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The Motion: This House Supports No Platforming.
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  • @OxfordUnion
    @OxfordUnion4 жыл бұрын

    Watch the full debate here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKFt06ijoa2dkdY.html

  • @xjmg007

    @xjmg007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where can we see the results? Thank you

  • @f.c.laukhard3623

    @f.c.laukhard3623

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@xjmg007 I second that request.

  • @Duffloop

    @Duffloop

    4 жыл бұрын

    I 3rd that request

  • @neiluk78

    @neiluk78

    4 жыл бұрын

    Governments destroy freedoms, it is laughable that we need to defend free speech. All our freedoms are a Universal given right only to be curtailed by oppressors under the guise of freedom.

  • @f.c.laukhard3623

    @f.c.laukhard3623

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Duffloop Thanks.

  • @omnipitous4648
    @omnipitous46484 жыл бұрын

    I gave Ann Widdecombe a standing ovation by myself.

  • @naughteedesign

    @naughteedesign

    4 жыл бұрын

    I didn't go that far, gave her a clap from my office chair.

  • @getready4933

    @getready4933

    4 жыл бұрын

    the motion to ''support 'no platforming was defeated. so they voted for her

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lauralishes1 Idiot. They voted with her. The no platforming position was defeated.

  • @shughy1

    @shughy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    If I'd have been watching that on the toilet I'd have still given a standing ovation.

  • @Jahcure1fan

    @Jahcure1fan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alan Currie 🤣🤣🤣

  • @wearethenightparty
    @wearethenightparty Жыл бұрын

    "Nobody has the right to live their lives being protected from offence, or from insult or from hurt feelings - it is an occupational hazard of living in society. And if you really can't take it, become a hermit." A great quote from Ann Widdecombe.

  • @STANLIZ4

    @STANLIZ4

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! Extremely worrying it was necessary to state a rudiment of our democracy in the most august place of freedom of thought and expression!

  • @joandriver5364

    @joandriver5364

    Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant woman

  • @heatherofthemountains

    @heatherofthemountains

    Жыл бұрын

    Hear hear!!! 💙

  • @RobertMichaelTodd

    @RobertMichaelTodd

    9 ай бұрын

    Says a straight white woman with no problems.

  • @amy6149

    @amy6149

    7 ай бұрын

    In cavemen countries, free speech is denounced, critical-thinkers ostracised, snowflakes thrive. It’s creating a lot of adult babies!!

  • @checkthewater39
    @checkthewater393 жыл бұрын

    Powerful speech what a great women!! Cheers from the U.S.A.

  • @andrewbailey2532
    @andrewbailey25324 жыл бұрын

    "You may feel virtuous today in what you will not hear, but tomorrow somebody may feel virtuous in not hearing what you have to say" Anne Widdecombe. 👏

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    I really yelled 'yes!' there. LOL! Wasn't she a star?

  • @lewphelps1619

    @lewphelps1619

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @ireneclarke2226

    @ireneclarke2226

    8 ай бұрын

    Well said Anne.

  • @barbarasherman4870
    @barbarasherman48704 жыл бұрын

    I can’t believe they need to debate this at all. The young of Britain need to wake up and grow up.

  • @maryanndeweerd2570

    @maryanndeweerd2570

    4 жыл бұрын

    Barbara Sherman unreal huh? Like we haven't lost enough ancestors in the past obtaining free speech, only to be on the cusp of losing it, seems unfathomable to me.

  • @liukin95

    @liukin95

    4 жыл бұрын

    As a young person, my generation don't speak for me. I'm with Ann on this one.

  • @organisationxiv2927

    @organisationxiv2927

    4 жыл бұрын

    Craig Tilley Ditto.

  • @barbarasherman4870

    @barbarasherman4870

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zen Paul yes the press censorship is really what they need to protest.

  • @eggybread4937

    @eggybread4937

    4 жыл бұрын

    To think this is Oxford Union as well. Speech does not compromise. Speech is everybody and everyone; the past, present and future. Censorship is this candy-coated (positivised) prison "young" Britain is duped to think. Im done with this.

  • @iddicco
    @iddicco4 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Hitchins made the salient point that when you lose the right to speak freely, you also lose the right to hear.

  • @ataraw.6142

    @ataraw.6142

    4 жыл бұрын

    The kids who didnt applaud are NOT hearing. They are too far gone and i fear for this world. I am glad i am older. I dont want to live in a world where socialism, islam reigns.

  • @MrShukaku1991

    @MrShukaku1991

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ataraw.6142 once islam reigns, socialism will be gone.

  • @noeloteyza3259

    @noeloteyza3259

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not very fund of Christopher Hitchins but I agree with him on this point.

  • @er9779

    @er9779

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ataraw.6142 You mean they disagreed with you. Which you are refusing to 'hear'.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    And he was right.

  • @krystalccameron7689
    @krystalccameron76894 жыл бұрын

    “You succeed by defeating your opponent, not by wishing him away.” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @normalynch6731

    @normalynch6731

    Жыл бұрын

    Did Ann Widdecombe win the debate.I hope so.

  • @louisefox4852
    @louisefox48524 жыл бұрын

    "By arguing with her I can show what is wrong" - Ann, you are a STAR!!!

  • @JosephStealin
    @JosephStealin4 жыл бұрын

    I don’t how anyone could support no platforming especially after that speech. Bravo 👏.

  • @balancer182

    @balancer182

    4 жыл бұрын

    Having an opposition view is part of free speech. They too deserve to be heard.

  • @JosephStealin

    @JosephStealin

    4 жыл бұрын

    balancer182 exactly why people shouldn’t be no platformed

  • @blksbth1

    @blksbth1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@balancer182 Heard, yes, but not supported. Because their ideas are garbage ideas.

  • @josuaniu9219

    @josuaniu9219

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂 says the handle who has deplatformed alot of people

  • @meechy01

    @meechy01

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes that is true, but isn't KZread now engaging in censorship against free speech? Censoring, conservatives, republicans and even Israel. Forcing a narrative of your agenda, only speak about how anti free speech KZread, via Google is.

  • @Karlopapa
    @Karlopapa4 жыл бұрын

    What a nice old lady. I'm Russian who grew up in the USSR and I know very well what she's talking about.

  • @fengxu7085

    @fengxu7085

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too, I'm from your neighbor country

  • @jamesbovington8218

    @jamesbovington8218

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is NOTHING nice about her. She is a nasty xenophobe who hates anyone who isn't a subject of the Queen. Truly potty and barking mad.

  • @petermcardle6127

    @petermcardle6127

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesbovington8218hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you are funny

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think a lot of people don't like that she's very old fashioned, and a devout Catholic. But she's certainly very clever. And has a great deal of experience and wisdom.

  • @CzajkowskiJoshua

    @CzajkowskiJoshua

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesbovington8218 She's a xenophobe? Really? Do elaborate. She has gay friends, black friends, atheist friends and so on. I'm gay and me and my partner adore her.

  • @dominiquecharriere1285
    @dominiquecharriere12854 жыл бұрын

    "I dont agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it". Voltaire.

  • @AlecPowell93
    @AlecPowell934 жыл бұрын

    Anne Widdecombe you are a blessing to this country.

  • @charleydublin7304

    @charleydublin7304

    2 жыл бұрын

    And all western countries

  • @alisonhammond1555

    @alisonhammond1555

    Жыл бұрын

    Completely agree from Canada in 2023!!!!!!

  • @mikelavigne5085
    @mikelavigne50854 жыл бұрын

    How can you support deplatforming and be involved in this debate? Think about that...

  • @sTL45oUw

    @sTL45oUw

    4 жыл бұрын

    ROFL. Next level uroborus.

  • @Tain_edReaper

    @Tain_edReaper

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is funny if it is what they mean. But you're misrepresenting what they mean with deplatform. What they mean by deplatform is the removal of others not them.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well yes. In fact, what the heck are you doing in the Oxford Union at all?

  • @Tain_edReaper

    @Tain_edReaper

    4 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy watching debates

  • @rushofblood994
    @rushofblood9944 жыл бұрын

    “2 minutes more? No I need at least five.” 😂 god bless you anne

  • @frogradar

    @frogradar

    4 жыл бұрын

    I actually love how she just threw her time card aaway

  • @garrettjohnson7546

    @garrettjohnson7546

    4 жыл бұрын

    And five minutes she got.

  • @Cashback13

    @Cashback13

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just proving the point why No Platforming is a concept because people who defend 'Fair Debate and Free Speech' always try and steal extra time to make their points. Therefore gaining an 'Extra platform' to influence. If there isn't balance then it isn't 'Free Speech for all' it is one side favoured over the other and costing the other lost time.

  • @75ur15

    @75ur15

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Cashback13 to be fair, a discussion where points are raised it can take longer to take down each point than it takes to raise it. So if one side asks a triple question it is going to take longer to answer then ask a return question. That said it was just under 5 by that was a boss move

  • @thedolphin5428

    @thedolphin5428

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Cashback13 Oh poor sookums. YOU are a classic case of equal outcome-ism instead of equal opportunity but modified by real life-ism and circumstantial adaptation.

  • @Mike-yj5yw
    @Mike-yj5yw4 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable speech. Ann & Katie are National treasures.

  • @krystalccameron7689
    @krystalccameron76894 жыл бұрын

    “Let’s hear it, and by hearing it, we can also destroy it!” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I’m smitten with this woman!

  • @bernardguynunns5658
    @bernardguynunns56584 жыл бұрын

    Anne is frequently derided by the media but quite frankly she has owned them all.

  • @simongleaden2864

    @simongleaden2864

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ann, not Anne

  • @raffaellavitiello1762

    @raffaellavitiello1762

    3 жыл бұрын

    She is one of the greatest Lady that l know

  • @JohnCasteel1333

    @JohnCasteel1333

    3 жыл бұрын

    They deride her bcause they have nothing to say to her

  • @amylynnhunt55

    @amylynnhunt55

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm late again. I have never herd of her, but i think i will like her.

  • @patrickhosking613

    @patrickhosking613

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@amylynnhunt55 hi Amy In my opinion Ann is one of the best parliamentarians this country has had for a very long time. She is straight down the line. She says what she thinks and stands by it. A great lady,and a clever one too.

  • @patbateman2088
    @patbateman20884 жыл бұрын

    This is the best free speech speech I've ever heard

  • @a.chowdhury6784

    @a.chowdhury6784

    4 жыл бұрын

    You obviously have never heard the Hitch speak. Ann herself took most of the points from Hitchens. Listens to Hitchens original speech about free speech, the best ever.

  • @patbateman2088

    @patbateman2088

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@a.chowdhury6784 which Hitchens? Peter or Christopher?

  • @a.chowdhury6784

    @a.chowdhury6784

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@patbateman2088 Obviously Christopher 😂😂😂

  • @patbateman2088

    @patbateman2088

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@a.chowdhury6784 you use the word 'obviously' too much, which obviously hasn't been obvious enough to you because you're obviously oblivious to basic social etiquette.

  • @a.chowdhury6784

    @a.chowdhury6784

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@patbateman2088 Your reply was quite witty, so I would let that go. But my advise would be to not get so triggered and offended 😂 Regarding the issue, it should be apparent to anyone knowledgeable which Hitchens it was; as Christopher came to the defense of free speech before most of these modern speakers, and they have often borrowed and build on his ideas.

  • @normbabbitt4325
    @normbabbitt43254 жыл бұрын

    I love this woman! Powerful speaker for liberty, open discourse and sanity!

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing48412 жыл бұрын

    This speech has always given me goosebumps EVERY-SINGLE-TIME I've watched it. Quite possibly the finest debating speech given at the Oxford Union that I've heard from this channel.

  • @augiev4275
    @augiev42754 жыл бұрын

    "Let's HEAR IT. And by hearing it, we can DESTROY IT" Excellently said

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to remember that line. I've never been able to say it so well.

  • @peteratkinson922

    @peteratkinson922

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Redrosewitch Best spoken in the voice of a dalek

  • @biospiritofthewest5961
    @biospiritofthewest59614 жыл бұрын

    She had the best speech. Brought me to tears and this is the third time I have listened to it today.

  • @rcknross

    @rcknross

    4 жыл бұрын

    again and again, before the fascists in youtube delete it.

  • @cliffhanger953

    @cliffhanger953

    4 жыл бұрын

    Didn't you understand it the first time?

  • @davidknight2104

    @davidknight2104

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who won???

  • @LiftOffLife

    @LiftOffLife

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should listen to her first speech in the EU "parliament".

  • @stephenroche5107

    @stephenroche5107

    4 жыл бұрын

    I Got Worked Bless you poor thing do you by any chance suffer an affliction of the brain.

  • @teknical100
    @teknical1004 жыл бұрын

    Anne Widdecombe sounded like Churchill at the end of her speech. I almost applauded the computer screen.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    She did. The same skills as he had. You couldn't have tuned that speech out if you tried.

  • @jeremymitchell995

    @jeremymitchell995

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did applaud

  • @ianrobertson5884
    @ianrobertson58843 жыл бұрын

    Bravo!!!! ANN Great speech🌷 Thank You Rule Britannia 🇬🇧⚓🎩

  • @petergregory8864
    @petergregory88644 жыл бұрын

    Bravo Ann Widdicombe the Magnificent. Never a truer word was spoke!

  • @igypop.

    @igypop.

    4 жыл бұрын

    old hag

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sebastien fp and you fucks are a true illustration of totalitarians.

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sebastien fp Did you not read my KZread account name? I am a classical Liberal you fuckwit. Supporting free speech is now tantamount to being on the far right is it? You leftists become more unlikable and unelectable by the day.

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sebastien fp No I really don't. I know what the far right are and what they believe (I have studied them at some length). My views and beliefs in no way line up with theirs. Where is your evidence for the contrary? Is my belief in free speech enough to be considered 'far right' in your very ill informed view?

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@Sebastien fp I have. I spent a year at University studying the nature of the far right as one of my modules. I know what they believe and exactly what they are. I know what I believe as well. There isn't a single view I hold that matches up with the far right.

  • @IAMELEET
    @IAMELEET4 жыл бұрын

    What a speaker, a true Brit.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    They don't make many like her any more.

  • @johnshakespeare7991
    @johnshakespeare79913 жыл бұрын

    A great patriot is Ann. Worked so hard to support our party and get us out of the EU. Thank you Ann.

  • @littlenan3576
    @littlenan35763 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree with Ann. We should be able to debate. Who wants to go back to an era where you dare not say the wrong thing or you will be arrested. I too remember those soldiers who returned from WW2. There were so many limbless men walking the streets or asking for help to cross the roads as they had been blinded in the war. The young people these days have no experience of what they went through.

  • @DrMildayan
    @DrMildayan4 жыл бұрын

    Anne Widdicombe really is a national treasure

  • @MVUK358

    @MVUK358

    4 жыл бұрын

    I completely agree! She totally is.

  • @DuskAndHerEmbrace13
    @DuskAndHerEmbrace134 жыл бұрын

    The last three words of this speech ended on a note that was bang-on: "the privileged few". Your standards are being defined and set by - essentially - children at Yale, Oxford, Stanford, etc. How do you feel about that? And how would you feel about your voice being 'no-platformed' because some cushion-raised child in a university bubble with no life experience has decided it should be?

  • @havingafloat

    @havingafloat

    4 жыл бұрын

    SelfReferencingName - it's a truly scary concept, especially because these kids are being influenced by marxist tutors, and let's face it, the slower of the herd latch on to anything. I have full faith in gen z though, they aren't snowflakes and they see the world around them with a big dose of realism. It's also the most conservative generation since the 50s, which is perfect to combat the frankly disgusting state our society is in now.

  • @YendorSignemeck

    @YendorSignemeck

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s maddening how self-important the least experienced in life have become in recent years.

  • @maryanndeweerd2570

    @maryanndeweerd2570

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@YendorSignemeck yes definitely!

  • @RedSkyHorizon

    @RedSkyHorizon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pretty disgusted

  • @EastWing411

    @EastWing411

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@havingafloat I do hope you are right and this crazy SJW shit has peaked.

  • @willlyons9823
    @willlyons98234 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. "Defeat your opponent by what is being said.. Not by, wishing what you want to hear." Profound and I hope it catches on!

  • @jezebelrebel250
    @jezebelrebel2504 жыл бұрын

    Standing ovation for Ann Weddecombe

  • @alanblight9233
    @alanblight92334 жыл бұрын

    My politics are quite different to Ms. Widecombe’s but on this issue we are in total agreement.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can't see where anyone could pick holes in the argument she made there.

  • @blaisehinshelwood7916

    @blaisehinshelwood7916

    4 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @alunjones3860

    @alunjones3860

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I'm centre left and a remainer, but I agree with her on this.

  • @theseustoo

    @theseustoo

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too... but at least she's on the right side of this debate! ;) (Though, tbh, it's still a pain listening to her... her voice grates on me like nails on a blackboard!)

  • @peteratkinson922

    @peteratkinson922

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Redrosewitch Unless it was transcribed on to cheese.

  • @marcguidetti3081
    @marcguidetti30814 жыл бұрын

    Ann should be Prime Minister, she would make Churchill proud

  • @PAVANZYL

    @PAVANZYL

    4 жыл бұрын

    marc guidetti : Yep. He was in favor of using nukes on Indians (then still a colony) and Africans but not on Europeans...

  • @TheNightBadger

    @TheNightBadger

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PAVANZYL I'd like to see some evidence of that. Britain had no access to 'nukes' until after India was independent. He is, however, on record as having wanted the US to use nukes on The Soviet Union - technically Europeans.

  • @PAVANZYL

    @PAVANZYL

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheNightBadger I did not say that Britain had nukes, read my comment again.

  • @TheNightBadger

    @TheNightBadger

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PAVANZYL I read your comment. Perhaps I should rephrase my question: Whose nukes did Churchill want to use? What year did he say this? Why did he want - or expect - them to be used on Indians and Africans?

  • @ThePierre58

    @ThePierre58

    4 жыл бұрын

    PAVANZYL wrong...India is home of famine, three in one hundred years 1850 onwards

  • @ronbr1000
    @ronbr10004 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding speech communicating self evident truths. The wisdom of lived experience.......

  • @StrategicWealthLLC

    @StrategicWealthLLC

    4 жыл бұрын

    steven draper - Lived experience is effective for motivating, I agree. We should be careful not to let lived experience trump rational consideration, however. Anne Widdecombe’s rational argument is what should win the day....for anyone without Anne’s lived experience. I suspect you agree with this already, so I’ll step down from the proverbial soapbox. Stay well.

  • @mac_tire_aonair
    @mac_tire_aonair4 жыл бұрын

    Sensational!!! Thank you Ann.

  • @FaceFcuk
    @FaceFcuk4 жыл бұрын

    Great speech

  • @AnEnglishGentleman
    @AnEnglishGentleman4 жыл бұрын

    I watched all speakers on this side of the debate and wondered how this rational thinking has become so marginalised? Absolutely baffling! But bravo, this is how you close a debate 👍🏼

  • @LadyAmalthea0615

    @LadyAmalthea0615

    Жыл бұрын

    The fact that woke regressive beliefs have gone mainstream is baffling within itself. I blame universities, social media, partisan news outlets and politicians.

  • @alisonhammond1555

    @alisonhammond1555

    Жыл бұрын

    I completely agree.....my God....what has happened to human intelligence since ww1 and ww2????? My God!!!!!!!! The lady with the purple thing on her head needs to move to North Korea or commu ist China.

  • @lindaholland4896
    @lindaholland48963 жыл бұрын

    Well said Anne, teach the younger generation what it means to be British and free speech...

  • @cmoneybrickhouse
    @cmoneybrickhouse4 жыл бұрын

    Wowowowowow. I thought Katie’s was the best thing my ears had ever heard, until this.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's odd how some of the strongest women are non-feminists. Katie did a great job too.

  • @him050

    @him050

    Ай бұрын

    Katie’s was more funny. Anne’s was more technically better.

  • @skiewietjie8079
    @skiewietjie80794 жыл бұрын

    Now that is a speech

  • @katyb6979
    @katyb69794 жыл бұрын

    I knew I'd enjoy this before I even clicked on it!! Listen to Ann, ignore her words of wisdom at your peril!!

  • @silverbullet2008bb

    @silverbullet2008bb

    4 жыл бұрын

    Anne's speech is a perfect example of why I think we should respect, value and honour our elders. They are not a burden and an impediment to chasing the almighty dollar (or Pound if you're a Brit like me). More often than not they are the best people to ask for knowledge and wisdom, priceless qualities that we need to move our lives forward. Every ancient society (and perhaps "primitive" by our standards) knows to respect their elders for this reason. Every tribal society respects their elders. Even in rich, well developed nations like China and Japan elders are respected. It has become a societal trend in the West to put grandma in a home the moment she causes us any work. I say NONSENSE! Look after your own, listen to them and you will benefit from it.

  • @nothingbutthetruth2145

    @nothingbutthetruth2145

    4 жыл бұрын

    A great comment from a young lady.. well done.

  • @jamesbovington8218

    @jamesbovington8218

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am not young nearly sixty. But Widdecombe is barking mad in her hatred of Europe and her desire to stop young British people getting to know their European cousins except presumably on the battlefield...A truly dreadful old crone. Don't be taken in by her.

  • @johnjamesflashman6856

    @johnjamesflashman6856

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesbovington8218 Did you actually listen to what she said? You like most unintelligent people who lose an argument turn to abuse.

  • @BerlGlickman

    @BerlGlickman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@silverbullet2008bb hmm... But not every elder have so much wisdom like mrs Ann have.

  • @Mad-Cyril
    @Mad-Cyril4 жыл бұрын

    Wow.....Just WOW!!! I thought Katie's speech was easily the best of the lot until that.....That was powerful. Talking without bias and with more life experience than all of the younger opposition speakers combined - that was from the heart. Well done Anne Widdecombe....Brilliant!

  • @traindriver35
    @traindriver353 жыл бұрын

    What concerns me more than anything is that this proposition was even up for serious debate. I hadn't realised that the no platforming or cancel culture had become such a serious threat. Ann's arguments were perfection. You must me able to express your opinions and have them challenged.

  • @snowyowel7961
    @snowyowel79614 жыл бұрын

    The young members of parliament could learn a lot from Ann widdecombe ,

  • @snowyowel7961

    @snowyowel7961

    4 жыл бұрын

    And most of the older ones to .

  • @MisogynyMan
    @MisogynyMan4 жыл бұрын

    Lovely lady, 10/10 would respect.

  • @streglof

    @streglof

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yah I'd totally respect her!

  • @Marc-cu5mj

    @Marc-cu5mj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thought you died in commando, with a pipe through the belly, guess not.

  • @MisogynyMan

    @MisogynyMan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Marc-cu5mj Was just letting off some steam m8.

  • @rnw2739

    @rnw2739

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stellaormes1844 Wrong. Speech is speech, be it fuelled by hatred, love or any other human emotion. By making a feeble distinction you are in fact, playing into the hands of this totalitarianist ploy...."Oh yes, we still have free speech...but not free speech about people we dislike...." No one has the right to decide what is and is not an acceptable utterance. If those words are acted on, then that is another matter entirely.

  • @theyungjerks1779
    @theyungjerks17794 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful gem of a woman. Defender of Western history and free speech.

  • @overthewebb
    @overthewebb4 жыл бұрын

    I'm left wing economically. but I was on my feet on my own at the end of that, briliant, just brilliant. She's a legend.

  • @jamesroyce1845
    @jamesroyce18454 жыл бұрын

    Free speech is for ALL, not just the privileged FEW - this sums it up quite nicely, well done Ann.

  • @Mr_GoGs_Official
    @Mr_GoGs_Official4 жыл бұрын

    honestly, how can you not agree with a single word of that.

  • @aintijustthecutest3863
    @aintijustthecutest38634 жыл бұрын

    OMG! That was a beautiful speech! I got teary-eyed more than once. Bravo Ann, bravo!

  • @chrisreynolds3351
    @chrisreynolds33514 жыл бұрын

    A strong, compelling, factual and convincing argument against No Platforming. Delivered by a woman who's life long experiences give her words even more reality and conviction. Ann was so right when she said that when we seek to prevent the free speech of those we disagree with, all we do is drive them underground. Whilst we can hear the words being spoken we have the opportunity to disagree and denounce them.

  • @nemosays2258
    @nemosays22584 жыл бұрын

    Left wing authoritarianism never ends well.

  • @lks6248

    @lks6248

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nemo Says , but triumph will feel great for those on the other side when it is eventually crushed.

  • @organisationxiv2927

    @organisationxiv2927

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fastnail Eh, no. Did you listen to the full speech? Censorship leads to death camps starvation.

  • @rannnoch

    @rannnoch

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LiftOffLife No regime that death camped or starved people allowed free speech, how can you lie to yourself this hard?

  • @algernondammassa8675

    @algernondammassa8675

    4 жыл бұрын

    Authoritarianism never ends well.

  • @heronsdoor4658

    @heronsdoor4658

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LiftOffLife, do you mean after free speech has ended?

  • @talbertsmom7667
    @talbertsmom76674 жыл бұрын

    I may not be from any ivy grown educational facilities that have stood the test of time and set the standard but to be able to have the utter honor to be so fortunate to hear the words of truth that Ann Widdicombe has given to us. She should be not only be holden to those of Oxford Union but to the World. I am from across the Pond as they say, but I am so proud and honored to have been given this broadcast. We need more Ann Widdicombes in this world to hold our feet to the fire and fight for our rights and freedom. Thank you and God Bless!

  • @zackbarrow1927
    @zackbarrow19274 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant! What a speaker! What strength and eloquence. Ladies I present to you your role model ! My deepest respect and admiration to this wonderful lady!

  • @spinwitch
    @spinwitch Жыл бұрын

    This speech should be broadcasted once a day in every country of the world - everyday until we can stop not listening to the other side of an argument.

  • @tb4326
    @tb43264 жыл бұрын

    She is a treasure to your nation UK! FIght for her words of sanity and humanity before it's to late.

  • @lauralishes1

    @lauralishes1

    4 жыл бұрын

    They didn't agree and voted against her www.oxford-union.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Debate%20Results%20TT19_0.pdf

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lauralishes1 That's a lie. The supporters of no platforming were defeated.

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lauralishes1 You dumb bitch. In that link, it clearly says 'motion defeated'. Are you illiterate as well as ignorant?

  • @lauralishes1

    @lauralishes1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ineedmoreflavour1955 oh really? Everyone else that said it, as well as their own website must be lying to?

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955

    @ineedmoreflavour1955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lauralishes1 The website doesn't lie. It says right there in black and white next to the no platforming line - 'motion defeated'. What part of this are you not understanding?

  • @Badabinger
    @Badabinger4 жыл бұрын

    A wise soul. The entitled brat generation of youths today wold be wise to LISTEN!

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    The wise Aunty that won't take any messing from you at all. Just what we need.

  • @lubberwalker

    @lubberwalker

    4 жыл бұрын

    They don't. Watch the lack of applause (and respect).

  • @BatAtBat
    @BatAtBat4 жыл бұрын

    Heartbraking. so sad that we have come so far as a society that we have to speak in favour of free speech, that it is not taken for granted anymore.

  • @christineminikin8962
    @christineminikin89624 жыл бұрын

    This lady is an icon and is who our younger generations should aspire to. ...... What a speech..!!! What a lady. ! What a great patriot...!!!! Love you Anne. ...💖

  • @susanfinlay9165
    @susanfinlay91654 жыл бұрын

    Ann, thank-you for your part of this Debate, was MAGNIFICENT!!! I was born the same year you were, a Christian for 40 yrs, paid up member of The Brexit Party, and PROUD of your Boldness, and Courage, Bless you.

  • @dartmoorlass
    @dartmoorlass4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic speech! A masterclass in wisdom and reasoning.

  • @kerin3226
    @kerin32264 жыл бұрын

    WOW- She is such a powerful and eloquent speaker. I love her.

  • @MultiWolfxxx
    @MultiWolfxxx4 жыл бұрын

    I wish i could like this 1000 times. Great great great.

  • @getjjg
    @getjjg4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! She’s brilliant!

  • @loxibell2736
    @loxibell27364 жыл бұрын

    She's a great person. Long live Ann.

  • @gerry6612

    @gerry6612

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ann should have been he P.M.

  • @jamesbovington8218

    @jamesbovington8218

    4 жыл бұрын

    She's barking mad a real nasty xenophobe. Potty. Desperate to stop British youth mixing with and learning from their continental cousins. Nasty piece of work.

  • @idempotent2
    @idempotent24 жыл бұрын

    I was born in China, and am currently living in US, I wholeheartedly support Mrs Widdecombe's stand. For a lot of western people, especially for those who lived in the free societies since WWII, you have no idea what it looks like and feels like when there is No Platform for your speech. Please listen to the wise lady, or ask your friends whowho ever lived in a dictatorship or totalitarian country.

  • @repairman99

    @repairman99

    6 ай бұрын

    I had lived through a totalitarian government where you are not allowed to criticized the government. People supporting censorship don’t know that they themselves will be censored and will lose their voice sooner or later. People that denies the Holocaust never happened will one day find out that their own existence never happened. People kept in concentration camps was a testament that evil have no regard for life or compassion just to proved that they can silenced people and make them irrelevant. We have to remember that there are children that went through the concentrations camps and experienced the evil and wickedness of human beings at that time.

  • @zaygezunt
    @zaygezunt2 жыл бұрын

    That is how you make a speech, that is how you win an argument! The indomitable Ann Widdecombe👌🏆

  • @knightoyin6500
    @knightoyin65004 жыл бұрын

    Wow! This woman is such an inspiration. She exudes strength, brilliance and truth. I am happy she lived long enough for me to witness her fight for free speech and Brexit. Very well said ma'am and God bless you. #freespeech for all

  • @mikehammersley177
    @mikehammersley1774 жыл бұрын

    Well done Anne - every word spoken, the simple truth!

  • @sox7784
    @sox7784 Жыл бұрын

    I learnt so much from this lady and why freedom of speech is so important thank you Anne Weddecombe 👏👏👏

  • @hambartha
    @hambartha4 жыл бұрын

    This is perhaps the most inspiring speech I've ever heard from the Oxford Union. There's so much truth in her words.

  • @tweetyberman5165
    @tweetyberman51654 жыл бұрын

    Great lady. She said everything that needed to be said in a way that really moved the audience. Moved me as well.

  • @wonbadood8243
    @wonbadood82434 жыл бұрын

    Shes a powerful speaker and not afraid of crybullies. I could not fault a single part of her argument. And shes well able for that crowd in Europe. Bravo.

  • @catscan2022
    @catscan20224 жыл бұрын

    Excellent speech. Refusing to listen to someone else's opinions is akin to a child covering it's ears and shouting la la la. And yes free speech to those we disagree with can be turned against ourselves at some point. "Free speech to all not the privileged few." Well said Anne!

  • @DEE-mt9eq
    @DEE-mt9eq4 жыл бұрын

    Ann, you are an amazing woman! What a speech, such a strong closing argument! Thank you!

  • @valiantthor2417
    @valiantthor24174 жыл бұрын

    Always loved Ann Widdicombe for who she is.

  • @evilmoif
    @evilmoif4 жыл бұрын

    You tell them Ann! ❤️

  • @lastfirst2021
    @lastfirst20214 жыл бұрын

    Respect and Love for this lady. She was right in everything she said.

  • @LetsDoHumansPodcast
    @LetsDoHumansPodcast4 жыл бұрын

    Ann you fine lady, pressuring the snowflakes till the melt and disappear ❤️😍💪🏿

  • @lgflanang
    @lgflanang4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, Chruchill is beaming broadly.

  • @stephenmason5682
    @stephenmason56824 жыл бұрын

    Firsttime Ive actually listened her her! What a speaker! Nailed it!

  • @onetwothreefourfive12345
    @onetwothreefourfive123454 жыл бұрын

    Thank you oxford for understanding how important it is people can have their voices heard

  • @cooperbry
    @cooperbry4 жыл бұрын

    As an American, you always wonder "what makes Oxford Union so great anyway"? Well, I've got my answer now...

  • @StrategicWealthLLC

    @StrategicWealthLLC

    4 жыл бұрын

    cooperbry - Brilliant comment, my fellow American. Best of the day.

  • @equalizingforce2581
    @equalizingforce25814 жыл бұрын

    Well said Anne witticam, the ending was churchilium.

  • @Scarle118
    @Scarle118 Жыл бұрын

    What a treasure. So intelligent, so brave, so articulate, experienced and trustworthy .. I was overwhelmed with love and gratitude for her humour and wisdom.

  • @susangeorge8551
    @susangeorge85514 жыл бұрын

    “Let’s hear it and then destroy it” Ma’am you are a brilliant human being.

  • @JHallenbeck
    @JHallenbeck4 жыл бұрын

    For anyone interested in the outcome: the Union voted against No Platforming by 224-49. Free Speech won this round, but the fight for it continues, and will rage on. You never stop fighting for free speech. It is the longest ongoing war there has ever been.

  • @oanam2227

    @oanam2227

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank God they voted for the free speech. Thank you for sharing the results.

  • @angelaharris6577

    @angelaharris6577

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank goodness. Good job by Katie and Anne.

  • @MisterstereoOso
    @MisterstereoOso4 жыл бұрын

    Bravo Anne ( my newly appointed (temporary) M.E.P.) fantastic speech & bang on as usual. !!

  • @Thriftbytes
    @Thriftbytes4 жыл бұрын

    Snowflakes and totalitarians!

  • @audience2

    @audience2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same thing, except for sartorial sense.

  • @hereforagoodtimenotalongti1812
    @hereforagoodtimenotalongti18123 жыл бұрын

    That was amazing after watching it that it makes me feel that there is still hope for this country

  • @BluesImprov
    @BluesImprov4 жыл бұрын

    I am far from Oxford, sitting in the very center of the USA, and I stood and applauded this wise woman as she took her seat. I'm saddened that we've reached the point worldwide that we are seriously debating the concept of free speech. Seriously? Today we have people who have lived maybe a third of the time she has who are deciding what we should be allowed to say, hear or read. Seriously? There was a reason the founders of the USA made free speech part of the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution. They were brilliant, the idea of free speech is brilliant, and so was Ann Widdecombe's speech! She is a treasure.

  • @RstesotTv
    @RstesotTv4 жыл бұрын

    Perfect!

  • @simondavey7787
    @simondavey77874 жыл бұрын

    It’s rare that I agree with Ann Widdecombe. But on this occasion I’m thoroughly with her.

  • @Redrosewitch

    @Redrosewitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    A good reason to keep an open mind. You never know when someone you disagree with will say something that you're totally in tune with.

  • @Rose-vs5jd
    @Rose-vs5jd4 жыл бұрын

    Yes agreed Ann. Free Speech is for all, not for the privileged few. Free Tommy Robinson

  • @rogerbriggs9802
    @rogerbriggs98023 жыл бұрын

    Ann Widdecombe is a national treasure.

  • @SirBaron52
    @SirBaron524 жыл бұрын

    Ann Widdecombe is an outstanding person, such a marvelous speech god bless her.

  • @janetpoland
    @janetpoland4 жыл бұрын

    Superb! A woman of calibre.

  • @dazzer89
    @dazzer894 жыл бұрын

    I would have never thought I would be watching a video agreeing with Ann W about censorship