Adrian Hilton
@Adrian_Hilton
Author and lecturer in political philosophy, political history, political theology, and political education. FRSA, FRHistS. Guinness World Record-holder.
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I never knew that @EquityUK had sent a letter to members announcing their intention to expel @LozzaFox (I was a member until last year: perhaps ‘Honourable Withdrawal’ weren't sent it). But Tom Walker/@JonathanPieNews is right here, and I'm astonished that the union presumes to act like a latter-day Lord Chamberlain with the power to censor artists for their beliefs or political expression. Where does that end? Expelling actors who voted for Brexit (like Edward Fox); or actors who are gender critical, believing that a male cannot be a woman (like @JohnCleese)? It is absolutely not Equity's role to impose a moral-political uniformity upon members, and I'd expect an actors' union above all to understand that.
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Excellent account by @jonsac of the @OxfordUnion debate on Islam, with a glorious moment of oratorical theatre delivered by @LozzaFox. Freedom of expression does have limits, but a sharia notion of blasphemy isn't a threshold we should entertain.
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