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SUMMARY:Reflections on Westminster
DESCRIPTION:It is fair to say that the Government and possibly Parliament is\, once again\, facing a crisis in its relationship with the nation. The Owen Paterson affair is just one example of behaviour which is at odds with the public view of what is acceptable by our politicians. Is Westminster out of touch with the people? How are these decisions taken? Is the system of Governance fit for purpose? \nJoin the Lincolnshire Branch on Zoom for an intimate insiders’ conversation with  Viscount Hailsham\, Baroness Hogg and Lord Cormack to consider the current status in context and with a longer view than much coverage often allows.  Viscount Hailsham served as a Government Minister\, Baroness Hogg held a prestigious post at No 10 and Lord Cormack is a renowned Parliamentarian; they live in Lincolnshire and are strong supporters of the ESU. They will not only help us understand better how Government and Parliament works but also bring great experience to answering some of these questions which will be put to them by ESU committee member John Raine CMG OBE\, himself familiar with the Westminster scene. \nWe hope you will join us; if so\, do please register with Camilla Carlbom Flinn for log in details: camilla.carlbom@carlbom.co.uk. \nBaroness Hogg\nSarah Hogg was Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit in No. 10 Downing Street from 1990 to 1995\, and in 2002 become the first woman to chair a company in the FTSE 100 (3i Group). She was Chair of the Financial Reporting Council from 2010 to 2014 and of Frontier Economics\, a company she helped to found\, from 1999 to 2013. She has been a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Services Authority\, HM Treasury and a number of major public companies\, and is currently Senior Independent Director of Royal Mail and an Independent National Director of Times Newspapers. She began her career with The Economist\, and was Economics Editor of a number of national newspapers. She was made a Life Peer in the 1995 New Year’s Honours List\, and received The Sunday Times Non-Executive Director Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. \nDouglas Hogg\, 3rd Viscount Hailsham\nDouglas Hogg was a Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2010; firstly for Grantham\, then for Sleaford and North Hykeham. Although a barrister by profession\, he was a Government Whip and then served from 1988 to 1997 as a minister in the Home Office\, DTI\, Foreign Office and finally as Minister of Agriculture (when he had to deal with the BSE crisis). Douglas now sits in the House of Lords and continues to live in Lincolnshire. \nLord Patrick Cormack\nLord Cormack has spent 51 years in Parliament\, 40 in the House of Commons and the last 11 in the House of Lords. During his long period in the Commons he was a Senior Chairman of Committees and served on numerous Select Committees\, including the Foreign Affairs Committee. He was the Opposition Spokesman on Constitutional Affairs and Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.  He is chairman of the All Party Campaign for an Effective Second Chamber\, was one of the founders of the Parliamentary House magazine in 1976 and is its Life President. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Association of Conservative Peers. He has published eight books including one on English cathedrals and another on British castles and a Life of William Wilberforce.  When he left the Commons he moved back to his native Lincolnshire and is Chairman of the Historic Lincoln Trust and President of Heritage Lincolnshire. \nJohn Raine\nJohn Raine\, CMG OBE served in the UK Diplomatic Service for over 30 years until his retirement in 2017 and is currently Senior Adviser at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London where he specialises on the Middle East. \n 
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/reflections-on-westminster/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lincoln branch":MAILTO:camilla.carlbom@carlbom.co.uk
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SUMMARY:The ESU Lincolnshire AGM
DESCRIPTION:Log on details will be sent out to members. If you haven’t received yours\, please do email the Lincolnshire branch’s Honourable Secretary\, Mrs Kelly Bevers\, at kelly.bevers@carlbom.co.uk for details.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/the-esu-lincolnshire-agm/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211021T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211021T193000
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SUMMARY:Two historic buildings
DESCRIPTION:Following the success of its Zoom evenings in lockdown\, the Lincolnshire branch invites you to join them for an evening of fascinating insights into the delights and challenges of running two of the nation’s unique historic buildings. Zoom host and Chair of ESU Lincolnshire Sir Michael Graydon will be joined by Ann Kenrick OBE\, Chief Executive and Master of The Charterhouse\, and the first female Master in the almshouse’s 400 year history\, and James Birch\, former President of the Historic Houses Association and chatelain of Doddington Hall\, one of the country’s foremost Elizabethan houses. If you wish to attend\, please register your interest with Camilla Carlbom Flinn at camilla.carlbom@carlbom.co.uk\, or telephone ESU Lincolnshire Branch Hon. Sec Kelly Bevers on 01469 571 387 during office hours and log-in details will be sent to you shortly before the event.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/two-historic-buildings/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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SUMMARY:ESU London branch AGM
DESCRIPTION:The ESU London Branch would like to invite all ESU members of London branch to its Annual General Meeting\, being held on 18 December 2020 at 3pm on Zoom. \nThe meeting is an opportunity hear what the committee has been doing this year\, and its plans for next year. It is also a forum for our membership to be heard – to let us know what we are doing well\, and what we could improve on. \nAmongst other things\, we will be discussing and voting for new committee members. Some of you have already expressed an interest in putting yourself forward and nominations are always welcome. \nAt this time\, we would like to ask all of you who are interested in committee membership to complete and return the nomination form. The deadline for applications is 8 December 2020\, and this will be strictly adhered to. \nTo reserve your place at the meeting please register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XqQf4k0mT1my1Q0_YJAmXg
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/esu-london-branch-agm/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201015T193000
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SUMMARY:Bristol Branch: Talk on 'The Bristol Suffragettes' by local historian and author Lucienne Boyce.
DESCRIPTION:About the event: \nIn 1907 suffragette Annie Kenney brought the militants’ fight for women’s right to vote to Bristol. For the next few years the city rang with the cry “Votes for Women!”. From colourful demonstrations on the Downs and stone-throwing in the Centre\, to riot on Queen’s Road and arson in the suburbs\, the historian and author Lucienne Boyce tells the fascinating story of Bristol’s suffragette years. \nThe Zoom link will be sent to Bristol branch members during the week beginning 12th October. \nFurther information please contact Nigel Currie nigelcurrie29@gmail.com or 0117 914 0773.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/bristol-branch-talk-on-the-bristol-suffragettes-by-local-historian-and-author-lucienne-boyce/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nigel Currie":MAILTO:nigelcurrie29@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200923T193000
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SUMMARY:Online event: Are some born to be better and more civil public speakers?
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the formation of belief and how genes\, traits and experiences shape our views\, Dr Hannah Critchlow\, broadcaster and neuroscientist at Cambridge University\, examines the concept of free will and asks whether we can ever really change anyone else’s – or even our own – minds. She will be joined by Heidi Allen\, Former MP for South Cambridgeshire\, and Dr Paul Beresford-Hill\, Chairman of the ESU of the US. \nEvent summary:\n‘Are some born to be better and more civil public speakers?’ Dr Hannah Critchlow\, broadcaster and neuroscientist at Cambridge University\, examines the concept of free will and asks whether we can ever really change anyone else’s – or even our own – minds. \nHannah explores the formation of belief and how genes\, traits and experiences shape our views. Numerous scholars are now investigating how the different profiles of brains are associated with different ideologies. It is claimed that the brains of those with very conservative views have a much larger volume and a much more sensitive amygdala – the area of the brain that is involved in perceptions of fear. Those of more liberal inclination seem to have a greater weighting on the region of the brain that is engaged with future planning and more collaborative endeavour. Liberals look to the future and seem less sensitive to immediate threats. This leads to questions about how neuroscience might affect how we change our minds and go about winning an argument. The study has\, therefore\, key implications for those working on questions of civility\, persuasiveness\, and divisiveness in public discourse\, suggesting that the way in which we build up perceptions of the world strengthens the way in which we ignore contrary views and evidence. \nA discussion will follow led by our distinguished panel guests Heidi Allen\, Former MP for South Cambridgeshire\, and Dr Paul Beresford-Hill\, Chairman of the ESU of the US. \nChaired by ESU Chair\, Professor James Raven\, the debate and Q&A session will take place via Zoom on Wednesday\, 23 September at 7.30pm (BST). \nReserve your ticket here: https://civilpublicspeakers.eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/online-event-are-some-born-to-be-better-and-more-civil-public-speakers/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:ESU Education,ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200723T193000
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SUMMARY:ONLINE EVENT: THE INCIVILITY PROBLEM - HAS SOCIAL MEDIA MADE CONVERSATION LESS CIVIL?
DESCRIPTION:Most of us think that new media have made public discussion and pronouncements less civil. Is this true and if so what are the consequences for public debate and communication?  Do please join us online on Thursday\, 23 July at 7.30pm BST for the first in a series of events in which a distinguished panel will share their thoughts on the issues at hand. \nThe event will open with a short presentation from Texas by Prof. Emily Sydnor\, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University and author of Disrespectful Democracy: The Psychology of Political Incivility. \nShe writes: ‘research demonstrates that negativity and rudeness in politics have been increasing for decades. But how does this tide of impolite-to-outrageous language affect our reactions to media coverage and our political behaviour?’ She argues that ‘citizens now need to be able to tolerate or even welcome incivility in the public sphere in order to participate in the democratic process. Yet individuals who are turned off by incivility are not brought back in by civil presentation of issues.’ \nThe discussion\, chaired by Prof. James Raven\, Chair of the ESU\, will be led by our panel: Teresa Bejan\, Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford and author of Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration\, and David Howarth\, Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge\, former MP for Cambridge\, and former Electoral Commissioner. \nA donation of £10 per person is suggested. \nReserve your space here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-incivility-problem-tickets-113559678054
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/online-event-the-incivility-problem-has-social-media-made-conversation-less-civil/
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