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29-05-2025
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Hereford museum talk is 'woke virtue-signalling'
A Ledbury town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new £18m museum and gallery will be an exercise in "woke virtue-signalling".The free event by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, called Contentious Narratives, will look at how museums should respond to fake news and misinformation, at the History Store on 7 Ewen Sinclair said the organisers would "tell people what to think", as he hit out at the event in a post on a council spokesman said: "In the upcoming session, we won't be telling people what to think." The lottery-funded session was to give people "the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum, not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them", he head of Herefordshire museums and galleries, Damian Etheraads, said the discussion would help shape displays based on what matters to work is due to begin shortly on the Broad Street museum. Sinclair's post said: "Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think."He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying."In February, Sinclair was rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a was the third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected in 2021. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
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29-05-2025
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Councillor hits out at ‘woke' 'fake news' event
This story is only available to Hereford Times subscribers. Click here to find out why and how to subscribe for exclusive stories. A Herefordshire town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new museum will be an exercise in 'woke virtue-signalling'. The latest in a series of events put on by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, 'Contentious narratives' will 'invite local people to discuss how museums should respond to fake news, misinformation and contested histories'. The department's head Damian Etheraads said it would question 'how can we present complex or controversial subjects with integrity, resisting harmful ideologies without becoming dogmatic'. RELATED NEWS: Hereford protest in High Town: Great British National Strike Complaint over Herefordshire town councillor behaviour Councillors 'fail to attend or prepare for' key meetings This will help shape displays in the city's new £18-million museum and art gallery in Broad Street, on which building work is due to begin shortly, 'based on what matters to our communities', he added. But Coun Ewen Sinclair of Ledbury posted on Facebook: Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think. He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying. Unfortunately I can't be there but can people please attend to question this self promoting, virtue signalling, woke and aggrandising individual. Who is squandering the Council Tax you pay. A council spokesperson said the public assembly is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of its package to support the museum and gallery project. What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. 'Their aim is to give Herefordshire people the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum; not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them,' they said. 'In the upcoming session we won't be telling people what to think.' OTHER NEWS: No takers for mayor role after town council's 'difficult year' Anger as £25K spent on study to boost town's tourism Victory in builder's battle to keep living in caravan The event is being held at the History Store, the council's museums repository in Friars Street, Hereford, on Saturday June 7. It is free to attend with no booking required. In February Coun Sinclair was formally rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a resident. He claimed at the time that the council 'are trying to cancel me'. This was third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected unopposed to Ledbury West parish ward in October 2021.
