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Flying the flag
By Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns
Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, announced last week that he will be compelling all councils to fly the Union Jack on all official buildings. Cue outrage from the woke metropolitans. I was interviewed by Kevin O'Sullivan on talkRADIO yesterday about it. I said that I thought it was a good idea. The vast majority of people are proud of their country and are proud of their flag. There is nothing wrong with that - indeed it brings the country together. Click below to watch it.
WATCH: Was it right to suspend a teacher for showing pupils cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed?
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns, and Dr Paul Stott, from the Henry Jackson Society discuss the disturbing case of a Religious Studies teacher from Batley Grammar School who has been suspended from his job for showing his pupils cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed.
The teacher, his partner and children are now receiving 24-hour police protection in a safe house. What does this say about everyone's right to free speech in the UK today?
WATCH Andrew Allison talking to Bill Etheridge
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns, was interviewed by former MEP, Bill Etheridge, on his Open Dialogus show. They discussed the state of freedom in the UK, amongst many other issues including the future of the Monarchy and constitutional reform.
The free press and the BBC. WATCH Andrew Allison and David Stephenson discuss the future of both
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns for The Freedom Association chatted with David Stephenson, TV Editor of the Sunday Express. They explored what the future will look like for the print media in the UK and the BBC. Does the TV licence fee have a future? Will the BBC have to explore alternative funding models? Spoiler alert: the answers to the last two questions are no and yes respectively!
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Join us for our next webinar - The British Union at risk: how do we fight back?
During our next webinar, The Freedom Association will address the subject of 'The British Union at risk: how do we fight back?' It will take place on Tuesday 23rd March at 6.00 pm. Confirmed panellists are:
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns for The Freedom Association
Rt Hon Baroness Hoey. Born and brought up in Northern Ireland, Kate served as the Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989-2019
Rt Hon David Jones MP, Conservative MP for Clwyd West and a former Secretary of State for Wales
Brian Monteith, Council Member of The Freedom Association and a former Conservative MSP
The webinar will be chaired by David Campbell Bannerman, our Chairman and a former Conservative MEP. David has written this article about saving the British Union.
You can register by clicking here. Places are limited. We hope that you will be able to join us.
Andrew Allison in conversation with Philip Davies MP - Lockdown restrictions must end
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns for The Freedom Association, chatted to Philip Davies MP. Philip is the Conservative MP for Shipley and serves on The Freedom Association's Council and Management Committee. They talked about the damaging lockdown restrictions and how the Government should end them, not only for the sake of the economy, but for people's health and wellbeing in general.
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Andrew Allison in conversation with Brendan Chilton
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns for The Freedom Association, chatted with Brendan Chilton, formerly of Labour Leave who now leads the Independent Business Network. They talked about Captain Sir Tom Moore; lockdowns, and Labour's response to them; Labour and patriotism; US Politics; and Brexit.
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How can we conquer cancel culture?
On Thursday 26th November 2020 we held a webinar asking how we can conquer cancel culture. The panelists were:
Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns, The Freedom Association
Nick Buckley, CEO, Mancunian Way
Baroness Fox of Buckley, Director, Academy of Ideas
Toby Young, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union
The webinar was chaired by David Campbell Bannerman, Chairman of The Freedom Association
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Nick Buckley must be reinstated as CEO of Mancunian Way
It is a sign of the times. If you don't subscribe to a left-wing, woke orthodoxy, you are beyond the pale. You shouldn't hold any role in public life, and even if you are not in public life, you should still be fired from your job. You are an outcast. You are the lowest of the low. You can't possibly criticise the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. All they want is racial equality. What's wrong with that? There is, of course, nothing wrong with that. Indeed, it is what everyone should want. But if you delve into BLM, you discover a sinister movement which should be scrutinised.
Read moreInterpreting lockdown law with discretion is best for both police and public
The following article by Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns, was published on Brexit-Watch.org's website yesterday.
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I APPRECIATE that the Police have a difficult job to do. There are plenty of idiots out there who at normal times feel that the law doesn’t apply to them. They don’t change their behaviour just because we are in the grip of a pandemic. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020, to give it its full title, is emergency legislation. The Police would have had very little input into the drafting of it, and have been left with the task of enforcing the new powers that they have been given. But although the vast majority of officers have policed using 'The 4 E's’: Engage, Explain, Encourage, Enforce, there have been some examples of the Police being over-zealous to say the least. |
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