The Wall Street Journal’s opinion section had a scathing response Thursday to the 280 staffers who had signed a letter this week claiming it pushed ‘misinformation’. In a note published by the section’s editorial board late Thursday night, the fiery rebuttal vowed that the opinion section wouldn’t ‘wilt under cancel-culture pressure’ following the protest letter … Read more
Struggling universities must tackle ‘cancel culture’ and ‘demonstrate commitment to free speech’ to be handed emergency loans, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says Struggling universities must meet specific criteria to qualify for emergency loan Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said they must commit to free speech Universities must ensure student union funding caters to all students’s needs … Read more
Lloyds Bank will let customers cancel monthly subscriptions like television streaming and food boxes in its app with three quick clicks The bank with 11m mobile customers will launch the service after a pilot Subscription services boomed in lockdown It said it would eventually alert people prior to their free trial running out to avoid … Read more
Elliot Ackerman Saladin Ambar – Rutgers University Martin Amis Anne Applebaum Marie Arana – author Margaret Atwood John Banville Mia Bay – historian Louis Begley – writer Roger Berkowitz – Bard College Paul Berman – writer Sheri Berman – Barnard College Reginald Dwayne Betts – poet Neil Blair, agent David W. Blight – Yale University … Read more
Fury at BBC over race podcast where presenters branded white women ‘Karens’ and said they should ‘read some books’ and ‘stop being so loud’ The clip is from an episode of the BBC’s No Country For Young Women podcast The host and two guests were discussing ‘How can white women not be Karens?’ Karen is … Read more
President Trump gave a fiery address at Mount Rushmore Friday night claiming that the ‘left-wing cultural revolution’ aimed to overthrow the American Revolution, painting a dark picture of the Black Lives Matter protests that have rocked the nation. On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, Trump’s message was about us versus them, calling those … Read more
Pubs have been forced to cancel post-midnight reopening events following a Government announcement that regulations enforcing their closure will remain in place until 6am. Some landlords – including the pub chain BrewDog – had planned to reopen their venues in England as the clock ticked past midnight. But several hours before they were due to … Read more
With fitness centres initially offering only limited facilities as coronavirus lockdown lifts, is now the time to cancel your gym membership? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 Gyms are expected to start reopening from the middle of next month – potentially … Read more
Willow Smith speaks out about ‘cancel culture’: ‘If we really want change shaming doesn’t lead to learning’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 22:06 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 19 June 2020 Willow Smith feels that ‘cancel culture’ may be unhelpful. She made the remarks on her Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk which … Read more
Trevor Phillips slammed the RFU plan to ban the song. Pictured here in 2017 A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has slammed plans to ban ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – describing it as ‘Black people’s own culture being cancelled’. Trevor Phillips, 66, condemned the Rugby Football Union for reviewing the popular sporting … Read more