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Anyone else tuning in to @AWMurrison's attack on the @nationaltrust in the Westminster Hall debate he has convened (begins at 16.02)?
A very good intervention by @KevinBrennanMP questioning a "witch hunt" against organisations studying history at 16.08
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/bfeefaef-0fbe-4422-b984-b0255d559dc0
A very good intervention by @KevinBrennanMP questioning a "witch hunt" against organisations studying history at 16.08
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/bfeefaef-0fbe-4422-b984-b0255d559dc0
Bizzare claim that the Trust should never sell property
Incoherent attempt to complain about expert curatorial research posts being cut while claiming that the statutory role is merely as "clerk of works" rather than researching history. Or perhaps some histories are off-limits
Incoherent attempt to complain about expert curatorial research posts being cut while claiming that the statutory role is merely as "clerk of works" rather than researching history. Or perhaps some histories are off-limits
Weird attempt to praise English Heritage's 2013 "Slavery and the British Country House" report while damning the Trust's 2020 "Slavery and Colonialism" report as "shoddy"
Odd threat that the Trust "should not make itself a hostage to fortune" and a call for an enquiry
Odd threat that the Trust "should not make itself a hostage to fortune" and a call for an enquiry
With a straight face, at 16.20, Sir John Hayes defines beauty as "the exemplification of truth"—while claiming that the Charity Commission believes the Trust's actions have been in breach of its charitable purpoose
Something crystal clear in this @NationalTrust debate is something I argued in my Guardian op-ed last month — that inventing a fake culture war is the first line of defence by a minority of politicians concerned by the progress of anti-racism through #BLM https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/15/the-uk-government-is-trying-to-draw-museums-into-a-fake-culture-war
At 16.22 we get @HuddlestonNigel sensibly pointing out that governance arrangements mean that the government can't dictate what the Trust does. He says idea of a government commission into the Trust "is not realistic". Leaves open the idea of a review of statue as "a last resort"
But @HuddlestonNigel does also talk about "many other avenues of influence to effect change" in the @NationalTrust
He says the independence of the Trust is important, but does say further @DCMS letter-writing will be taking place
He says the independence of the Trust is important, but does say further @DCMS letter-writing will be taking place
It does make you wonder what vested interests a Commission into the @NationalTrust would unearth.
@HuddlestonNigel concludes by claiming that the Report on Slavery and Colonialism "has caused offence" and the Trust "must learn from it"
@HuddlestonNigel concludes by claiming that the Report on Slavery and Colonialism "has caused offence" and the Trust "must learn from it"
