Eton provost will not rule on Master’s dismissal after backing Headmaster in free speech row

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Toby Young, general secretary of the Free Speech Union which is supporting Mr Knowland, said that the case “is and always has been about free speech”. He added that the dispute is over the purpose of a good education and whether it is to “equip children with the knowledge and skills to think through the big questions facing our society or to just teach them the ‘correct’ view”.

Camilla Turner, The Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2020.