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Palmer expressed gratitude to the “lots of people” who “helped us behind the scenes.” He specifically thanked Alliance Defending Freedom International and the Free Speech Union for providing “invaluable” legal advice.
Ryan Foley, The Christian Post, 29th September 2021.
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Toby Young, of the Free Speech Union, said: “Bristol’s treatment of Prof Greer is outrageous. By kowtowing to the Islamic Society, the university has issued a gold-embossed invitation to activists to submit vexatious complaints about its employees.”
Jake Ryan, Mail on Sunday, 12th September 2021.
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Last night Toby Young, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, said: “The woke Witchfinder-Generals have gone mad. There was absolutely nothing racist about this joke. When this investigation concludes that there is no case to answer, I hope the episode isn’t recorded on the constable’s record as a non-crime hate incident.”
Daily Mail Reporter, MailOnline, 10th September 2021.
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Emma Webb from the Free Speech Union has entered the debate around Guy’s Hospital’s attempt to remove a statue of founder Thomas Guy. Ms Webb attacked the foundation of Guy’s and St Thomas’ for decision and echoes the Culture Secretary Olive Dowden’s remarks that the institution was “pandering to wokery.” She went on to point the figure of blame at London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Tim McNulty, Daily Express, 5th September 2021.
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The Free Speech Union (FSU) said it will take the University of Nottingham to court unless it reversed its decision not to recognise Fr David Palmer as Catholic chaplain. “The fact that Fr David’s appointment has been obstructed in this way, but not the appointment of the university’s Jewish chaplain, three Muslim chaplains or the eight other Christians chaplains, suggests he is a victim of unlawful discrimination,” wrote Mr Young.
Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald, 3rd September 2021.
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Instead, as our recent paper at the Free Speech Union described, the Bill will restrict the expression of perfectly legal but controversial opinion online in a way that is unprecedented in the history of Britain’s democracy.
Radomir Tylecote, Sunday Guardian Live, 28th August 2021.
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While the Free Speech Union’s Toby Young called the plans “sinister”.
Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, 26th August 2021.
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Toby Young’s Free Speech Union remarked of the result on Tuesday: “Street preachers like Hazel Lewis are standing up for the speech rights of all of us. Even after a recording proved she hadn’t said what a malicious passer-by accused her of, the police still prosecuted her. She’s now been cleared.”
Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, 10th August 2021.
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Free Speech Union Deputy Research Director Emma Webb added: “If Californian food bloggers want to take on Essex blokes over curry, good luck to them.”
Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart, 9th August 2021.
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Toby Young, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, told MailOnline: “The statements of LSE Class War read like the work of a satirist. Do a group of upper-middle class students at one of Britain’s most exclusive universities really want to wage war against posh people? Or is this a prank designed to take the Mickey out of privately-educated student activists? Unfortunately, we know from experience that student demands that should be treated as a joke are taken deadly seriously by those in authority, so the Free Speech Union stands ready to defend the Hayek Society if there’s any move to ban it. Universities should be places where students are exposed to a broad range of different ideas, not a woke echo chamber.”
James Gant, MailOnline, 27th July 2021.
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