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Lisa Nandy has set a terrible precedent by flouncing off Twitter
Friday 03 July 2026 1:54 pm
Lisa Nandy has set a terrible precedent by flouncing off Twitter
By: James Price
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Add as a preferred source on GoogleNandy said the BBC must remain "fiercely independent"
A government that first declares a platform beyond the pale, then withdraws official engagement from it, is constructing the moral case to compel its regulator to act. First you leave; then you police; then, when policing proves “insufficient”, you ban, says James Price
When the Roman Senate ordered the burning of Aulus Cremutius Cordus’s histories for the crime of praising Brutus and Cassius, Tacitus noted that the books were simply hidden, copied and read all the more eagerly.
Lisa Nandy has not burned any books yet. But on Wednesday the Culture Secretary flounced off X (Twitter to you and me) and took her entire department with her, declaring that the platform “favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport follows the Attorney General’s Office, marched off the platform by Lord........
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