Ann Widdecombe | We Should NOT Support No Platforming (8/8) | Oxford Union

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    The Motion: This House Supports No Platforming.
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  • @OxfordUnion
    @OxfordUnion  Před 4 lety +68

    Watch the full debate here: czcams.com/video/nm9qFjqJ7as/video.html

    • @xjmg007
      @xjmg007 Před 4 lety +40

      Where can we see the results? Thank you

    • @f.c.laukhard3623
      @f.c.laukhard3623 Před 4 lety +12

      @@xjmg007 I second that request.

    • @Duffloop
      @Duffloop Před 4 lety +9

      I 3rd that request

    • @neiluk78
      @neiluk78 Před 4 lety +9

      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 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Duffloop Thanks.

  • @omnipitous4648
    @omnipitous4648 Před 4 lety +1283

    I gave Ann Widdecombe a standing ovation by myself.

    • @naughteedesign
      @naughteedesign Před 4 lety +27

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

    • @getready4933
      @getready4933 Před 4 lety +45

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

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety +20

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

    • @shughy1
      @shughy1 Před 4 lety +37

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

    • @Jahcure1fan
      @Jahcure1fan Před 4 lety +9

      Alan Currie 🤣🤣🤣

  • @iddicco
    @iddicco Před 4 lety +533

    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 Před 4 lety +5

      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 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @noeloteyza3259
      @noeloteyza3259 Před 4 lety

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

    • @er9779
      @er9779 Před 4 lety

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety

      And he was right.

  • @wearethenightparty
    @wearethenightparty Před rokem +170

    "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 Před rokem +5

      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 Před rokem +6

      Brilliant woman

    • @heatherofthemountains
      @heatherofthemountains Před rokem +1

      Hear hear!!! 💙

    • @RobertMichaelTodd
      @RobertMichaelTodd Před 9 měsíci

      Says a straight white woman with no problems.

    • @amy6149
      @amy6149 Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @andrewbailey2532
    @andrewbailey2532 Před 4 lety +205

    "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. 👏

  • @rushofblood994
    @rushofblood994 Před 4 lety +403

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

    • @frogradar
      @frogradar Před 4 lety +7

      I actually love how she just threw her time card aaway

    • @garrettjohnson7546
      @garrettjohnson7546 Před 4 lety +12

      And five minutes she got.

    • @Cashback13
      @Cashback13 Před 4 lety +2

      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 Před 3 lety

      @@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 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @Karlopapa
    @Karlopapa Před 4 lety +412

    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 Před 4 lety +4

      Me too, I'm from your neighbor country

    • @jamesbovington8218
      @jamesbovington8218 Před 4 lety +4

      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 Před 4 lety +16

      @@jamesbovington8218hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you are funny

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +19

      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 Před 4 lety +21

      @@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
    @dominiquecharriere1285 Před 4 lety +25

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

  • @krystalccameron7689
    @krystalccameron7689 Před 4 lety +27

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

    • @normalynch6731
      @normalynch6731 Před rokem +1

      Did Ann Widdecombe win the debate.I hope so.

  • @JosephStealin
    @JosephStealin Před 4 lety +512

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

    • @balancer182
      @balancer182 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @JosephStealin
      @JosephStealin Před 4 lety +19

      balancer182 exactly why people shouldn’t be no platformed

    • @blksbth1
      @blksbth1 Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @josuaniu9219
      @josuaniu9219 Před 4 lety +7

      😂 says the handle who has deplatformed alot of people

    • @meechy01
      @meechy01 Před 4 lety +12

      Yes that is true, but isn't CZcams 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 CZcams, via Google is.

  • @mikelavigne5085
    @mikelavigne5085 Před 4 lety +265

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

    • @sTL45oUw
      @sTL45oUw Před 4 lety +7

      ROFL.
      Next level uroborus.

    • @Tain_edReaper
      @Tain_edReaper Před 4 lety +5

      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 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @Tain_edReaper
      @Tain_edReaper Před 4 lety

      I enjoy watching debates

  • @teknical100
    @teknical100 Před 4 lety +85

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @jeremymitchell995
      @jeremymitchell995 Před 3 lety +1

      I did applaud

  • @louisefox4852
    @louisefox4852 Před 4 lety +14

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

  • @bernardguynunns5658
    @bernardguynunns5658 Před 4 lety +320

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

    • @simongleaden2864
      @simongleaden2864 Před 4 lety +1

      Ann, not Anne

    • @raffaellavitiello1762
      @raffaellavitiello1762 Před 3 lety +5

      She is one of the greatest Lady that l know

    • @JohnCasteel1333
      @JohnCasteel1333 Před 3 lety +1

      They deride her bcause they have nothing to say to her

    • @amylynnhunt55
      @amylynnhunt55 Před 3 lety

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

    • @patrickhosking613
      @patrickhosking613 Před 3 lety +6

      @@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.

  • @barbarasherman4870
    @barbarasherman4870 Před 4 lety +229

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

    • @maryanndeweerd2570
      @maryanndeweerd2570 Před 4 lety +9

      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 Před 4 lety +20

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

    • @organisationxiv2927
      @organisationxiv2927 Před 4 lety +7

      Craig Tilley Ditto.

    • @barbarasherman4870
      @barbarasherman4870 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @eggybread4937
      @eggybread4937 Před 4 lety +3

      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.

  • @AlecPowell93
    @AlecPowell93 Před 4 lety +135

    Anne Widdecombe you are a blessing to this country.

  • @krystalccameron7689
    @krystalccameron7689 Před 4 lety +29

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

  • @patbateman2088
    @patbateman2088 Před 4 lety +364

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

    • @a.chowdhury6784
      @a.chowdhury6784 Před 4 lety +7

      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 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @a.chowdhury6784
      @a.chowdhury6784 Před 4 lety +5

      @@patbateman2088 Obviously Christopher 😂😂😂

    • @patbateman2088
      @patbateman2088 Před 4 lety +10

      @@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 Před 4 lety +3

      @@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.

  • @biospiritofthewest5961
    @biospiritofthewest5961 Před 4 lety +500

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

    • @rcknross
      @rcknross Před 4 lety +17

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

    • @cliffhanger953
      @cliffhanger953 Před 4 lety +2

      Didn't you understand it the first time?

    • @davidknight2104
      @davidknight2104 Před 4 lety +1

      Who won???

    • @LiftOffLife
      @LiftOffLife Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @stephenroche5107
      @stephenroche5107 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @traindriver35
    @traindriver35 Před 3 lety +26

    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.

  • @theyungjerks1779
    @theyungjerks1779 Před 4 lety +90

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

  • @augiev4275
    @augiev4275 Před 4 lety +108

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @peteratkinson922
      @peteratkinson922 Před rokem +1

      @@Redrosewitch Best spoken in the voice of a dalek

  • @AnEnglishGentleman
    @AnEnglishGentleman Před 4 lety +170

    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 Před rokem +8

      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 Před rokem

      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.

  • @humanbeing4841
    @humanbeing4841 Před 2 lety +57

    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.

  • @johnshakespeare7991
    @johnshakespeare7991 Před 3 lety +21

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

  • @DuskAndHerEmbrace13
    @DuskAndHerEmbrace13 Před 4 lety +341

    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 Před 4 lety +17

      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 Před 4 lety +21

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

    • @maryanndeweerd2570
      @maryanndeweerd2570 Před 4 lety +7

      @@YendorSignemeck yes definitely!

    • @RedSkyHorizon
      @RedSkyHorizon Před 4 lety +2

      Pretty disgusted

    • @EastWing411
      @EastWing411 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @alanblight9233
    @alanblight9233 Před 4 lety +193

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @blaisehinshelwood7916
      @blaisehinshelwood7916 Před 4 lety +2

      same

    • @alunjones3860
      @alunjones3860 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @theseustoo
      @theseustoo Před rokem +2

      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 Před rokem +1

      @@Redrosewitch Unless it was transcribed on to cheese.

  • @christineminikin8962
    @christineminikin8962 Před 4 lety +51

    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. ...💖

  • @checkthewater39
    @checkthewater39 Před 3 lety +18

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

  • @petergregory8864
    @petergregory8864 Před 4 lety +362

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

    • @igypop.
      @igypop. Před 4 lety +2

      old hag

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety +8

      @Sebastien fp Did you not read my CZcams 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 Před 4 lety +5

      @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 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@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.

  • @nemosays2258
    @nemosays2258 Před 4 lety +314

    Left wing authoritarianism never ends well.

    • @lks6248
      @lks6248 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @organisationxiv2927
      @organisationxiv2927 Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @rannnoch
      @rannnoch Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @algernondammassa8675
      @algernondammassa8675 Před 4 lety +11

      Authoritarianism never ends well.

    • @heronsdoor4658
      @heronsdoor4658 Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @Mike-yj5yw
    @Mike-yj5yw Před 4 lety +33

    Unbelievable speech. Ann & Katie are National treasures.

  • @littlenan3576
    @littlenan3576 Před 3 lety +14

    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.

  • @katyb6979
    @katyb6979 Před 4 lety +179

    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 Před 4 lety +14

      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 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @jamesbovington8218
      @jamesbovington8218 Před 4 lety +1

      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 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @BerlGlickman
      @BerlGlickman Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @marcguidetti3081
    @marcguidetti3081 Před 4 lety +289

    Ann should be Prime Minister, she would make Churchill proud

    • @PAVANZYL
      @PAVANZYL Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @TheNightBadger
      @TheNightBadger Před 4 lety +7

      @@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 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @TheNightBadger
      @TheNightBadger Před 4 lety +2

      @@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 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @chrisreynolds3351
    @chrisreynolds3351 Před 4 lety +13

    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.

  • @lindaholland4896
    @lindaholland4896 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @snowyowel7961
    @snowyowel7961 Před 4 lety +61

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

  • @susanfinlay9165
    @susanfinlay9165 Před 4 lety +79

    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.

  • @normbabbitt4325
    @normbabbitt4325 Před 4 lety +27

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

  • @hambartha
    @hambartha Před 4 lety +55

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

  • @talbertsmom7667
    @talbertsmom7667 Před 4 lety +64

    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!

  • @jamesroyce1845
    @jamesroyce1845 Před 4 lety +23

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

  • @overthewebb
    @overthewebb Před 4 lety +14

    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.

  • @BatAtBat
    @BatAtBat Před 4 lety +14

    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.

  • @knightoyin6500
    @knightoyin6500 Před 4 lety +64

    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

  • @DrMildayan
    @DrMildayan Před 4 lety +114

    Anne Widdicombe really is a national treasure

    • @MVUK358
      @MVUK358 Před 4 lety +4

      I completely agree! She totally is.

  • @idempotent2
    @idempotent2 Před 4 lety +27

    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 Před 6 měsíci

      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.

  • @cmoneybrickhouse
    @cmoneybrickhouse Před 4 lety +18

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @him050
      @him050 Před měsícem

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

  • @Mr_GoGs_Official
    @Mr_GoGs_Official Před 4 lety +15

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

  • @FaceFcuk
    @FaceFcuk Před 4 lety +60

    Great speech

  • @Mad-Cyril
    @Mad-Cyril Před 4 lety +12

    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!

  • @jezebelrebel250
    @jezebelrebel250 Před 4 lety +15

    Standing ovation for Ann Weddecombe

  • @Badabinger
    @Badabinger Před 4 lety +48

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @lubberwalker
      @lubberwalker Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @loxibell2736
    @loxibell2736 Před 4 lety +211

    She's a great person. Long live Ann.

    • @gerry6612
      @gerry6612 Před 4 lety +5

      Ann should have been he P.M.

    • @jamesbovington8218
      @jamesbovington8218 Před 4 lety

      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.

  • @willlyons9823
    @willlyons9823 Před 4 lety +10

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

  • @lastfirst2021
    @lastfirst2021 Před 4 lety +29

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

  • @skiewietjie8079
    @skiewietjie8079 Před 4 lety +29

    Now that is a speech

  • @MisogynyMan
    @MisogynyMan Před 4 lety +122

    Lovely lady, 10/10 would respect.

    • @streglof
      @streglof Před 4 lety +4

      Yah I'd totally respect her!

    • @Marc-cu5mj
      @Marc-cu5mj Před 4 lety

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

    • @MisogynyMan
      @MisogynyMan Před 4 lety

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

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 Před 4 lety

      @@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.

  • @zackbarrow1927
    @zackbarrow1927 Před 4 lety +14

    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 Před rokem +4

    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
    @tb4326 Před 4 lety +22

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

    • @lauralishes1
      @lauralishes1 Před 4 lety

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

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety

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

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety

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

    • @lauralishes1
      @lauralishes1 Před 4 lety

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

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před 4 lety +1

      @@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?

  • @tweetyberman5165
    @tweetyberman5165 Před 4 lety +59

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

  • @catscan2022
    @catscan2022 Před 4 lety +13

    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!

  • @ronbr1000
    @ronbr1000 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @StrategicWealthLLC
      @StrategicWealthLLC Před 4 lety

      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.

  • @mikehammersley177
    @mikehammersley177 Před 4 lety +61

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

  • @IAMELEET
    @IAMELEET Před 4 lety +25

    What a speaker, a true Brit.

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +1

      They don't make many like her any more.

  • @ianrobertson5884
    @ianrobertson5884 Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @aintijustthecutest3863
    @aintijustthecutest3863 Před 4 lety +10

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

  • @dartmoorlass
    @dartmoorlass Před 4 lety +20

    Fantastic speech! A masterclass in wisdom and reasoning.

  • @mac_tire_aonair
    @mac_tire_aonair Před 4 lety +6

    Sensational!!! Thank you Ann.

  • @zaygezunt
    @zaygezunt Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @kerin3226
    @kerin3226 Před 4 lety +13

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

  • @wonbadood8243
    @wonbadood8243 Před 4 lety +7

    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.

  • @evilmoif
    @evilmoif Před 4 lety +62

    You tell them Ann! ❤️

  • @Rose-vs5jd
    @Rose-vs5jd Před 4 lety +21

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

  • @DEE-mt9eq
    @DEE-mt9eq Před 4 lety +13

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

  • @stephenmason5682
    @stephenmason5682 Před 4 lety +27

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

  • @equalizingforce2581
    @equalizingforce2581 Před 4 lety +22

    Well said Anne witticam, the ending was churchilium.

  • @MultiWolfxxx
    @MultiWolfxxx Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @sox7784
    @sox7784 Před rokem +3

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

  • @MisterstereoOso
    @MisterstereoOso Před 4 lety +22

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

  • @valiantthor2417
    @valiantthor2417 Před 4 lety +11

    Always loved Ann Widdicombe for who she is.

  • @onetwothreefourfive12345
    @onetwothreefourfive12345 Před 4 lety +20

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

  • @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362
    @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 Před 4 lety +28

    Anne made more sense than that weirdo with a flannel on her head

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +1

      Well. I think she's had a lot more practice, to be fair. But she's certainly got the gift as well. Magnificent.

  • @simondavey7787
    @simondavey7787 Před 4 lety +24

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

    • @Redrosewitch
      @Redrosewitch Před 4 lety +1

      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.

  • @DAVID4872
    @DAVID4872 Před 4 lety +78

    Well spoken Anne, the best Ive heard regarding free speech, have ever thought of giving a speech on agenda 21?

    • @johnharvey4448
      @johnharvey4448 Před 4 lety +1

      david lloyd And, Common Purpose is titled.

    • @crabbit101
      @crabbit101 Před 4 lety +7

      She was superb and this is certainly one of the best I’ve heard on the topic. This, in my opinion, is the single greatest defence of free speech I’ve ever heard. czcams.com/video/4Z2uzEM0ugY/video.html

    • @a.chowdhury6784
      @a.chowdhury6784 Před 4 lety +2

      @@crabbit101 Absolutely.....Hitchens was and always will be the best ❤
      Nice seeing Widdecombe taking points from him even after getting ass-whopped by Hitchens....finally she is learning 😂

  • @JHallenbeck
    @JHallenbeck Před 4 lety +12

    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 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @angelaharris6577
      @angelaharris6577 Před rokem

      Thank goodness. Good job by Katie and Anne.

  • @Scarle118
    @Scarle118 Před rokem +5

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

  • @SirBaron52
    @SirBaron52 Před 4 lety +27

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

  • @getjjg
    @getjjg Před 4 lety +11

    Wow! She’s brilliant!

  • @cooperbry
    @cooperbry Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @StrategicWealthLLC
      @StrategicWealthLLC Před 4 lety

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

  • @susangeorge8551
    @susangeorge8551 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @lgflanang
    @lgflanang Před 4 lety +8

    Brilliant, Chruchill is beaming broadly.

  • @Thriftbytes
    @Thriftbytes Před 4 lety +37

    Snowflakes and totalitarians!

    • @audience2
      @audience2 Před 4 lety

      Same thing, except for sartorial sense.

  • @hereforagoodtimenotalongti1812

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

  • @LetsDoHumansPodcast
    @LetsDoHumansPodcast Před 4 lety +20

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

  • @theinfinitysock5722
    @theinfinitysock5722 Před 4 lety +27

    I 100% agree with ann widdecombe on free speech

  • @rogerbriggs9802
    @rogerbriggs9802 Před 3 lety +7

    Ann Widdecombe is a national treasure.

  • @iananderson1231
    @iananderson1231 Před rokem +8

    I just love Ann Widdicombe in more ways than one, she has her moments and this was one of them, an incredible speech not only from the heart but with conviction and from experience!