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Toby Young, the founder of the Free Speech Union, who is soon to become a member of the House of Lords, said the issue would be a “flashpoint” between the White House and Number 10 and would “colour Mr Trump’s perception of Sir Keir and his regime”.
Gordon Raynor, The Telegraph, 3rd January 2025.
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The Free Speech Union has launched a legal challenge against the Education Secretary, claiming the government’s move to pause the Act is unlawful. In a statement, the FSU said:
“For almost 350 years, the governance of Britain has rested on the premise that ministers may not set aside laws made by Parliament. The right to free speech, as protected by our sovereign Parliament, cannot be treated with such contempt.”
The Conservative Post, 30th December 2024.
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From ‘banter bouncers’ in pubs to Islamic blasphemy codes, state censorship is set to explode in 2025.
Toby Young, Spiked, 30th December 2024.
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Ms Phillipson now faces legal action over her decision to pull the plug on the Act, after the Free Speech Union was granted permission to appeal the move. A judicial review hearing is set to take place in the High Court on Jan 23.
Poppy Wood, The Telegraph, 28th December 2024.
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Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union, slammed the PDA for publishing Mr Bhogal’s guide. He said: “Penalising old white men for using racially insensitive language doesn’t improve the lives of poor black people one iota. It’s just performative virtue signalling,” he added.
Stephen Beech, Express, 27th December 2024.
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Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, offers a sweeping and intellectually robust exploration of conservatism’s enduring principles in his article ‘Why I Am a Conservative,’ published in The Telegraph this week.
James Tozer, Mail Online, 26th December 2024.
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Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, offers a sweeping and intellectually robust exploration of conservatism’s enduring principles in his article ‘Why I Am a Conservative,’ published in The Telegraph this week.
The Conservative Post, 22nd December 2024.
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Toby Young, the general secretary of the Free Speech Union, said: “Our public servants should be learning about the glories of Britain’s past, how we exported parliamentary democracy to the Anglosphere and invented the free market system that has done so much to eliminate poverty in the global south
Camilla Turner, The Telegraph, 21st December 2024.
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Mr Young, who is a prominent proponent of free schools and set one up in west London, said last night: “Delighted that the work of the Free Speech Union has been recognised in this way – and congratulations to our Chairman, Nigel Biggar, who’s also been given a peerage. I look forward to working with the Leader of the Opposition on how to restore free speech to pride of place in our democracy and repair the damage Keir Starmer has done to this vital human right when she succeeds him as our next Prime Minister.”
Harriet Line, The Daily Mail, 21st December 2024.
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Toby Young is at the frontline of defending free speech and free expression in the UK. Following his own personal experience of cancel culture. He has painstakingly built up the Free Speech Union into an advocacy and advisory organisation which has fought 3,000 cases and attracted 24,000 members. His organisation has been a crucial source of support for those whose lives have been disrupted or destroyed for unfashionable but completely lawful views.
Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Home, 20th December 2024.
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