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Ruth Dudley Edwards
@RuthDE
Historian, journalist, biographer & crime novelist. I'm pro-free speech so retweets should not be assumed to be endorsements. ruthdudleyedwards.co.uk
South East, England
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Born May 24
Joined February 2009
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Mar 1, 2025
    I've watched all 47 minutes of this interview which has been lazily and irresponsiby interpreted by the media to cause maximum damage. I've changed my mind mind fundamentally. I can't believe how badly Zelensky played a good hand. And I don't think anyone should comment on it
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Mar 8, 2021
    Family member to Harry. "Who do you think the baby will take after? Tall like you or short like Megan? Will he be ginger? What colour eyes, would you guess? What about the colour of his skin?" What the hell is wrong with any of those questions?
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Apr 16, 2019
    "it really was a remarkable feat for BBC 1’s News at Ten last night to get through the entire programme about Notre Dame, without a single mention of any of these words: Christian; Christianity; Catholic; worship; worshippers; sacred; Mass; Holy Week." thearticle.com/ignorance-and-…
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Dec 22, 2022
    ‘The inconvenient truth is that trans women are physically male and, as a group, present the same hazard that other men present—those who pretend to be trans, even more so. If a fox said it was a chicken, would you put it in a hen house? Of course not.’
    Labour is wrong: it's not 'hate speech' to question trans rights
    From spectator.com
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Apr 19, 2019
    Lyra McKee and I were long-time friends. She recognised no barriers to friendship except bigotry & badness. Her commitment & talent were about to bring her undreamt of success as a writer & she was in a loving relationship. What a sickening waste of a lovely, gifted human being!
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Apr 25, 2024
    My solicitor tells me that Gerry Kelly's libel case against me for saying that he shot a prison officer in the head has now been struck out and he has paid all my legal costs.
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Sep 1, 2020
    It is brave and, I believe, right of Charlie Hebdo to republish the cartoons that led to the murder of their friends and colleagues.
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Sep 26, 2019
    I struggle to grasp why the PM should apologise for following advice that was deemed legal by the three most senior non-Supreme Court judges: the Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls & the President of the Queen’s Bench Division? Should these three apologise too?
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Dec 11, 2019
    I find that although I've always cared about elections, this is the first time I actually feel sick at the thought of a particular party winning. But then it's the first time a major party has been dominated by Jew-haters.
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Jan 20, 2019
    "A Sinn Fein politician wants Nigel Farage banned from the airwaves because he stirs up hate. Time to lie down in a darkened room."
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Sep 11, 2024
    I would love to know why the hideous murder of an IRA lawyer matters more than the hideous IRA murders of lawyers who — unlike him — were beacons of integrity.
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    John Finucane MP
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    Sep 11, 2024
    Today is for my father, Pat Finucane. The announcement that there will now be a public inquiry into his murder is very much welcomed by our family. Led by my mother Geraldine, we have campaigned for decades to uncover the truth behind my father’s murder. I want to thank
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Jul 7, 2022
    "Johnson’s faults...are hugely outweighed by his achievements...He will be remembered as a man who tried to lift the animal spirits of the British, who refused to acquiesce in national decline & who loved his country more than those who brought him down." thearticle.com/boris-johnson-…
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Dec 19, 2024
    "When I look at maps of the Middle East, I see one tiny little democratic nation in the midst of its often-barbaric enemies battling heroically for survival... Anti-semitism is out in the open. And Ireland is rightly shamed." My News Letter column. "Donald Trump will notice that
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    Donald Trump will notice that anti-semitic Ireland prefers tyrannical Iran to the Israel he loves -...
    anti-semitic Ireland: As befits someone so often called a “Jew-lover”, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jews in Ireland
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    Ruth Dudley Edwards
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    Oct 3, 2024
    My News Letter column: 'The badge on my coat lapel says “I stand with Israel”. I go to vigils for the return of the hostages and I speak up for Israel and Jews in company, but I wish I could do more. And meanwhile, as an Irishwoman, I feel ashamed of the anti-semitism that is
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    So many lucky inhabitants of the West and its wonderful civilisation have no gratitude for being...
    I’ve always hated capital punishment, but I’m all for robust self-defence rather than appeasement.
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