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Disney World Is Now Open. Here s How To Get A Reservation And What You Can Expect

2020-07-22T16:08:53Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Disney World is asking guests and cast members to wear a mask. Disney For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the [ WHO website]. [/news/disney-world-plans-reopening-date-for-july-11-covid-19/ Walt Disney World has reopened this weekend] in Orlando, Florida. [ Magic Kingdom] and [ Animal Kingdom] opened Saturday, and will be followed by Epcot and Hollywood Studios on July 15. Unlike its West Coast counterpart [/news/disneyland-delays-its-july-17-reopening/ Disneyland, which was forced to delay its opening] from the planned July 17 date, Disney World is reopening right on cue. It comes almost four months after [ ]. Disney says it's drawing on the experience it gained in [/news/watch-how-disney-plans-to-re-open-its-shanghai-park/ reopening Shanghai Disneyland] and [/news/when-disneyland-disney-world-might-reopen-following-covid-19-closures/ Hong Kong Disneyland], as well as [/news/disney-springs-will-start-reopening-in-phases-on-may-20/ Disney World's shopping and dining district Disney Springs]. It's put in place policies using the guidance of health experts, government agencies, industry groups and research universities. "Aspects of a Disney theme park day have been reexamined in light of the new global environment," Disney says. Everything in the parks and resorts is affected, from lining up for rides to dining, retail, monorails and even scanning your ticket for entry. These are the [ COVID-19] requirements you can expect if you're planning to attend the parks. Families will be physically distanced on rides. Disney Entry to the parks Capacity is being strictly limited in Disney World, requiring you to [ reserve your place online using the new Disney Park Pass system]. Here's all the steps you need to attend. First, you'll need a ticket or an annual pass ([ Disney World resumed selling 2020 tickets and hotel reservations] on July 9)Log into your My Disney Experience account on [ Disneyworld.com] Link your family's tickets to the same account to make sure your reservations are all togetherThe site will then give you access to a calendar showing available reservation dates for each parkRepeat the process if you have a multi-day ticket -- you'll need a reservation for every day of your ticket -- or for annual passholders staying at a Disney World resort.Health and safety in the parks Once you're inside one of the parks, there are new health and safety protocols required during COVID-19. "Our deliberate and phased approach at Walt Disney World Resort emphasizes multiple layers of health and safety measures," said Dr. Pamela Hymel, Disney Parks chief medical officer. Face masks: Must be worn by all guests age 2 and up, and all cast members, apart from some performers. You can take your mask off while eating or drinking and in certain rest areas where you can take a break from wearing it. Otherwise, it must be worn over the nose and mouth -- including while on rides.Social distancing: Ground markings will help guests to maintain physical distancing in retail stores and attraction queues, and physical barriers like plexiglass have been placed along lines that snake around as well as on larger attraction vehicles like the boats on The Jungle Cruise. Caps will also be placed on how many guests are allowed in stores, dining locations and rest areas.Temperature screenings: All guests must undergo this before entering a park. Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) or higher will be taken to another location for re-screening. If they clock the same [http://www.ehow.com/search.html?s=temperature temperature] again, they won't be permitted entry -- and neither will anyone in their party.Security: To avoid physical contact at security checkpoints, guests will carry their personal items and bags with them through a metal detector instead of the traditional bag search. Some locations will require things like metal objects and aerosol cans to be placed in a bin before walking through the detector.Transportation to the parks: Disney World relies on a range of different transport options, including the monorail, boats, Skyliner, buses and parking lot trams. Guests will need to wear masks at all times while on Disney World transportation. Monorails and buses will have physical distancing including barriers to separate parties. The Skyliner will only load one party per gondola once it starts up again on July 15. The parking lot trams are currently not running. Entering the parks: Guests will scan their ticket, phone or MagicBand for entry. Biometrics like the fingerprint sensor are disabled for now.Cashless purchasing: Guests are being asked to use cashless forms of payment when dining and shopping. This includes credit cards, mobile payment and MagicBands.Cleaning: High-traffic areas in the parks will be cleaned more frequently, and hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout the theme parks for guests and cast members to use. Ride vehicles will be wiped down frequently.Incredi-Crew: A new category of cast members will be wearing brightly colored clothing. They're available to help with any questions about new procedures. Ground markings are placed at retail stores and attraction queues. Disney What's missing? What's still the same?Rides: Disney says "most attractions" will be open, including the new Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway roller coaster at Hollywood Studios.Parades: The traditional Disney World parades are canceled for now, [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ cho thuê xe ô tô tự lái] due to the risk of attracting a large crowd. Instead, the parks are doing cavalcades designed to "surprise and delight" guests. A few characters will pop up on a single float unannounced.Characters: You'll still be able to see Mickey and the Disney Princesses, but they'll be atop a cavalcade or boat, or in other physically distanced areas like platforms above walkways. No hugs or autographs for now.Fireworks: Canceled for now.Entertainment: Main Street Philharmonic at Magic Kingdom; Mariachi Cobre and the JAMMitors at Epcot; and Discovery Island Drummers at Animal Kingdom are returning.Epcot festivals: Epcot is blending its International Food and Wine Festival with its Flower and Garden Festival this year. Surprise cavalcades multiple times a day will replace parades. Disney How will dining at Disney work? Disney World's restaurants are also getting a COVID-19 overhaul. You'll need the My Disney Experience app -- through that, you can reserve dining, check in, browse menus and mobile order food. Guests can also scan a QR code to access a digital menu or even check in to a table-service restaurant. When you mobile order food now, instead of walking up to the service counter to let them know your order, you can tap "I'm here" in the app and head to the pick-up area after that. Tables will also be physically distanced and cleaned more frequently. Self-service options -- like buffets or self-serve coffee stations -- won't be available for now. It looks like character dining will still be available, but with reduced contact. Character dining will still be available, but at a distance. Disney The American Disney theme parks are among the last to reopen: Disneyland Shanghai opened May 11, followed by Hong Kong Disneyland on June 18 and Tokyo Disney on July 1, with plans to open Disneyland Paris on July 15 in line with Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Disneyland delayed its reopening due to California's lack of guidance on health and safety measures for theme parks as well as its inability to reach an agreement as of yet with the unions representing its cast members. The Downtown Disney shopping and dining area reopened on July 9 in line with California's restaurant and retail opening guidelines, however. COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, has [ ]. There are now [ ] globally. In the US, there have been [ 3 million cases confirmed and over 132,000 deaths], according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. A [ ]. Disney Parks news [/news/disney-world-plans-reopening-date-for-july-11-covid-19/ Disney World plans reopening date for July 11] [/health/disneyland-delays-its-july-17-reopening/ Disneyland delays its July 17 reopening] [/health/when-disneyland-disney-world-might-reopen-following-covid-19-closures/ Here's when Disney is reopening its global theme parks following COVID-19 closures]

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2020-07-22T06:27:24Z

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I felt that was what she was doing anyway.' The 57-year-old actor is being cross-examined on the fourth day of his libel trial at the High Court in London, where he is facing questions about alleged assault against his ex-wife in LA in 2016.[/tvshowbiz/johnny_depp/index.html ] [/tvshowbiz/johnny_depp/index.html Depp] today accused Amber Heard of drinking two bottles of wine a night, chopping up lines of cocaine for herself, secretly filming him, having an affair and irrationally flying off the handle if he did not feed her 'need for attention'. 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The audio recording taken by Amber Heard was yet another piece of evidence in her claims that he abused her on 14 separate occasions. The court was shown a photograph of Heard's bruised face after she claims Depp hurled a phone at her face as they argued over the so-called 'defecation incident' a month after the Hollywood legend decided to divorce his wife over the soiling of their bed. The actor told the court he believes that Heard, 34, was responsible for the defecation but under questioning admitted that it could have been her 'crass' trans activist friend iO Tillet Wright. He arrived at Heard's birthday party on April 21, 2016 around two hours late after receiving some bad news about his financial affairs from his accountants and smoking cannabis to relieve his stress. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-6ff59810-c2ca-11ea-bfce-3168174dc62b" website hears recording of Johnny Depp begging Amber Heard to cut him

What 39;s The Best Way To Transport An Exotic Car

2020-07-22T02:56:58Z

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If you have an exotic vehicle such as Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Bentley or a Porsche, you would not go and hire any random car shipping company that you see online. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); You would definitely go with the best exotic auto shipping services in the United States. If you love your car as much as we think you do, you won't compromise on it for even a single solitary second. What's the Best Way to Transport an Exotic Car? The best way to haul an exotic car is to hire an enclosed auto transport to ship your car to your desired location. Unlike any other method of transportation, enclosed auto transport is the only way to ensure the maximum guarantee of safety during transit without any setbacks. If you want your beloved car to deliver in the same condition as the way it was picked up, then only enclosed transport carrier would be able to provide that facility and within your budget. There are other methods of transportation such as open carrier transport, shipment by air and transport by sea. All of them have their flaws in shipping your exotic car. EIther they are extremely expensive or they won't guarantee the safe travel for your vehicle. We think both of them aren't good of an option for shipping exotic cars within the US soil. In the end, if you are looking to get your exotic car shipped within the country. We would highly advise you to hire an enclosed auto transport. What is White Glove Service in Car Shipping Service? White Glove Service is an expensive service related to shipping cars overseas and within borders of the United States. This type of shipment involves taking extra precautionary measures to haul your exotic car to its destination point. White Glove Service, in a nutshell, refers to the service where extremely careful handling procedures are undertaken to ship or transport goods from one place to the other. The goods shipped in this type of service will not have damages, scratches or even dust on the destination point. The goods or in this case, the car on the destination point will be inspected with putting on a white glove on one hand and touching the surface of the car with the white glove. To ensure that there isn't dust on the car. The closest white glove service provided is via a shipment in a container whether it may be used for enclosed transport, shipping car overseas in ocean freight container or by air in the container. In order to protect the vehicle or goods from any sort of debris on the road and outside elements. To ensure 100% safe and secured shipment guaranteed. What are the Types of Transport Options for Exotic Car? There are mainly two options for hiring exotic auto transport service within the United States. The transport service is hired when the distance is long and you don't want to be dozing off during transit. Open Transport This is the most common mode of shipping your car to the desired location. However, this isn't recommended for someone who needs to transport an exotic car. The reason is simple. An open carrier, which is obvious by its name is a trailer with no roof or walls covering and protecting the cars from the elements. They are exposed and vulnerable to the weather condition such as rain, heavy storms, [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ thuê xe ô tô giá rẻ tại hà nội] and snowfall. Not to mention the dust and road debris. Enclosed Transport This is the recommended mode of transport service if you are shipping an exotic car. Enclosed auto transport has a well-shut container, completely blocking all the outside elements. So, you don't have to worry about the bad weather conditions and the usual road debris when you hire an enclosed carrier. The cars are gingerly lifted with the hydraulic ramp from the ground and put it inside the container with extreme care and caution. In order to eliminate any chances of scratches on the car. That is very much similar to white glove service. This mode of transport is expensive. Nevertheless, if you want to ship your exotic car without any hassle or fuss, then it's probably the best way to transport to your desired location. Other Modes of Transportation of Cars There are few other modes of transportation cars. However, these services are hired when you're about to ship your exotic car outside or sometimes within the United States. Shipping By Sea There are various methods of [http://search.huffingtonpost.com/search?q=shipping%20exotic&s_it=header_form_v1 shipping exotic] cars via sea. There is a RORO method, where your car is rolled on to a ship and rolled off of it to the designated country or its port. Then there's hiring another exotic vehicle shipping service in a shipping container overseas. Similar to enclosed auto transport, this is also an expensive mode of transit. As it will be a personalized container that contains one or two vehicles to ship overseas. Transport by Air This is the most expensive way to move your exotic car whether overseas or within the United States. Hire this mode of transportation, if you have some serious amount of money and can easily afford the charges of air freights. The only perk of shipping your car by air is that it is the also fastest mode of transportation to anywhere in the US or the world. Auto Rail Transport It is the mode of auto transport service where instead of the carrier, a rail service is hired to transport your vehicle. It's mostly hired by because of it's fast delivery as the train doesn't get stopped due to roadblocks, bad weather, etc. There are two ways to hire exotic car transport service. Either you hire an open carrier or an enclosed one. The differences of similar to the differences auto transport by truck. The setbacks of hiring auto rail transport service are that they have a certain quota that they have to fulfill before they head on to shipping your car. Getting a Car Transport Insurance for Exotic Car When you owned a luxury, and exotic cars you're bound to its high maintenance. Everything matters in the shipment of your Exotic Vehicle. Therefore, you cannot make exceptions for insurance of vehicle shipping either. Owning an exotic car is probably one of biggest investments. It'd be a wise for you not to cut corners and do whatever it takes to protect your investment. Even though auto shipping carriers are liable to provide insurance for its freight. For being on the safe side, and to have a peace of mind, you have to ensure that the car shipping is providing the adequate amount of insurance or not. Most well-reputed auto hauling companies to provide the insurance of the total cargo's net worth. 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Trans Umbilical Breast Augmentation And Its Benefits

2020-07-21T23:58:26Z

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Trans-umbilical breast augmentation (or TUBA) is a procedure for inserting saline-filled breast implants, above or below the chest muscle, through a small incision in the belly button. It is the least invasive procedure as compared to other breast augmentation options and allows for the quickest recovery. After making a small incision at the navel, an instrument is used to create tunnels just below the skin up into the breast area. The position of the tunnels can be checked with an endoscope to ensure the the tunnel is above or below the chest muscle according to the preoperative plan. Once the [http://ms-jd.org/search/results/search&keywords=position/ position] is confirmed, a disposable breast implant (called a sizer) attached to a long fill tube is rolled up tightly and passed up the tunnel into position behind the breast. The sizer is inflated with air or saline. As it expands, it creates a pocket for the future implant. When the surgeon is satisfied that the pocket is adequate, the sizer is then deflated and removed. The final implant is then passed up the tunnel and inflated to the appropriate size with saline. The fill tube is removed and a few dissolvable stitches are used to close the incision. (function(d) [http://www.britannica.com/search?query=var%20params var params] = id: "40bee3df-d9fb-4917-a586-93cae2fc4afa", d: "c29vcGVyYXJ0aWNsZXMuY29t", wid: "370332", cb: (new Date()).getTime() ; var qs = Object.keys(params).reduce(function(a, k) a.push(k + '=' + encodeURIComponent(params[k])); return a,[]).join(String.fromCharCode(38)); var s = d.createElement('script'); s.type='text/javascript';s.async=true; var p = 'https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https' : 'http'; s.src = p + website + qs; d.getElementById("contentad370332").appendChild(s); )(document); Bandages placed around the breast following the TUBA procedure are removed the following day and the patient may shower immediately. The patient can wear a bra or not wear a bra. Most patients tend to prefer a sports bra initially. Non-strenuous activities can be resumed as soon as the patient feels up to it. Exercise, heavy lifting, and other strenuous activity can be resumed after two weeks. Some of the advantages of the TUBA procedure include a single, virtually undetectable scar which is located away from the breasts, a faster recovery, and less trauma to breast tissue. There is also less risk of damage to the nerves supplying sensation to the breast and nipple. As with other approaches, the patient should also be able to breastfeed following the TUBA procedure. Because it is a newer technique for breast augmentation, not many plastic surgeons offer the TUBA procedure. When searching for [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ thuê xe ô tô giá rẻ tại hà nội] a doctor to perform this operation, it is important to ensure that the doctor is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and has experience with this approach. It is always good to look at before/after pictures or talk to previous patients. The TUBA procedure is a quick and easy approach to putting in saline breast implants and down time is minimal. As with any operation, there are risks as well as benefits. These should be discussed with your doctor. This article was prepared on behalf of Dr. Edwin Pound ([ ][ ], Dr. Pound should be your first choice. Although Dr. Pound is an expert in many areas of plastic surgery, he is a world renowned expert in trans-umbilical breast augmentation and has performed the TUBA procedure more than any other plastic surgeon in the world. var CasaleArgs = new Object(); CasaleArgs.version = 2; CasaleArgs.adUnits = "2"; CasaleArgs.casaleID = 162193;

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2020-07-21T23:17:42Z

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Benchmarking is the best way to asses once business growth with its profit as well as its performances in the industrial beats. Sometime, this process becomes the best business appraisal for several companies. Benchmarking the business is the three dimensional process, and when you need to benchmark the business, you have to assess the qualities of the products or [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ thuê xe ô tô tự lái] the service, the cost of the company and the time that the company has taken to grow. In order to benchmark the business, you should improve some of the parts of a running business. These are- Improvement of transport efficiency Improvement of labour hire costs Improvement of the logistics processing Betterment of the freight forwarding Betterment of telecommunication sector Improvement of the energy efficiency Here let's talk about the transportation process in detail. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); How does the transportation system become effective for benchmarking? The procedure of transportation helps a company in benchmarking through various ways. For example, if the investor needs to cut the cost of freight forwarding, he needs to get the help of benchmarking as well. In order to benchmark the business, freight forwarding is one of the most vital matters indeed. Simultaneously, in order to send the freight from one place to another by air or ocean, improving transport efficiency is necessary. Also, in order to improve the transport efficiency, the investor needs to have proper kinds of transportation carriages. The transport efficiency is not only the matter of the transportation efficiency, but it also helps in freight forwarding [http://www.wired.com/search?query=process process]. The transportation efficiency means the transportation part of the business filed should try to provide its best services to the customers as well as concerning matters of sending the product goods from one place to another. With the purpose of processing logistics as well as improvising the freight movements from one place to another, improvement of the transportation system is chiefly required. Now, you have to know about the transport efficiency, it is not only deal with the matter of transportation efficiency that is explained but also deal with the matter of transporting people. The transportation efficiency always indicate the transportation sector that must always try to provide the best service to the people and the regarding matter of sending goods from one place to another. In order to processing logistics as well as improvising the movements of freight from one place to another, improvement of the transportation system is highly required. Therefore, you have to go through the process if you want to benchmark your business properly. Finally, it can be said that the improvement of the transportation process can surely help the companies to improve the benchmarking solutions in a right way. By [ ] with support of the expert' ideas, the investors of small and big companies can take their business to the new business height. For more information please visit us at - [ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();]

Hong Kong Tightens Social Distancing Again As Coronavirus Cases Rise

2020-07-21T21:35:48Z

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HONG KONG, July 13 (Reuters) - Hong Kong will tighten social distancing measures again from Wednesday amid growing worries about a third wave of coronavirus infections, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said. The government will limit group gatherings to four people -from 50 - a measure last seen during a second wave in March. Twelve types of establishments, including gyms and gaming centres, [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ thuê xe ô tô tự lái hà nội] must shut down for a week. Restaurants will only be allowed to give out takeaway after 6.00 p.m. The [http://www.cbsnews.com/search/?q=Chinese-ruled%20city Chinese-ruled city] recorded 52 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, including 41 that were locally transmitted, health authorities said. Since late January, Hong Kong has reported 1,522 cases and local media reported an eighth death on Monday. "Unless we have an effective vaccine which can be widely used in the community, we may need to co-exist with the virus for a period of time," Lam told a news conference on Monday. The measures were the result of a three-way tug of war between considerations related to public health, economic impact and social acceptability, she said. Lam also said civil servants will work flexible hours and that wearing face masks will be mandatory on public transport. Earlier on Monday, the organiser of the Hong Kong Book Fair, which draws about one million visitors annually, said the event due to start on Wednesday will be postponed to a later, unspecified date due to the coronavirus. At least three other July fairs and expos were also postponed. Hong Kong's Education Bureau on Friday announced the suspension of all schools from this week. (Reporting by Donny Kwok, Yanni Chow and Carol Mang; Writing by Marius Zaharia; Editing by Alex Richardson and Angus MacSwan)

Hong Kong Reimposes Social Distancing As Virus Cases Spike

2020-07-21T08:02:18Z

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2020-07-21T06:40:17Z

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Hong Kong Reimposes Social Distancing As Virus Cases Spike

2020-07-21T05:57:02Z

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Masks, which are already widely worn, are now mandatory on public transport in Hong Kong Hong Kong reimposed social distancing measures on Monday to combat a sudden spike in coronavirus infections, banning more than four people from gathering in public and requiring passengers to wear face masks on public transport or risk a US$650 fine. Some businesses will also be closed and restaurants restricted over when they can serve diners. The finance hub was one of the first places to be struck by the coronavirus when it emerged from central China. The city has had impressive success in tackling the disease with just over 1,400 infections and eight deaths. In the last two months, local transmissions had all but ended. However, in the last two weeks a cluster of 180 local infections has emerged and officials believe the disease is spreading undetected in the densely populated city of 7.5 million. On Monday, city leader Carrie Lam announced fresh anti-virus measures. Alongside a ban on more than four people gathering in public, restaurants will only be able to serve takeaway food from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am, however they can still serve those eating in for [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ cho thuê xe ô tô] breakfast and lunch. Twelve types of businesses including bars, pubs, gyms, beauty salons, nightclubs and karaoke venues must close. Hong Kongers have widely adopted face masks to deal with the pandemic but on Monday authorities made wearing face coverings on public transport mandatory for the first time. Those who refuse to wear masks face a HK$5,000 ($650) fine. "This is a time for tightening," Lam told reporters, adding the measures would be reviewed every seven days. The [http://www.empowher.com/search/site/announcement announcement] is a new [http://dict.leo.org/?search=body%20blow body blow] to the city's economy, which was already mired in recession before the pandemic hit. Last year Hong Kong was battered by both the increasingly aggressive US-China trade war and seven straight months of huge and often violent pro-democracy protests. Health secretary Sophia Chan said officials were trying to "strike a balance" between social distancing and keeping businesses open. Earlier in the day officials announced a 95-year-old woman had died of coronavirus, the city's eighth victim. Police also said a South Korean man who tested positive for the virus jumped out of a moving minibus as he was being taken to compulsory quarantine. Police later detained the man.

Emma Watson Flashes A Coy Smile While Lingerie Shopping In London

2020-07-21T04:50:43Z

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2020-07-21T02:02:55Z

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Feminist academic Raquel Rosario Sanchez doesn't shy away from writing about ugly stuff. She deals with prostitution, coercion and intimidation. When she started her PhD on women and violence at Bristol University just over two years ago, Raquel felt lucky to be exploring these complex issues in a supportive and (she says, pointedly) ‘grown-up' academic environment. She certainly didn't imagine she'd end up being threatened with violence herself — nor that the university she so respected would, she claims, utterly fail to protect her. For after attending a single meeting of a [http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=feminist feminist] organisation, she found herself caught in the so-called ‘TERF war' between women's rights campaigners and transgender activists. The term TERF stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, and is shorthand for women who are deemed unwilling to recognise trans women as sisters. Raquel Rosario Sanchez, 30, (pictured) reflected on getting caught in the so-called ‘TERF war' between women's rights campaigners and transgender activist, while doing a PhD on women and violence at Bristol University The slur was used against Raquel — and as a result she was threatened and hounded online, simply for what she insists is ‘doing my job'. ‘If someone like me cannot work without fear of intimidation, what message does it send?' says Raquel, 30. ‘On social media I have read that I should be punched. Trans activists have called me scum, trash, bigot — and targeted every feminist event I've participated in. There have been protesters in balaclavas. It's a campaign of vilification.' She claims her feminist student society has been required by the university to hire its own private security guards to host speakers on campus. ‘Isn't that insane?' says Raquel. ‘The university authorities have behaved appallingly. They let this happen.' 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Some feminist campaigners argue that allowing self-identification is dangerous as it could potentially be abused by men to gain access to female-only spaces. Author JK Rowling (pictured) was branded a TERF after defending the notion that the sex we're born with cannot be chosen Last month, author JK Rowling became the latest high-profile person to be branded a TERF after defending the notion that while gender can be chosen, the sex we're born with cannot. Her views led to an extraordinary spat, drawing in everyone from crime writer Stephen King to Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe, and even broadcaster Jonathan Ross (who came out in support of Rowling, only to bow out of the debate after his daughter gave him a stern talking to). This week, Rowling was one of 150 high-profile signatories to an open letter denouncing what they called such examples of ‘public shaming' and saying it threatened freedom of speech. Britain's university campuses are among the most intense battlegrounds in this war, with some fearing pressure from the trans lobby encourages academic institutions to abandon free speech. The Students' Union at Bristol voted for a blanket ban on feminist speakers deemed to hold 'transphobic' views, amid the controversy over Raquel. Pictured: Transgender activists in London In 2018, amid the controversy over Raquel, the Students' Union at Bristol became one of the first to vote for a blanket ban on feminist speakers it deemed held ‘transphobic' views. Previously, veteran lesbian activist Linda Bellos was due to speak at Cambridge University, but a college feminist society revoked the invitation after she said she would be questioning trans politics. Raquel's story began three years ago when she left her native Dominican Republic for Bristol University's Centre for Gender and Violence Research. She had completed a Master's Degree in women, gender and sexuality studies and worked on women's refuges at the Dominican Ministry for Women. She arrived in the UK in November 2017. Keen to get to know others in her field, she attended a couple of conferences in Gloucester where she met a feminist writer arranging a meeting in Bristol for an organisation called Woman's Place UK (WPUK). A range of experts would discuss gender identity, safe spaces for women and other issues revolving around proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The previous Conservative government, under Theresa May, had drawn up proposals to allow people to change their birth certificates without a medical diagnosis. It was a political and social hot potato — and, Raquel argues, a fascinating issue, from an academic viewpoint. Raquel (pictured) said that she hoped to get to know people in her field, when she attended a WPUK meeting The WPUK meeting would examine the proposed changes, and particularly the impact on single-sex spaces such as female refuges. Would Raquel like to be involved, even to chair the meeting? ‘I thought it was a good way of getting to know people in my field. It happens all the time — a group of middle-aged women meet up for a conference.' Except critics identified WPUK as a hate group, claiming it uses its feminist label as a cover for bashing transgender rights. Raquel insists not. ‘Any changes to the law, as were under discussion at the time, impact on women's hard-won rights. This needs to be talked about. Why is it transphobic to say so?' Indeed, the proposed changes proved so contentious that leaks over the summer suggest the current Government may quietly ditch them. Still, just being involved with WPUK was enough to kickstart two years of misery for Raquel. ‘Even though I did not even speak at the meeting, it started the whole thing off.' First, activists wrote an open letter opposing the event. Raquel's name on the publicity material meant complaints were directed at university authorities, too. Raquel (pictured) filed a formal complaint to the university after hundreds of activists online began inviting people to be violent towards those who had attended the WPUK meeting ‘This was two weeks after I started at the university. Soon hundreds of people were involved. It was online at first, but it was horrifying. They were inviting people to come and punch us, to throw eggs, recommending physical violence. What I was watching was the normalisation of the abuse of women. In a democracy, that shouldn't happen.' So the week before the meeting on February 8, 2018, Raquel filed a formal complaint to the university. The meeting itself went ahead without incident — protesters could not find the location, she says, so instead congregated with placards in Bristol city centre. The university seemed to agree there were questions to answer, and started disciplinary action against two activists, claiming the open letter contained ‘false information', was an attempt to ‘suppress free speech' and ‘brought the university into disrepute'. One investigated was a fellow PhD student called Nicci Shall, who also goes by the name Nic Aaron. At the time, Nic and Raquel shared an academic supervisor. Nic — who uses the pronoun ‘they' and the gender-neutral title Mx — is a high-profile trans activist. Raquel's supporters claim the student was in a group involved in hijacking another Bristol feminist meeting in April 2018. Raquel claims every feminist meeting she attended over the next 18 months was targeted by activists, leaving her feeling intimidated A protester (who some attendees claim was Mx Aaron) took exception to being called ‘she', shouting: ‘She?! I'm not she, you f***ing c***! My pronouns are they.' That protester was later removed by police, but the disturbing scenes were captured for a Channel 4 documentary. Such strength of feeling was, however, not a one-off. Over the next 18 months, Raquel claims, every feminist meeting she attended — around seven — was targeted. ‘Somehow they always found out where we would be. I felt intimidated. There were people in masks, which is ridiculous —especially when I knew they had been advised to deal with terfs by punching them and throwing eggs. Online messages would say: "Punish them. Give them hell." One meeting, in May 2019, was disrupted by an activist ‘wearing head-to-toe black, plus a balaclava'. Security escorted the protester out, but this, Raquel suggests, was a sign things had gone too far. ‘At protests, the university would have campus security, but also a police presence, to protect staff from their own students. How is that normal?' How you quantify what ‘abuse' Raquel suffered is tricky. She was not physically attacked. Much of the targeting online was not directed at her as an individual. Supporters of Mx Aaron were outraged by the university's (pictured) decision to investigate Raquel's complaint But it's clear she did feel under threat and she has documentation which shows the university authorities were aware of this. On the other hand, the trans community clearly felt aggrieved too. Trans activists maintain they have a right to protest — and supporters of Mx Aaron were outraged by the university's decision to investigate Raquel's complaint at all. If anything, the protests intensified over time. An online campaign accused Bristol of transphobia, alleging Nic had been threatened with expulsion, something the university denies. Having started proceedings, the university seemed unsure how to proceed. At the first hearing, Raquel was cross-examined by the defendant's barrister despite being advised by the university that she wouldn't require legal representation. Nic Aaron's barrister was Raj Chada, Labour Party politician and one of the country's leading criminal defence lawyers, who specialises in defending protesters, notably the Extinction Rebellion activists and the UK Uncut protesters who occupied Fortnum & Mason. Then, halfway through and before Nic was questioned, the hearing was halted, then postponed twice before being dropped altogether. The vagaries of Bristol's disciplinary process are not public, but Raquel's criticism is that it was protracted, unfair and not transparent. Raquel revealed that she's still a target of bullying and feels she can't do anything to stop it. Pictured: Trans activists protesting She also claims the months of delay gave the trans lobby time to continue its campaign against her. Even the disciplinary hearings were not immune from protests. ‘The university lawyer walked me out so I wouldn't have to walk through that alone, and I had to arrange for a friend to pick me up.' Finally, last summer, Raquel was horrified to be informed by the university that, after 18 months, it had terminated the disciplinary process. ‘They didn't decide there was no case to answer. ‘They concluded the investigation after deciding there was a case to answer. ‘They said they had decided to terminate "for reasons unrelated to the merits of the case",' she explains. ‘I asked what that meant and they couldn't tell me. To me, it looks like they decided to bow to pressure and just hope the situation goes away. But it hasn't gone away for me.' She says she is still a target of bullying and feels she can do nothing to stop it. ‘The biggest responsibility lies with the University of Bristol. By deciding not to get involved, the university is effectively saying "we are not going to protect our student".' Raquel (pictured) claims that her entire academic career is under threat because she stood up for what she believes in Amid the stress, her studies suffered, she claims, and she failed to achieve the targets necessary to receive funding. ‘My whole academic career is under threat — because I stood up for what I believe in.' This, she says now, has brought her to the conclusion that legal action is the only way forward. She has some convincing allies. Dr Emma Williamson, Head of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research (and her PhD supervisor), made a public statement condemning the way Raquel's complaint was handled. ‘As members of staff we cannot in good faith advise students to have confidence in the university's own complaints procedures if they do not deal with complaints in a timely, safe, transparent and fair way. I do not know what I can honestly say to a student in future who is making a complaint about being bullied and who is fearful of their safety.' Raquel's solicitor Peter Daly, of Slater and Gordon, said: ‘Every student has the right to pursue their education in an environment safe from bullying and harassment. Our client argues she was not granted this right.' Nic Aaron was offered an opportunity to take part in this article, and declined. A spokesperson for the University of [http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/_search?q=Bristol Bristol] said: ‘If Ms Sanchez has concerns about how the university has handled these matters, she may seek review through the Office of the Independent Adjudicator or take legal action if she considers it appropriate. Our internal processes are confidential and therefore we are unable to comment further.' Raquel insists going to court is the only route left. ‘These protesters want me, and everyone like me, to shut up, [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ cho thuê xe ô tô tự lái] but they can't bully us all into silence.'

Prince Of Wales Visits A Holiday Business In The Country

2020-07-20T23:43:09Z

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The Prince of Wales met staff at a travel and holiday business in Wales in his first engagement in the country since the coronavirus lockdown Prince Charles, 71, visited family-run Edwards Coaches in Abercynon in Mountain Ash, south Wales, today During the visit, the royal was also told how the business had been hit during the Covid-19 pandemic and that it expects major losses for the next financial year. His last official engagements in Wales were on February 21, including a visit to Pontypridd town centre after it was badly affected by the floods. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/femail/article-8482999/No-staycations-High-society-sets-summer-holidays.html The great society getaway! 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He heard how staff had helped residents from 90 homes to safety after devastating flooding in nearby Nantgarw in February Charles was introduced to around 20 members of staff at Edwards Coaches by managing director Jason Edwards. He first met Ian Evans, 35, a transport supervisor, who spoke of the devastation caused to Nantgarw during the Storm Dennis floods. 'We were part of the evacuation team for the floods and I was explaining how emotional it was to see the devastation and how rewarding it was also to be part of it and see the whole community pulling together,' Mr Evans said. 'He asked me how I felt about it and how the emergency services were. I said they were second-to-none.' The staff helped transport residents from their flooded homes to Llantrisant, where a crisis centre was set up. Charles, who is among the first royals to begin picking up royal engagements again in recent weeks, was seen keeping a safe social distance as he chatted with staff During the visit, the royal was also told how the business had been hit during the Covid-19 pandemic and that it expects major losses for the next financial year Nicholas Evans, 45, a local bus driver, told Charles how he had been due to drive to the depot to start his usual route on the day of the flooding in Nantgarw. 'I had a phone call saying 'ignore the route, get to Nantgarw as soon as possible',' he said. 'Within 10 minutes we were over there. It was devastating. There was eight-10 feet of water but the residents were all in good spirits.' Keiron Evans, 58, another driver, told Charles he had been due to start a 10-day holiday when he heard about the floods and went straight to help. 'He was asking me what it was like in Nantgarw that morning,' Mr Evans said. 'I said it was heartbreaking, especially seeing the pensioners coming out. That really upset me.' Nigel Owens, 45, who works for Edwards Coaches, told Charles his wife Angela works as a theatre nurse at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. 'He was asking me about how she has coped through Covid-19 regarding her personal protective equipment (PPE),' Mr Owens said. 'Her face is badly bruised from it all but she has never complained once. She loves her job; she has been there 11 years.' Mr Owens organised nine coaches from Edwards Coaches to travel to the hospital and show support for the staff during one of the Clap for Carers Thursday night events, which he described as 'emotional'. Jason Edwards, managing director of Edwards Coaches, described the visit by Charles as 'incredible'. 'It was such an honour and a privilege for someone like him to come to a small family business from a small community in south Wales,' Mr Edwards said. 'He asked us about the impact of Covid-19. It has been horrendous. 'He did ask about whether we are seeing the possible signs of recovery, which we are starting to see. 'We've had a lot of people wanting to book coach holidays as soon as they can.' Mr Edwards said the business had been risk-assessed for Covid-19, has limited capacity on coaches by at least 50%, increased cleaning and provided hand sanitiser on board as well as installed purifying air conditioners. 'We will come back stronger for it, but it has been really tough,' he added. Charles was introduced to around 20 members of staff at Edwards Coaches by managing director Jason Edwards His last official engagements in Wales were on February 21, including a visit to Pontypridd town centre after it was badly affected by the floods Dressed in a grey suit, lilac blouse with a matching flower and toting an umbrella, Charles looked upbeat during the visit Speaking at another engagement in their busy diary last week, Charles and Camilla were chatting with some of the 700 workers at an Asda distribution centre in Bristol, when the duchess made the rare comment about stepping away from public life. During the socially-distanced visit yesterday, which took place in a marquee outside the main building, the couple spoke with Richard Sigward, 74, a warehouse operator who has been working at Asda for 17 years and refuses to retire. 'The duchess was saying to me she definitely agrees that if people can work and are happy to do it, they should carry on,' Mr Sigward said. 'She said she refuses to retire herself. The prince was the same.' The comments seem to put paid to any suggestion that Prince Charles would consider stepping aside and to let Prince William become King, despite being the oldest heir apparent in the history of the British monarchy. It comes after a royal biographer claimed last month that the Queen's reign is 'effectively over' due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the virus 'practically putting Charles on the throne'. Not raining on his parade! Charles kept upbeat despite the rain as he moved onto a hospital visit Prince Charles arrives to meet with members of staff from Prince Charles Hospital, who have been on the frontline during the coronavirus disease Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story, which exposed the failed marriage of Charles and the Princess of Wales in 1992, said coronavirus has 'done more damage to the monarchy than Oliver Cromwell'. 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Ricky Gervais Has Slammed cancel Culture And Said His Hit TV Show The Office Would Struggle To Air Today Due To Online outrage Mobs

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Quarantine Caused 7 Per Cent Drop In Passengers Flying To Heathrow

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A new wave of what has been termed by some as anti-white prejudice is causing writers, directors and producers to fear they will never work again. One described the current atmosphere as 'more toxic than Chernobyl', with leading actors afraid to speak out amid concern they will be labelled racist. The first sign came with one of the most powerful black directors in Hollywood, Oscar-winning Jordan Peele - the man behind box office hits such as Get Out and Us - stated in public that he did not want to hire a leading man who was white. 'I don't see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie,' Peele said. 'Not that I don't like white dudes. But I've seen that movie before.' As one studio executive responded privately: 'If a white director said that about hiring a black actor, their career would be over in a heartbeat.' Few doubt it. Peele is more vocal than most about his hiring policy, but his outlook is increasingly widespread. Dozens of producers, writers and actors have spoken to The Mail on Sunday about the wave of 'reverse racism' pulsing through the industry. speaking on condition of anonymity, the executive confirmed that the climate is now toxic for any 'white, middle-aged man in showbusiness'. Their careers, 'are pretty much over'. They continued: 'We're only [http://www.sharkbayte.com/keyword/hiring%20people hiring people] of colour, women or LGBT to write, star, produce, operate the cameras, work in craft services. If you are white, you can't speak out because you will instantly be branded 'racist' or condemned for 'white privilege'. The first sign came with one of the most powerful black directors in Hollywood, Oscar-winning Jordan Peele - the man behind box office hits such as Get Out and Us - stated in public that he did not want to hire a leading man who was white 'The pendulum has swung so far, everyone is paralysed with fear by the idea anything you say could be misinterpreted and your career ended instantly. There are a lot of hushed conversations going on, but publicly everyone is desperate to be seen to be promoting diversity and too terrified to speak out. It's imploding: a total meltdown.' The failure to nominate actors of colour for the Oscars has been seen as a stain on Hollywood in recent years. But there are fears that the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction - and that the movie and TV industries are 'on the edge of a collective nervous breakdown'. The latest buzzword in Tinseltown is 'Bipoc' - an acronym for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour - and 'Menemy', which means a white, male enemy of the diversity movement. 'Everyone wants to be able to check all the boxes for each new hire,' according to one Oscar-nominated insider. 'Directors normally have a say about who is in their project. Not any more. It's all about 'Bipoc hiring'. And it's coming directly from the heads of the studios who know their jobs are on the line. White middle-aged men are collateral damage. They are the Menemy.' Nathan Lee Bush: ‘Anyone who dares speak up is cancelled' An actor in his 50s who has worked on some of the biggest shows of the past 20 years described how, during a recent audition, the casting director told him he was 'perfect for the part' but that they had been instructed to hire 'a person of colour' for the role. 'I get it, I really do,' the actor said. 'I understand Hollywood still has a long way to go before people of colour are properly represented on screen but how am I supposed to pay my mortgage, put food on the table? Everyone is terrified. And you can't say anything because then you set yourself up for public crucifixion.' Dismissing such complaints, however quietly expressed, Selma director Ava DuVernay, now one of the most powerful black women in Hollywood, wrote on Twitter: 'Everyone has a right to their opinion. And we - black producers with hiring power - have the right not to hire those who diminish us. 'So, to the white men in this thread… if you don't get that job you were up for, kindly remember… bias can go both ways. This is 2020 speaking.' It might seem an irony, then, that Hollywood has long been seen as the heart of liberal America. Leading figures from the industry have a reputation for lecturing the world on issues of human rights, diversity and the environment, from George Clooney's campaign to end the genocide in Darfur to Leonardo DiCaprio's missives on global warming. But 'wokeness' is not only increasingly pervasive, it seems impossible to navigate. Killing Eve's Jodie Comer - celebrated for playing a bisexual assassin - last week faced intense criticism on social media for dating US sportsman James Burke, said to be a card-carrying Trump supporter, solely on the basis that he supported the President. And Halle Berry had to apologise for 'considering' taking on the role of a transgender man in a forthcoming film project (instead of leaving it to a real transgender man). Such is the culture shift that one studio is now preparing to shoot a film with an all-black cast and crew - a project which should normally give cause for celebration. Selma director Ava DuVernay, now one of the most powerful black women in Hollywood, wrote on Twitter: 'Everyone has a right to their opinion. And we - black producers with hiring power - have the right not to hire those who diminish us. 'So, to the white men in this thread… if you don't get that job you were up for, kindly remember… bias can go both ways. This is 2020 speaking.' But when a white woman, a highly respected executive, was tasked to 'oversee' the production on location, she was told she would receive no on-screen credit. A source from the studio behind the project said: 'The kids making the film are fresh, great new talent. But they are kids. None of them are over 25. Most of them have never been on a movie set, let alone a movie which costs $20 million. They don't know the basics about how union rules work, about taking regular breaks or how long you can shoot in a day. We need to protect our investment and make sure they get up on time and shoot what they need. Otherwise, we could have a multi-million- dollar train out of control. 'We're sending this woman, who is brilliant, to run things on the ground. But she won't get any title credit. People won't admit it, they can't admit it, but reverse racism is definitely going on. You could argue that it's a good thing, that this swinging of the pendulum so far the other way is only fair after years of white privilege. But at what cost? Surely it is best for everyone if people are hired on the basis of talent and ability? I can tell you, we are hiring people based purely on their ethnicity, gender and social-media profiles. 'If you are brown and female and gay then come on in. We're all getting diversity training. We're walking on eggshells during every Zoom meeting. It's got to the point where, if there's a person of colour in the meeting, we can't hang up before they do, for fear of it being considered offensive.' One film editor who did dare to speak out has seen his career all but destroyed. Nathan Lee Bush, who has shot commercials for corporations such as Budweiser and Nike, criticised a post on a private Facebook group which read: 'I NEED AN EDITOR! Looking for Black Union Editors.' Leading figures from the industry have a reputation for lecturing the world on issues of human rights, diversity and the environment, from George Clooney's campaign to end the genocide in Darfur to Leonardo DiCaprio's missives on global warming Bush, who is white, described the advert as 'anti-white racism' and wrote: 'Look what we're asked to tolerate. The people openly and proudly practising racism are the ones calling everyone racist to shut them down, and anyone who dares to speak up is cancelled, their livelihood and dreams stripped from them by a baying mob.' But voicing his concerns proved disastrous. One of Bush's main clients, the US restaurant chain Panera Bread, vowed never to work with him again and Bush has since been forced to apologise. 'I was literally just playing a video game when I casually wrote those words,' he said later. 'All I was trying to say is: 'Is the antidote to past discrimination based on skin colour more retributive discrimination based on skin colour?' I should have, however, realised this was not the time to bring it up. To anyone I offended, I'm very sorry.' It has taken several tumultuous years for this perfect storm to gather. It began with the scandal over Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. Now, as one insider puts it, the industry faces a 'tsunami which has turned everything upside down'. Some will say the change is overdue as, for all the warm words, Hollywood remains a privileged enclave. Just five years ago, lack of diversity at the annual Academy Awards ceremony spawned the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. While last year's box office hits - films such as Black Panther, Get Out and Crazy Rich Asians - were a huge success, their casts, predominantly black and Asian, were not represented in the major acting awards. This year's winners - Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger and Laura Dern - were all white. Then came Black Lives Matter spawned in the wake of protests over the killing of George Floyd in May after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Demonstrations were held across America, the Confederate flag was burned and 'racist' statues toppled - while along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, protesters mingled with the (predominantly white) stars immortalised on the sidewalks. Studios including Disney, Warner Bros, CBS and Netflix have shared messages of support for the BLM movement, and have vowed to spend millions to promote diversity and inclusion. New York Times writer Reggie Ugwu said: 'The industry is in the clutches of an extremely public identity crisis in which the fresh, multicultural image it aspires to is undermined by the observable evidence.' But while the intentions are undoubtedly good, many fear it will have the opposite effect. One Emmy Award-nominated white writer said: 'I've never known people so fearful. Houses are being put up for sale. People are moving out because even when things get back to normal after the pandemic there's going to be no work.' 'It's about fairness,' another writer said. 'I've spent the past three years mentoring young, black writers. But now I'm out of a job and it's nothing to do with my abilities as a writer. People think of Hollywood as a place where dreams come true but for people like me, it's turned into a nightmare.' Now the army of overgrown babies who say everyone must think like them are invading our bedrooms, says DOUGLAS MURRAY after the attempt to 'cancel' Killing Eve star Jodie ComerDo you believe in thought crime? In picking people off, one by one, till everybody agrees with just a single point of view? Each week, we see this world come a little closer. Many of the victims are famous. But people who are not remotely well known are writing to me every week to say that they, too, now fear for their livelihoods. Still more are keeping their heads down, fearing what will happen if they dare to speak out against the dogmas of the time and the new totalitarians who promote them. There's been a steadily rising tide of conformity in recent years. Increasingly, we have been told what we are allowed to say, hear, see and know. Swarming over the internet, the Left-wing mob is waging a campaign to silence dissenting voices and get free-thinking people removed from their jobs. And they have succeeded. Now the wokerati want to enter the bedroom and say who we may sleep with, too. Take last week's attempt to 'cancel' the Killing Eve actress Jodie Comer. Her crime? Nothing she has said or thought. Killing Eve actress Jodie Comer is pictured with new boyfriend James Burke. Mr Burke is alleged to be a registered Republican and a Donald Trump supporter. Cue an internet meltdown and a demand by activists that Comer be prevented from working again. It's ludicrous Instead, the online trolls had been enraged to discovered who she is dating. The supposed culprit is an American lacrosse player called James Burke. His crime? Mr Burke is alleged to be a registered Republican and a Donald Trump supporter. Cue an internet meltdown and a demand by activists that Comer be prevented from working again. It's ludicrous. How can anyone demand that we restrict ourselves to partners who are in 100 per cent ideological alignment with the views of a Left-wing sect? The bullying of inoffensive Jodie Comer might be a new low, but I've seen it coming for some time. Two years ago, a 26-year-old racing driver called Conor [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ thuê xe ô tô ở hà nội] Daly lost his sponsors because of something said in the 1980s. Daly competes in the full-blooded series run by Nascar - the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing - which is much-loved in the southern USA. Yet consider this: Daly was not alive at the time of the alleged offence. How had he mis-spoken before he'd even been born? The answer is he hadn't. Daly lost his sponsorship because his racing driver father was alleged to have made a racial slur three decades earlier. And there was no reprieve. Daly competes in the full-blooded series run by Nascar - the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing - which is much-loved in the southern USA. Yet consider this: Daly was not alive at the time of the alleged offence. How had he mis-spoken before he'd even been born? The answer is he hadn't. Daly lost his sponsorship because his racing driver father was alleged to have made a racial slur three decades earlier. The pair are pictured above This totalitarian instinct has crept up on us with amazing ease. It is the product of a vindictive Leftism which used only to reside on certain US university campuses. Yet today, boosted hugely by the internet, this half-baked ideology, tribal and dogmatic, obsessed with the language of racial, sexual and gender politics, is running riot. All decent attitudes, not least the British idea of fair play, have been driven out. It is perfectly normal to have a point of view and argue it. It is perfectly fine to dislike and even disdain some ideas. Who doesn't? But no one has the right to get people fired or made unemployable because of views that differ from their own, let alone because of their partner's views. That is neither democratic nor acceptable. It is fascism. Red fascism, but fascism all the same. It is important we face up to this. Extremism can occur on all political sides. Every political and religious movement can become a focus for bitter people and radical malcontents. But in our age, the bullying totalitarians come from an ever-more assertive political Left. Take last week's letter to Harper's magazine, signed by 153 artists, writers, and scholars. The letter called for an end to 'cancel culture' which sees online mobs trying to intimidate and 'de-platform' people simply because of their views. As it happens, the letter was Left-leaning, including the compulsory attack on President Trump. The signatories, likewise, were almost all from the Left, suggesting little interest in 'reaching across the aisle'. But the sentiments were hard to disagree with - or so you might have thought. The luminaries named at the bottom of the letter were picked off one by one. Did they know they were signing their name alongside the appalling 'transphobe' J. K. Rowling? Did they know a solitary conservative, George W Bush's former speechwriter, David Frum, had signed the letter? Soon enough, some signatories were apologising for signing in the first place. At a certain stage of growing up, most of us come to understand that worldwide agreement with our own set of personally held views is not achievable, even if it were desirable. Which it isn't. Today, however, we are dealing with an army of overgrown babies who never did make that realisation. They never did learn that the world is diverse in its opinions. At university, they were told something positively dangerous: that people who disagree with them are not merely wrong, not merely ignorant, they are ill-informed bigots. And that, in order to achieve justice, these people must be cleared out of the way. The world these activists are creating is vengeful and vicious, and increasingly dull. Last week, a clip from a recent BBC comedy show, The Mash Report, was posted online. Even for those of us who long ago gave up bothering trying to find anything funny on the BBC, it was jaw-droppingly awful. It included a segment of two unfunny comedians agreeing with each other in an unfunny manner. At one stage the female comedian declared 'free speech is now basically a way adult people can say racist stuff without any consequences'. There was no hint of irony. Wrong-headed certainty like this is ruining comedy like much else, as Ricky Gervais said just a few days ago. Who would dare to make a dangerous joke today? Much safer to make political sermons on the BBC under the guise of 'humour'. At one stage the female comedian declared 'free speech is now basically a way adult people can say racist stuff without any consequences'. There was no hint of irony. Wrong-headed certainty like this is ruining comedy like much else, as Ricky Gervais said just a few days ago Some people - especially if they are white and male - think the best way to get through this madness is to shut their eyes and swear allegiance to the big lies and presumptions of the time. They have seen how the mob comes for anyone who says something controversial. Today, charities, public sector bodies and whole corporations are increasingly filled with people who have been told what to say and what to believe. Some have been told by their bosses what books they should read - a sinister development. Last month I received a leaked letter sent out by an NHS boss in Birmingham. She had told those working under her to read four books on 'white privilege' so they could 'correct' their attitudes. This is wrong, and people should stand against it while we have the chance. The woke warriors might like it were we to live in a dictatorship run by them. But we don't - not yet, at any rate. We live in a democracy. One in which people have the right to voice their opinions and still have the right to date free-minded individuals who disagree with the mob. The bullies want to stop the rest of us talking or thinking. It's time the rest of us answered back. What it feels like to be CANCELLED: It's the mob's weapon of choice - trying to take away their victim's livelihood - it's even happened to the cartoonist for the Communist Morning Star and the organiser of a gay pride parade By Nick Craven for the Mail on Sunday The Chinese used to have a brutal remedy for those who transgressed the teachings of Chairman Mao. The rebels were dragged to so-called 'struggle sessions' where they were subjected to vicious abuse from an audience of true believers. Offenders who failed to give grovelling apologies for their misguided views were, at the very least, shunned by society. In other words, 'cancelled'. The online mob so keen to erase Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling for taking a stand on transgender politics now uses a similarly ugly tactic to silence dissenters. Never mind the subtleties of Rowling's case, denouncing her is all that counts. What does it feel like to find yourself at the bottom of an internet 'pile-on'? The Mail on Sunday spoke to some of the victims of 'cancel culture' to find out [File photo] The trans debate is only one front in a cultural war between strident activists - many of them Left-wing - and those who dare to disagree with them. Other recent battlegrounds have included race, Brexit and immigration. Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union, who receives daily requests from people who have been - or fear they will be - 'cancelled', compares the prevailing atmosphere to some of history's darkest episodes. 'What's disturbing about cancel culture is that we've seen it so many times before - in 17th Century Salem, in Paris after the French Revolution, in America during the McCarthy era, in China in the 1960s,' he said. 'It's as if a group of people are re-enacting some of the worst moments in human history, but because they're not actually killing anyone they think it's okay.' But what does it feel like to find yourself at the bottom of an internet 'pile-on'? The Mail on Sunday spoke to some of the victims of 'cancel culture' to find out. The left-wing cartoonistCivil servant Stella Perrett had supplied edgy cartoons for the Communist Morning Star newspaper for years until February 2020 when she found that being on the Left is no protection against cancellation. A lifelong feminist, she had strong views about 'self-identifying' trans women being allowed into female-only spaces such as domestic violence refuges and toilets. She wanted to highlight the dangers of the 'pledge' by three women candidates in the Labour leadership contest backing self-identification to be enshrined in law, so she drew a cartoon of a crocodile sliding into a bathing pool and telling several worried newts: 'Don't worry your pretty little heads! I'm transitioning as a newt!' Civil servant Stella Perrett had supplied edgy cartoons for the Communist Morning Star newspaper for years until February 2020 when she found that being on the Left is no protection against cancellation Ms Perrett, 60, also included a note for publication explaining that when she was a girl, she was convinced that she was really a boy, but realises now it was just a phase. She wondered whether in the present climate she would have been encouraged to change sex, with disastrous consequences. The Morning Star didn't run her note, but it did publish the cartoon - and faced a ferocious backlash led on social media by Guardian columnist Owen Jones, who described it as 'vicious'. A lifelong feminist, she had strong views about 'self-identifying' trans women being allowed into female-only spaces such as domestic violence refuges and toilets Others joined the fray, including members of trade unions who bankroll the Morning Star, which has a dwindling circulation of a few thousand copies. Without informing Ms Perrett - who is disabled by a condition called Erb's palsy - the Morning Star immediately published an apology, but some of the bigger unions, including Unison, were unhappy even after that. According to some insiders, there was even talk of pulling the plug on the ailing newspaper, so within days came a much longer 600-word apology to its readers and a promise to the unions behind the scenes not to use Ms Perrett again. A phone call from the police followed after a 'hate crime' was reported and recorded, but the police confirmed yesterday that no further action was taken. Then, someone in the PCS civil servants' union, for which Ms Perrett was an unpaid official, started baying for her to be kicked out of her post. She was summoned to a disciplinary hearing. 'I was close to retirement, and while I loved my union work, I just decided to stand down,' Ms Perrett told The Mail on Sunday. 'The whole thing was tremendously stressful. I felt very let down by the paper and by the union. They both threw me under the bus. 'Cartoons are supposed to be edgy - even offensive - to provoke debate, but these days some people seem to want to stifle views which are different from their own.' The Morning Star declined to comment. The radio talk show hostManx Radio presenter Stuart Peters was last month suspended, following an argument with a listener on-air during which the broadcaster said he had not benefited from white privilege. Manx Radio presenter Stuart Peters was last month suspended, following an argument with a listener on-air during which the broadcaster said he had not benefited from white privilege It followed a blog post by Mr Peters, 65, in which he had stated 'white lives matter' in response to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests. He said his suspension, following complaints from 13 people but also messages of support from 27 listeners, amounted to an 'Orwellian attempt at mind and speech control'. A few weeks later, he was cleared by the Isle of Man's Communications Commission, which said that while it considered his comments insensitive, they were not made to 'stir up racial hatred' and did not breach its broadcasting code. Mr Peters returned earlier this month, but in a somewhat muzzled form, with the phone-in section of his show voluntarily removed. He said: 'I believe that the vast majority of people are kind, considerate and open-minded, and I fully intend to ensure that their voices are heard. 'But I will not expose myself, Manx Radio or anyone else to the comments and abuse of the last three weeks, and have asked the station to remove the live phone-in element of my show'. The gay pride parade organiserCharlie Shakespeare had his plans for a virtual gay pride parade earlier this year torpedoed because he had retweeted statements from Nigel Farage and free speech campaigner Toby Young. Left-wing activists led by Labour's diversity adviser announced a boycott when anonymous Twitter posts revealed he was a Tory supporter who had called for a 'clean-break Brexit'. Linda Riley, the publisher of Diva magazine, who was appointed as an LGBT+ adviser by Jeremy Corbyn in 2017, told event planners: 'My brand will not be associated with anybody who RT's [retweets] Toby Young and Nigel Farage.' Riley subsequently wrote in Diva that this was the 'deal-breaker' but that she had other concerns. Mr Shakespeare said: 'Once the event was derailed, we did not receive promised sponsorship money and so our own funds, which we had put into the event to that point, were lost.' His employers at a children's theatre in South London also received emails calling on them to sack him, but refused. He said: 'We tried to create an uplifting event, which would raise funds for charity, with acts putting in hours of work. 'We'll never know what we might have achieved because cancelling me was far more important to them than the happiness of the LGBT+ community I had put hours of work into representing.' The free speech academicDr Adam Perkins, who specialises in the neurobiology of personality, was looking forward to addressing guests at his university, King's College London, on the subject of free speech, but the event two years ago was postponed after organisers said his security could not be guaranteed. An earlier controversial lecture had been abandoned when it was disrupted by demonstrators, and while a new date was offered, Dr Perkins was not available and the lecture never took place. King's, dubbed 'Cancel College' by one of its academics in a recent anonymous article for The Critic magazine, has been accused of becoming a particularly 'woke' institution. In a book entitled The Welfare Trait, Dr Perkins had argued that children whose families depend on benefits tend to be less motivated and more resistant to employment than their parents. He recommended that policies should be altered so the welfare state did not encourage families in disadvantaged households to have more children. His views sparked complaints to his employers, a response that Dr Perkins says is a favoured route for cancellation. 'Since my book came out, there have been five separate complaints alleging, for example, that I possess 'a small narrow mind' or have 'contempt' for working class people,' he said. 'The unfortunate truth is that scientists like me are permitted to toil away in peace, provided our findings are restricted to obscure journals, but the moment we publicly blaspheme we are targeted by the Witchfinder Generals of the academy. To be fair to King's, the fact I still have a job there despite multiple attempts by the liberal lynch-mob to get me fired shows that it does actually stand up for academic freedom. The same can't be said of other universities, which have caved in and fired non-PC academics after campaigns by online mobs of Left-wingers.' A King's College spokesman, said: 'We take our own commitments to freedom of expression seriously. Universities in particular have a unique challenge to create environments in which open and uncensored debate from all sides… can take place without fear of intimidation and within the framework of the law. 'We work hard to meet these responsibilities and have not cancelled any events.' The Twitter row lecturerDr Mike McCulloch found himself under investigation by his employers at the University of Plymouth for 'liking' tweets saying that 'all lives matter' and 'gender is real' on his Twitter account. The PhD physics lecturer made clear that 'opinions are mine & not those of my employer', but this did not satisfy those angry at his dissent from the liberal academic orthodoxy. Earlier this month, the 51-year-old former Labour Party member was summoned to a hearing after a colleague sent copies of his Twitter feed to his bosses. 'I was reported to the equalities team over tweets I'd liked, including the 'all lives matter' one and another opposing mass immigration,' said Dr McCulloch, who has worked at the university for a decade. 'I was told there would be an investigation by a senior colleague with a panel, and I could feel my career slipping away. 'I could sense they were going to ask me to promise not to express my political views on Twitter, and I don't like people telling me what I can say or think, and I would have had to say no.' His ordeal ended when the Free Speech Union found a lawyer for Dr McCulloch who pointed out that universities are required to protect the right to freedom of speech of their staff under the Human Rights Act 1998. 'When the lawyer wrote to the university to ask which rule I'd actually broken, they dropped the case the next day,' said the academic. 'It's very sinister if people are now telling me what I am allowed to 'like'. 'It seems it is possible for a single anonymous person anywhere in the world to destroy somebody's career. Our whole society is becoming hysterical, which is a very dangerous thing'. The University of Plymouth said it 'fully upholds freedom of speech and academic freedom'.

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