Talk show presenter is cleared of any wrongdoing after being suspended for saying he’d had no benefit from white privilege in Black Lives Matter debate

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“I would also like to thank the IOM Communications Commission for a thorough and fair report, and the thousands of people who have signed petitions and sent me messages of support. Of particular note is the Free Speech Union who took up my ‘cause’ and provided friendly guidance and practical advice – I would recommend them to anyone who has been told what to think or what to say.”

Martin Robinson, The Daily Mail, 26th June 2020.

Modern-day witchfinders won’t end the hate by pulling down statues – they’ll only fuel it, writes freedom of speech campaigner Inaya Folarin Iman

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The great 18th century philosopher Edmund Burke, commenting on the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, wrote that “rage and frenzy will tear down in half-an-hour more than prudence, deliberation and foresight can build in a hundred years”.

Inaya Folarin Iman, The Daily Mail, 18th June 2020.

Freedom of speech organisation backs suspended radio presenter Stu Peters

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Stu Peters, the presenter suspended by Manx Radio, is being backed by an organisation set up to support freedom of speech.

IOMToday, 18th June 2020.

Talk show DJ is suspended for saying he’s not ‘white and privileged’ during on-air debate about Black Lives Matter

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Stuart Peters, 65, has worked for Manx Radio on the Isle of Man for 20 years. He said he understood why protests were happening in the US but not in the UK. The Free Speech Union defended him and started a campaign to reinstate him.

Gary O’Shea, The Mail on Sunday, 14th June 2020.

Interview with Toby Young: In England there is now a Free Speech Union

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Toby Young, a prominent and prolific journalist in England, writer for several major daily newspapers and Associate Editor of the Spectator, has founded the Free Speech Union.

Interview with Toby Young, Tichys Einblick, 1st June 2020.

Toby Young: When the Mob Comes For YOU

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Thor Holt talks with Toby Young, founder of The Free Speech Union, in a wide-ranging conversation touching on, amongst other things, the importance of free speech.

Thor Holt interviews Toby Young, Thor Holt Presents, 23rd May 2020.

What does free speech actually mean? Toby Young & Mark Littlewood In Conversation

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What is the current state of free speech in the UK? What does free speech actually mean? And what does Toby Young’s, recently launched, Free Speech Union aim to achieve?

Mark Littlewood and Toby Young, In Conversation, 15th May 2020.

Toby Young interviewed by Nico Johnson

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“We got letters back […] and in the case of the UN Oxford Women’s Society, the Proctors ordered them to apologise to Amber Rudd and then banned the society […] but we’ve been involved in numerous other cases as well.”

Nico Johnson interviews Toby Young, The Post Millennial, 8th May 2020.

Toby Young: “120,000 non crime ‘hate incidents’ in five years”

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Toby Young speaks to Kevin O’Sullivan about the Free Speech Union, telling talkRADIO that it was set up as a membership organisation to campaign for freedom of speech.

Kevin O’Sullivan interviews Toby Young, talkRadio, 2nd May 2020.

Toby Young on Free Speech, No Platforming, and Social Media Censorship

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Meghan Murphy speaks with Toby Young about why the left has largely abandoned free speech, why social media censorship matters and the value of public debate.

Meghan Murphy interviews Toby Young, The Same Drugs Interview, 29th April 2020.

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Articles That Mention the Free Speech Union

Talk show presenter is cleared of any wrongdoing after being suspended for saying he’d had no benefit from white privilege in Black Lives Matter debate

Modern-day witchfinders won’t end the hate by pulling down statues – they’ll only fuel it, writes freedom of speech campaigner Inaya Folarin Iman

Freedom of speech organisation backs suspended radio presenter Stu Peters

Talk show DJ is suspended for saying he’s not ‘white and privileged’ during on-air debate about Black Lives Matter

Interview with Toby Young: In England there is now a Free Speech Union

Toby Young: When the Mob Comes For YOU

What does free speech actually mean? Toby Young & Mark Littlewood In Conversation

Toby Young interviewed by Nico Johnson

Toby Young: “120,000 non crime ‘hate incidents’ in five years”

Toby Young on Free Speech, No Platforming, and Social Media Censorship

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