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Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full

Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full

More from this theme Recent articles Bridget Phillipson has delivered her first Labour Party conference speech since she was appointed as education secretary in July. Here’s what she said… Thank you Conference, and thank you Zahida [Hammond, Phillipson’s former teacher who introduced her]. I owe you so much. More than I could ever say. More than I could ever put into words. Thank you. What you and the amazing teachers like you at my local state school believed, what I believe, what Labour believes, is that the best education, shouldn’t just be for some of our children, but for all our children, not just as children, but right throughout our lives. That education is how we build a better future, not just for each of us as individuals, but  for all of us together. Conference it is the honour of my life to be before you, as Labour’s secretary of state for education, and minister for women & equalities, in a Labour government led by Keir Starmer. And as a Labour government, we see education …

John Waters’ RISD Graduation Speech: Real Wealth Is Life Without A*Holes

John Waters’ RISD Graduation Speech: Real Wealth Is Life Without A*Holes

John Waters’ rol­lick­ing com­mence­ment speech at The Rhode Island School of Design offered up some good one-lin­ers and a few pearls of wis­dom, though phrased, quite nat­u­ral­ly, in an irrev­er­ent way. Ready for some sage advice on what real­ly counts as wealth? And what career choic­es will make you tru­ly wealthy? Mr. Waters has this to say: Uh, don’t hate all rich peo­ple. They’re not all awful. Believe me, I know some evil poor peo­ple, too. We need some rich peo­ple: Who else is going to back our movies or buy our art? I’m rich! I don’t mean mon­ey-wise. I mean that I have fig­ured out how to nev­er be around ass­holes at any time in my per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al life. That’s rich. And not being around ass­holes should be the goal of every grad­u­ate here today. It’s OK to hate the poor, too, but only the poor of spir­it, not wealth. A poor per­son to me can have a big bank bal­ance but is stu­pid by choice – uncu­ri­ous, judg­men­tal, iso­lat­ed and unavail­able to change. …

Jokowi signals continuity in Indonesia’s 2025 budget, touts achievements in final State of the Nation speech

Jokowi signals continuity in Indonesia’s 2025 budget, touts achievements in final State of the Nation speech

ANOTHER APOLOGY Dressed in a black outfit of the Betawi people – a group native to Jakarta – for his State of the Nation address, Mr Widodo bade farewell and apologised to the people for the second time this month. While he had tried to give his best, he understood that his achievements could not please everyone, he said during a 20-minute speech at the People’s Consultative Assembly meeting, a yearly tradition before Independence Day celebrations on Aug 17. “I and (Vice President) Ma’ruf Amin apologise. I apologise to every heart that may be disappointed, for every hope that may not have been realised, for every dream that may not have been achieved,” said Mr Widodo. His previous apology, during a congregational prayer event on Aug 1, was labelled by critics as a ploy to gain sympathy. At last year’s State of the Nation address, Mr Widodo had emphasised continuity of policies ahead of the February general election while asserting he had no authority to determine who the presidential and vice-presidential candidates would be.  Ahead of …

Harris to roll out populist proposals in first economic speech

Harris to roll out populist proposals in first economic speech

WASHINGTON —  Kamala Harris is set to unveil plans for a federal ban on food and grocery “price gouging” and assistance of up to $25,000 in down payment support for first-time homeowners – populist proposals the vice president has embraced since becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Harris is scheduled to outline her proposals Friday, in her first speech on the economy focusing on dealing with rising grocery and housing prices – key concerns for voters. She is set to speak in front of supporters at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, a battleground state that she and former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, are vying to win in the November presidential election. “In her first 100 days, Vice President Harris will work to enact a plan to bring down Americans’ grocery costs and keep inflation in check,” her campaign said in a memo to reporters Wednesday. Harris aims to ensure “big corporations can’t unfairly exploit consumers to run up excessive corporate profits,” her campaign said, and will specifically call out the “highly consolidated” …

Humanist priorities raised in King’s Speech debates

Humanist priorities raised in King’s Speech debates

Over the past week MPs and Lords have been debating the proposals in the King’s speech and many have raised a range of key humanist issues. Yesterday, in a debate on modernising the House of Commons, All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) member Ellie Chowns MP raised the issue of parliamentary prayers and how those members who do not wish to attend Anglican prayers due to their own personal beliefs were left at a democratic disadvantage as the current Commons chamber is only able to seat 427 out of 650 MPs. The MP told the Commons that this leads to, ‘some frankly rather ridiculous behaviour’, with members, ‘queuing up at the opening of the Chamber to place a prayer card and book a seat.’ The UK Parliament is currently the only national legislature that does this. It’s time this outdated practice changed. Meanwhile in a debate on the Constitution in the Lords, peers raised the key issue of bishops in the Lords. Currently 26 Church of England bishops have the automatic right to sit, speak, and …

Netanyahu’s speech in Congress comes amid agony in Gaza

Netanyahu’s speech in Congress comes amid agony in Gaza

You’re reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Thanks to U.S. lawmakers, Israel’s polarizing leader gets to eclipse Winston Churchill. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday afternoon will mark the fourth time he has been invited to deliver such an address, surpassing the wartime British prime minister whose bust once sat prominently in the White House. Netanyahu has frequently styled himself as Israel’s indispensable warrior statesman, but it’s unlikely his statue will grace the Oval Office anytime soon. The Israeli premier has a long history of turning friendly U.S. presidents into pawns in his own political battles, and using set pieces in Washington as platforms for his own campaigns in Israel. “One thing Netanyahu’s four speeches to Congress as premier have in common is that they were all made at the invitation of a Republican leadership on Capitol Hill …

Trump recounts attempted assassination in Republican National Convention speech

Trump recounts attempted assassination in Republican National Convention speech

Former US president Donald Trump, in his first speech since surviving an attempted assassination, accepted his nomination for president Thursday at the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He struck a softer tone than usual in the first part of his speech, recounting his experience of the attempt on his life, before moving on to his agenda should he win office, including the largest deportation project in US history. Source link

The king’s speech: can Labour keep the optimism going? – podcast | Politics

The king’s speech: can Labour keep the optimism going? – podcast | Politics

There were more than 35 bills in Labour’s first king’s speech. So what does it tell us about the party’s ambitions? And with world events turning darker, can the euphoria around the Labour party last? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Source link

Trump’s verdict speech fact-checked: what he said and whether it’s true | Donald Trump

Trump’s verdict speech fact-checked: what he said and whether it’s true | Donald Trump

Donald Trump delivered a rambling, incoherent speech laden with falsehoods and conspiracy theories from the atrium of Trump Tower, a day after the former president was convicted of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush-money criminal trial. Here is a fact check of some of the things he said on Friday – and why they weren’t true. Trump claims the Joe Biden White House was behind his prosecution Donald Trump claimed that the judge presiding over his hush-money case, Juan Merchan, and the court was in “total conjunction with the White House and the DoJ [Department of Justice]”. There is no evidence whatsoever supporting this claim. “This is all done by Biden and his people,” the former president said during a speech on Friday at Trump Tower. The accusation that Biden was behind the prosecution does not line up with the case’s facts. The elected district attorney of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, brought the case against Trump. Bragg is a state official who does not report to the federal government. Biden does not …

Outrage Over a Catholic Commencement Speech at a Catholic College – OpentheWord.org

Outrage Over a Catholic Commencement Speech at a Catholic College – OpentheWord.org

Harrison Butker, Field goal kicker for the Kansas City ChiefsCredit: Airman 1st Class William Lunn, Wikipedia, Public Domain By Dr. Michael Brown While a petition calling for the firing of Harrison Butker, one of the greatest placekickers in the NFL, has gained more than 100,000 signatures, sales of his jersey are skyrocketing. Why all the controversy?  This past Sunday, Butker, who plays for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and is a traditional Catholic, delivered the commencement speech at Benedictine College, a highly-ranked, private, liberal arts, traditional Catholic school. What did he actually say in his speech? Why the outrage, on one hand, and the support, on the other hand? He referenced “the COVID fiasco” and stated that, “Bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder.” Butker was pulling no punches. But he was just getting started.  He said, “Our own nation is led by a …