If you value the BBC, as I do, you should argue for its importance but also recognise its failures and call on it to do better. Read the Prescott memo - it's damning - particularly in the internal complacency it reveals. Adding to that complacency hurts, not helps, the BBC.

I'm going to be singing (along with prog-rock band PressX and the self titled Nerd Violinist) at the Clapham Grand in the biggest concert yet for Ready Singer 1! claphamgrand.com/event/ready-...

Are you sure? It's at least 70 years isn't it? I'm intrigued who these cases are.

of innocent civilians in the name of decolonial education. They boast about this making others "uneasy". Think of the very real distress these comments will cause to people grieving the murder of family members. Not a word from the people who said Cuthbert had to be cancelled. I hope they reconsider

A few weeks ago a female academic was cancelled from an education conference because her softly spoken voice would make people unsafe. She argued that some aspects of modern education are problematic - surely an opinion worth hearing even if wrong? Now we have academics celebrating the murder 1/2

I'd love to move across to this place and abandon toxic-space-man. But the level of engagement is so wildly different. I posted my article here and got 1 like. On the other place, 570 likes and over 45000 views. Obviously that's purely network effects but shows how hard moving will be.

Ok interesting. Seems that Rethink disagree with you. They now say she was right to be invited and that they were entirely wrong to cancel her. Their updated statement is a v.positive step www.rethinking-ed.org/rethinking-e... - Look forward to hearing you defend the indefensible 😉