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What has Damian Collins been up to today?
Damian Collins is MP for Folkestone and Hythe and a member of the Conservative party.
Damian Collins has 30464 followers on Twitter.
We are underway at the first @fleetstquarter Festival of Words with @archiebland @PippaCrerar and @DevikaBhat from @guardian
I'm doing a talk about cricket books with Derek Pringle in Fleet Street on May 17th at 10.45... Use code FOW50 for 50% off. Do join us!
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We are looking forward to welcoming @legardj and @MosesSwaibu to the Fleet Street Festival of Words on 17th May to discuss Moses's new book - 'Fixed, my secret life as a football match fixer.' You can find out more
Book your spot now for a fireside chat with @FT editor @khalafroula and @DamianCollins - part of next week’s brand-new Festival of Words from @fleetstquarter.
Tickets here:
Don’t miss 'The Future of News' – @FT editor @khalafroula is joined by @fleetstquarter's Festival of Words director @DamianCollins for a fireside chat.
🗓 Thurs 15 May, 7pm
📍 St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street
🎟 Tickets: https://shorturl.at/JLeae
PROMOTION! Code FOW50 = 🎫 half price for ‘Rivals and Allies: the pacts that changed history’ with @DamianCollins. Thu, May 15, 2025 at 6:15 pm
It's great to see our @fleetstquarter Festival of Words featured in @thetimes today. You can read the review here https://www.thetimes.com/article/08808171-d48a-4c0b-82ef-6707deea8e57 and book tickets at this link https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/fleet-street-quarters-festival-of-words-4116793 - the festival dates at 14th to 17th May.
On sale today, tickets for the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words, where I will be in conversation with @rightmarkfield about his book The End Of An Era.
The Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words 🔗https://www.fleetstreetquarter.co.uk/events/festival-of-words
Ticket Purchasing 🔗https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-end-of-an-era-mark-field-on-scandal-and-survival-in-westminster-tickets-1296684792119?aff=odcleoeventsincollection
The End…
Facebook is putting children’s lives in danger after dramatic fall in its reporting of child sexual abuse @NCA_UK has warned @YvetteCooperMP @jessphillips @paulwaugh @amyhsrichards @NSPCC @PoliceInspForum @NCMEC @Childlight_ @DannyShawNews @DamianCollins
Thanks @StylistMagazine for listing @fleetstquarter Festival of Words in the 6 best literary festivals for 2025
14 - 17 May with speakers including @benokri @theJeremyVine @IainDale @reetacbbc @DiaChakravarty @khalafroula @mrJamesGraham @FraserNelson
We are looking forward to welcoming @legardj and @MosesSwaibu to the Fleet Street Festival of Words on 17th May to discuss Moses's new book - 'Fixed, my secret life as a football match fixer.' You can find out more
Looking forward to talking about ‘Allies at War’ with @DamianCollins at London’s latest literary festival #FestivalofWords on 15 May, 6.15 pm at Bridewell Hall in @fleetstquarter
Lovely to see our former MP for Folkestone & Hythe @DamianCollins campaigning in Folkestone West and Folkestone East supporting our excellent candidates @DylanJeffrey and @kieranl_. We then stopped off for a well earned lunch at the Back Bull to take a break from the sunshine.
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We pray for Pope Francis in his passing. A servant of God and to his people to the end.
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.
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Christ is risen! These words capture the entire meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life. #Easter https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/urbi/documents/20250420-urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html
Great article here in @DailyMailUK about our inaugural @fleetstquarter Festival of Words. You can read more here and also follow the link at the end to book tickets.
EVENT AT THE FLEET STREET QUARTER LITERARY FESTIVAL, May 15, 1-2pm, London
Come and hear Prof Richard J Evans (Hitler), Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Idid Amin), Cindy Yu (Xi) and me (Galtieri) talk about THE DICTATORS
Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dictators-and-their-legacy-iain-dale-in-conversation-tickets-1292708478859?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile
Great article here in @DailyMailUK about our inaugural @fleetstquarter Festival of Words. You can read more here and also follow the link at the end to book tickets.
"An eminently written biography of the last Liberal prime minister, Damian Collins has produced an insightful and balanced study of the ‘Welsh Wizard’"
📚 @mjgerman reviews @DamianCollins 'Rivals in the Storm' | @BloomsburyBooks
Next month I’ll be speaking at the @fleetstquarter festival of words along with historian @TimPBouverie about the political rivalry and conflict between the allies during the world wars. If you’d like a long view on transatlantic tensions come and join us.
I'm delighted to announce that I have joined the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University @mcgillu as a Senior Fellow. I will be working with the Centre both remotely and when possible in Canada. You can read more here
Talked to @guardian about the relationship between goverments and tech companies, such as the recent comments by the UK government that it (!) needed to show humility ↘️ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/marietje-schaake-tech-coup-save-democracy-silicon-valley
@DamianCollins Patrick Bishop
Here's my article in @TheHillTimes of Canada on why in an age of disinformation and online abuse its so important governments around the world address the issue of internet safety and the responsibilities of the large social media platforms.
Hat tip to British pollster (and former #Folkestone constituent) @jamesjohnson252 and @JLPartnersPolls - where many experts called the US election wrong, they were the closest to the actual results
#KindleDeals
Aspects of History. Issue 22.
Just 99p/c
Featuring @GilesMilton1 @authordlewis
@sauldavid66 @DamianCollins @KeithLoweAuthor
https://amzn.to/4fbKKKI
@KindlePromos
#historyteacher #twitterstorians #nonfiction
@DamianCollins Would you be able to help share our event, please? We're organising a Christmas Craft Fayre on Sunday 24th November, from 10am to 4pm.
.@nickclegg asserts that there is no evidence that @facebook drives division and polarisation despite all the examples that demonstrate how they do.
Orbis is delighted to welcome @DamianCollins, former MP and government minister, as our newest Non-Executive Director. Damian brings a wealth of experience from his time in Parliament, and we look forward to working with him.
Excellent piece in The Telegraph today on the folly of the UK govt considering handing the life’s work of the UK’s creators to AI companies for nothing.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/28/how-big-tech-barons-plotting-steal-british-creativity/
by @AndrewOrlowski
Lloyd George was the first cottage bred Prime Minister, a great social reformer, leader in wartime, and champion of those who had no voice. We should celebrate his life and legacy, not apologise for it.
“What Google calls ‘innovation’ is, in fact, copyright infringement on an unprecedented scale. That’s why the tech giant is demanding a new law to exempt it from copyright.”
—@DamianCollins
WSJ tweeted this to its 20 million followers and it has under 400 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “Elon Musk has secretly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022”
Here’s my article today in @MailOnline on why the government must rule out creating a general text & data mining exception for AI that would allow big tech companies to take the works of creators without a license and use them to benefit their own systems.
I'm looking forward to speaking about Lloyd George and my book 'Rivals in the Storm' alongside the brilliant @LucyHH at the #Folkestone Book Festival on 18th November - you can find out more here @CreativeFstone @BloomsburyBooks @NorthbankTalent
It was great to speak with @rachelburden at 8.12am on @bbc5live this morning about how the powers in the Online Safety Act will help us improve standards for children and hold the big tech platforms to account for the design of their services
As @Conservatives we have a choice to make and I will be voting for @KemiBadenoch in the party leadership election. She will take the bold decisions needed to change our party and lead our country into the 2030s @renewal2030
Following the speeches given by the leadership candidates at the @Conservatives conference, it's clear to me that @JamesCleverly must be our next leader. He has the experience and ideas to succeed, plus an infectious optimism for the future of our country
Rachel Reeves is taking the British public for fools.
If there really is a £22bn black hole then why spend:
£10bn on inflation busting pay rises
£8bn on GB Energy
£7bn on a National Wealth Fund?
That's an extra £25bn on Labour priorities while cutting £1.5bn on Winter Fuel!
I'm looking forward to speaking at the @CreativeFstone Folkestone Book Festival on 18 November, about 'Rivals in the Storm, my new biography of David Lloyd George, along with @LucyHH - you can find out more and book tickets here
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are continuing to expose children to dangerous suicide and self-harm posts 7 years after the death of Molly Russell, according to research by @mollyroseorg @IanRussellTV @_andyburrows @NSPCC @DamianCollins @PoliceInspForum
DRINK. IT. IN.
This is lawfare from @elonmusk - pure and simple. Legal action brought by him against a group of advertisers who are seeking to avoid their branded content appearing against illegal and harmful content on his platform has now been closed down.
You can read my comments here in @TechCrunch on the need for social media companies to take action against content which incites violence and harrassment
Social media companies need to do more to prevent the promotion of extremist content on their platfirms. The Online Safety Act requires this, as I discussed today on @BBCWorldatOne (you can listen here from 20.12 mins)
@LibHistoryToday Excellent book on #LloydGeorge by @DamianCollins and great review in this month @TheCriticMag
Rivals in the Storm
28 Sept, £12.00
📍 @NAM_London
Join us for an afternoon with @DamianCollins as he explores the incredible life of David Lloyd George and how he drove progressive reforms and led the Allies to victory in WWI.
🎟️ https://chelseaheritagequarter.co.uk/events/rivals-in-the-storm
#ChelseaHistoryFest
Social media companies are being urged to act on misleading posts about the Southport stabbings. @NotThatBigIan @LordWalney @JamesCleverly @CommissionCE @RobinSimcox https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/31/social-media-companies-urged-to-act-on-southport-posts/
Good luck in Berlin tonight @England - a chance to make history
I would like to thank everyone who has supported me during my 14 years as MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and those who worked so hard during the recent election campaign. I will always do what I can, in whatever position I hold, to advance the interests of our community.