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The Free Speech Union’s submission to the public consultation, prepared by Professor Andrew Tettenborn of Swansea University, regards the Bill as the most draconian constraint on free speech in the Western world.
Robert Oulds and Niall McCrae The Express, 27th August 2020.
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Indeed, that is why my own mother, who raised me and my siblings single-handedly, came from Nigeria to Britain. She saw it as a “land of hope” with so many more opportunities than her native country would offer us. She has been to the Proms and has no problem with the lyrics.
Inaya Folarin Iman, Daily Mail, 23rd August 2020.
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Oxford don Nigel Biggar, who has been called a ‘pariah’ for his work on the Empire, says the threat to academic freedom is no myth.
Nigel Biggar, The Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2020.
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Having identified the problem, the authors [of the Policy Exchange paper] propose a solution: an Academic Freedom Bill. This would create a Director for Academic Freedom as a member of the senior team at the Office for Students, the English universities’ regulator, who would report directly to the board and be appointed by the Education Secretary.
Toby Young, The Spectator, 8th August 2020.
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Mr Buckley was supported by the Free Speech Union, which backed the counter-petition and found him top corporate lawyer Geoffrey Davies. “In their anxiety to be politically correct the trustees simply ignored their contractual obligations,” said Mr Davies, from Keystone Law.
Mark Hookham, Mail on Sunday, 26th July 2020.
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Mr Buckley was supported by the Free Speech Union, which got behind a counter-petition and found him top lawyer Geoffrey Davies. Speaking to MailOnline, Mr Davies of Keystone Law said: “In their anxiety to be politically correct the trustees simply ignored their contractual obligations. When they were drawn to their attention the trustees realised the dreadful mistake they had made and agreed to resign and reinstate Nick as CEO.”
Jack Wright, MailOnline, 23rd July 2020.
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Nick Buckley was aided by the Free Speech Union who provided a top solicitor, Geoffrey Davies, who took on the case pro bono.
David Scullion, The Critic, 23rd July 2020.
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Nick Buckley MBE, who was ousted as chief executive of his own charity last month following some mild criticisms of the Black Lives Matter manifesto, is back in charge thanks to the Free Speech Union. As of today, the trustees who fired him have all resigned, new trustees have been appointed and Nick has been re-appointed as CEO of Mancunian Way, the award-winning charity he founded in 2011.
Guido Fawkes, 23rd July 2020.
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I think the time has come to open a US branch of the Free Speech Union, the organization I set up in Britain earlier this year that stands up for the speech rights of its members. If you want to get involved, email me at info@freespeechunion.us.
Toby Young, Spectator USA, 19th July 2020.
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The Free Speech Union, recently founded by the energetic journalist Toby Young to uphold Britain’s tattered traditions, says that it now receives half a dozen requests for help every day. The fact that such an organisation is required represents a severe indictment of the growing institutional disdain for freedom of expression.
Leo McKinstry, the Sunday Express, 19th July 2020.
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