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Articles That Mention the Free Speech Union

Free speech champion Toby Young among six Tory peers nominated by Kemi Badenoch

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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.

Kemi Badenoch: My appointments to the Lords are true radicals, the smart, and the very brave

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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.

Free speech champion Toby Young awarded peerage

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Toby Young has been awarded a peerage, Downing Street has announced. The founder and director of the Free Speech Union will take his place in the House of Lords next year. He is also a prominent proponent of free schools and set one up in west London.

A peerage has also been awarded to Nigel Biggar, a regius professor of moral and pastoral theology at the University of Oxford.  Prof Biggar, who is also the chairman of Free Speech Union, has become famous in recent years for speaking out against criticisms of the British Empire.

Daniel Martin, The Telegraph, 20th December 2024.

IPSO transgender ruling: Gay campaigner and free speech advocate adds voice to criticism – saying it could stifle debate on upcoming bill

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“As a member of the Free Speech Union’s NI Advisory Council, I am especially concerned at the privileging of one side in the gender dispute to the point where legitimate debate is stifled. If newspapers are forced at considerable expense to fight plainly trivial cases involving hurty words in front of IPSO, the very existence of a free press is now called into question.”

Adam Kula, The Belfast News Letter, 15th December 2024.

A ‘chilling’ attack on free speech by media regulator IPSO

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Toby Young, Director of the Free Speech Union, said IPSO “has censured The Spectator for publishing an article that is in no way inaccurate or intrusive but which it disapproves of for political reasons. If a press regulator penalises a newspaper or magazine just because it doesn’t like its politics, it is no longer fit for purpose.”

The Christian Institute, 13th December 2024.