@RedLaser4000 @nationaltrust It would be a funny misnomer if I were Ms Tufton St given that I have never had anything to do with Tufton St... I'm not the one spewing hate, as you well know.

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Would expect better from @bbcquestiontime 's X account: writing "your" instead of "you're" is really not a normal typo 🤦‍♀️ The @BBC should be upholding the highest standards of English at all times, and hiring should reflect that aim.

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“I'm sorry but your going to have to cut your cloth accordingly like state schools have had to for 14 years” Labour’s Wes Streeting defends plans to charge VAT on private schools fees to pay for state school teachers #bbcqt

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A bit late to this, but interesting excerpt from @FT 's review of @corinne_fowler 's book on "Country Walks Through Colonial Britain"... "Sometimes she elides crucial ties with tangential links, direct causation with loose association. Lancashire cotton kings' dependence on

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Also, however wonderful Octavia Hill was, why would the @nationaltrust D-G refer to her as "our founder", not "one of our founders"? I hope this doesn't come as news to Hilary, but the Trust had three founders, the other two being Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.

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Hereditary peers provide a necessary counterbalance to the system of Prime Ministerial appointments to the Lords. As we all know, there have been (and will continue to be) quite a few 'dodgy' appointments to the Lords, as well as inevitable issues that arise re. patronage.

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Anyone else confused about why the @spectator 's email round-up today included a broccoli emoji 🥦 in a subject line about... cannabis? 😅

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Guidelines such as the following (from @groundworkuk 's 'New to Nature Inclusive Recruitment Guide') are to blame for the decline in hiring/workforce standards: "Prioritise motivation over qualifications: where the role allows, avoid the requirement for academic or technical

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How to attract and recruit diverse talent to your heritage organisation 📢 Our #NewToNature partnership with @GroundworkUK provided 98 traineeships for people who might not normally have access to a career in the nature sector. Learn from the success 👉

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It's actually a 16,000-word report which reveals how the @nationaltrust 's leadership have changed the voting system to favour their interests, prevented members from attending the AGMs, lied to members, etc. Not that anyone would expect you to read it before posting about it!

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In this 10,000 essay, we learn that the Restore Trust alumni are still utterly flabbergasted that their pathetic attempt to take over the National Trust failed spectacularly - and that the Trust membership chose to back the NT over them Essentially, the Susan Hall of think tanks

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🧵3/7 "The final straw for me was the thoughtless treatment of the Long Gallery." Under the paintings, "the poet-playwright @TobyCampion has added speech bubbles with quips such as: “Looks like they’ve got me dressed in silk sheets. At least it makes me look classy”. The captions

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@Otto_English @CeliaRichards0n @LegatumInst @nationaltrust Once again, if the gov. were in charge of drawing up ballot forms and introduced a 'Quick Vote' tick box at the top of the form with the option for members to approve their recommendations in one go, would you think that's democratic as well?

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@iain4europe @jimdixonwriter @NeilDotObrien @Conservatives @RishiSunak @nationaltrust Perhaps you missed the table above. As it shows, "Restore Trust were roundly rejected by NT" leadership, not members as you claim. By a funny coincidence also only unsuccessful since the introduction of Quick Vote.

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🧵4/7 In the Saloon, "Two disco balls illuminated the room. “It’s just like that scene from Saltburn,” a passer-by remarked. Given that its plot revolves around the cynical takeover of a family’s stately home, the irony was not lost on us."

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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Huge congrats @VitaliJames ! I'm sure you'll do an amazing job. ☺️

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James Vitali

2 months

A big thank you to everyone who lent me their support last week in the local elections and I'm very excited to get to work for the residents of Stalbridge, Marnhull and Stourton Caundle on @DorsetCouncilUK

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@uktoday @CeliaRichards0n @LegatumInst @nationaltrust And then (if you vote online) the options underneath with all the candidates' names etc. just magically disappear. Definitely not confusing for the non-tech savvy! Oh, and unless you've read through the booklet there's no way of knowing who or what you're voting for.

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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Sadly so many of our wonderful historic institutions (whether in academia, culture, heritage...) are at risk of being destroyed from within, often by the very people who are supposedly their custodians but in reality care more about money/looking trendy/achieving social status.

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@JenniferSey Destroy from within.

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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Don't forget that the @Conservatives opened up a large number of cultural/heritage institution Trustee/Chairman vacancies, including at @V_and_A and @britishmuseum , knowing they might call a snap GE! Ill-advised and careless: easy to see what will happen here now.

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@Conservatives No concrete commitment to heritage preservation? Nothing to reassure the British public that the @Conservatives would push back steadfastly at the looming threats, including from within with all the institutional mission creep? There is still time! @RishiSunak

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Happy Easter to all Orthodox Christians! Wonderful to be able to eat meat, dairy and eggs after 55 days of abstinence (the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches have the longest and strictest Lenten fast)...

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🧵5/7 "A @nationaltrust source subsequently told me the renovation plan for Sudbury specifically proposed turning the house into a “playground” with “outrageous” presentation. On both counts it has unfortunately succeeded. The Trust’s heritage protection duties, on the other

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@OfficiousBysta1 @nationaltrust "The people who are furious about it are the ones who tend to be obsessed with skin colour"? We members of this fictional "global majority" aren't obsessed with skin colour and I for one am annoyed that many people (including proponents of the phrase) evidently still are!

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

2 months

This @swindonadver article about @nationaltrust neglect of the beautiful village of Laycock follows the publication of similar articles in 2018, 2021 and 2023. So when "The trust says it is prioritising repairs to occupied homes", one wonders why it's been taking them so long.

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Swindon Advertiser

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Fears National Trust village being 'killed' by lets and derelict homes

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@JNapluc @ArchRose90 I would've thought patriotism (i.e. love of/devotion to one's country) would have been a pretty important quality to be expected of someone wanting to lead his or her country!

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@Rixydix @nationaltrust Given that you're openly supporting greater division in society by defending this, I will take anything you say about who's doing "fantastic work" with a massive pinch of salt.

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@SMugglestone_FD @nationaltrust @GBNEWS I am an individual, not an organisation.

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

2 months

Just a week into @X and I'm finding it both hilarious and pitiable that so many people can find nothing better to do with their time (especially on such a beautiful, sunny day!) than troll a 24-year-old.

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@dampierguy @aroberts_andrew @University_Arms @History_Reclaim @gray_alexander1 @NigelBiggar @Miss_Snuffy @PerezSylvie1 @ASCphiled It is being filmed and so hopefully should be online before long...

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Here is the relevant section from my recent @LegatumInst National Distrust (link in bio), for those interested: the amendments made by the @nationaltrust 's leadership to the charity's governing Statutory Instrument (SI) in 2022 "generally reflect a desire to minimise and, where

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🧵2/7 He notes that there is little to prevent children unwittingly vandalising the wallpaper or antique furniture. Meanwhile, "Replacing the original furniture in both the Library and the Dante Room with jarring child-sized armchairs and dangling origami cranes is not going to

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“Collections such as those of the British Museum and the V&A belong to the nation; for that reason, it is Parliament that is their ultimate custodian, and which has set clear rules for their safekeeping. [...] Trustees' private feelings about what the law on historic artefacts

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The Critic

2 months

We should be able to trust our authorities to preserve our museum collections, argues @HCH_Hill

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@MoleyMole01 @sid_rambling @Oppenstarmer @CeliaRichards0n The "alternative offered by Legatum" is that offered in the only report we have published on the subject of the @nationaltrust , recommending greater internal democracy, scrutiny and accountability. I don't know what's so controversial about this or why you or anyone would

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@AndrewStoneman @RJohnDickinson @jimdixonwriter @NeilDotObrien @Conservatives @RishiSunak @nationaltrust Your analogy is completely absurd. On the other hand, as I say in my report, "If a nation’s incumbent political party were in charge of drawing up ballot forms and introduced a voting option at the top of the form with the option for members to vote in line with the Government’s

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@NigelBiggar Well, quite! But the NT's current management appear to have forgotten what the core purpose of the charity is.

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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In a brilliant @spectator article, @zatzi castigates the "blancmange types who could have been moulded in the Labour party or the slightly more liberal end of the Lib Dems. Such people don’t cut it with voters like me, floating Conservative voters who delivered the Tory majority

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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"if voters reward the Tories for abandoning their principles, where would that take us? The Tory manifesto will give the party a chance to return to its core beliefs and win more votes. Conservatism is more popular than it is credited with, but only if it does what it says on the

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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As to his second point about "people replying with good intentions reply in thread, they don't quote tweet", perhaps he should have a word with serial offender @CeliaRichards0n 🤣 Or maybe it's a case of "one rule for those I agree with, another for those I want an excuse to

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@zhoutonged500k @neil_howe @jimdixonwriter @NeilDotObrien @Conservatives @RishiSunak @nationaltrust And also the highly influential senior paid management! As I pointed out in my report, the adviser (Adam Dyster) to the Chairman was also the adviser and speechwriter to the Director-General (until he left the Trust this year to become a political adviser to Steve Reed). This

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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“Why does anyone really want to become the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under Secretary for Paperclips – a temptation I have always managed to resist”? 🖇️ 😂 In his weekly column, 'Political Ego-Trips', @JGray wonders why some of his fellow MPs seem preoccupied with “an

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@fatgazbo @cheshiretoad @Jacob_Rees_Mogg As a @nationaltrust member who has been going to Trust sites since I was a small child, no, I most definitely am not anti-Trust. I am, like many members, appalled by the way in which the current management have deliberately been taking our beloved charity in the wrong direction.

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@DBOhist @nationaltrust It's being used in an incredibly patronising context, with it being based on a premise that anybody who is not "white" needs hand-holding if they are to be able to go out into the British countryside. Everything about it is completely wrong.

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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Embarrassing (for @UKLabour ) revelation: "several companies on there whose executives signed the letter, whose companies now appear to be dormant"🤦‍♀️ Mind-boggling that there could be such little due diligence, especially in today's world when facts can be checked in seconds!

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Guido Fawkes

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Labour Removes List of Business Leaders From Website After Mockery

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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" @Labour has stated that it wants an Upper House that is more representative of the regions and nations that make up the United Kingdom. The irony is that, before Blair got rid of most of the hereditary peers, the House of Lords had full geographical representation of England,

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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Affectionate titles such as “Benjie the koala” or “Suzie the snow leopard” are an unnecessary and cringeworthy extension of anthropomorphism which assumes that the viewer is possessed of such a meagre level of intelligence that they are only capable of understanding things when

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"But sending out strong Right-wing vibes at one minute to midnight in a desperate bid to deflect the oncoming Nigel Farage tsunami isn’t enough: after 14 years of talking as conservatives but governing as social-democrats, the Tories have run out of excuses."

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@corinne_fowler Evidently you haven't read my Thunderer yesterday as I do raise an issue with that precise point. "implying that everyone whose skin is not “white” can somehow be lumped together as a huge homogeneous bloc is ignorant and patronising to all — as is suggesting that white itself is

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@bexianasmith @CeliaRichards0n @nationaltrust All the @nationaltrust members who've been lied to by the NT management, had their votes made worthless and been prevented from attending the AGM in person? No, this is another two fingers up to them. A shame really that such a great institution has been brought down to these

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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The Inclusive Recruitment Guide also states that "A basic understanding of positive action will help give you confidence to work towards a more diverse workforce, without fear of appearing discriminatory". In other words, they know such action is discriminatory, but are only

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Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ

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@explanandumx @RhubbaComedy @nationaltrust You don't seem to understand what "global majority" means. Let me help you. "Global majority is a shortened version of the term ‘people of the global majority’. We use it to refer to all ethnic groups except white British and other white groups, including white minorities." This

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