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National Trust members have launched a campaign against the charity's 'woke agenda' as it was today accused of 'lecturing' the public and 'demonising' history.  Restore Trust was established following furious criticism of a report detailing links between 93 of the Trust's properties and historic slavery and colonialism. The group, described as a forum where members can 'discuss their concerns about the future of the charity', says visitors should not leave venues feeling their history has been 'demonised'.         They say there has been a 'relentless diminution of standards' at the...

Trust's report detailed links between 93 properties and slavery and colonialism Winston Churchill's former home, Chartwell, in Kent, was on the list  Move prompted a fierce backlash and the trust faced accusations of 'wokeism' But Charity Commission today cleared it of breaking charity law Brexiteer Nigel Farage said he had become 'increasingly appalled' by the trust Historian Simon Heffer said he was 'astonished' the trust had not been censured

The academic behind the National Trust's 'Woke review' to identify properties with links to colonialism today astonishingly accused the government of 'weaponising history' by trying to stop Left-wing academics 'denigrating' Britain's past.  The study, which blacklisted - among others - the Lake District home of avid anti-slaver William Wordsworth because his brother was involved in the trade, was accused of re-writing history after assembling a team of left-wing and politically 'biased' experts. Its leader, Professor Corinne Fowler, spoke today as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden prepared t...

To me that's just as important. i thought janet napolitano is someone who is at the top of the list. but she is someone who is considered to be pretty partisan. from the republican ranks, i suspect just like he did last time around, the president is going to look at the republican ranks and consider who he can bring in. last time gates stayed over. john greg was offered a position. i think you're going to see something like that happen. but it won't be mitt romney in the cabinet. >> not in the cabinet. but mitt romney, i say may play more of a role than people realize because he is perfectly p...

0 shaping up to be the most important supreme court term in decades for civil rights. the justices are already looking at affirmative action and college admissions. now they've agreed to consider whether to gut the landmark voting rights law. here is the question simply stated. has racial discrimination in the south diminished to the point that a key part of the voting rights act passed 47 years ago is no longer needed to assure access to the ballot box and to give minority candidates a fair shot at getting elected? >> well r-- >> reporter: and renewed four times since then. most recently in 2...