Our Team
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Toby Young
Founder & General Secretary
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Sigrun Olafsdottir
Chief Operating Officer
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Dr Bryn Harris
Chief Legal Counsel
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Tracy-Jane Afriyie
Director of Sponsorship and Development
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Thomas Harris
Director of Data and Impact
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Dr Benjamin Jones
Director of Case Management
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Dr Jan Macvarish
Education and Events Director
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Sam Armstrong
Legislative Affairs Director
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Esther Hartley
Membership Director
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Stephen O'Grady
Director of Projects
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Jill Levene
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
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Rebekah Brown
Assistant Director of Case Management
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Karolien Celie
Legal Counsel
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Louis Maby
Legal Officer
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Tim Cruddas
Senior Case Officer
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Zahira Patel
Case Officer
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Lynsey Metcalfe
Case Officer
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Celeste Warren
Case Officer
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Ben Maney
Case Officer
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Fiorenza Dell'Anna
Case Officer
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Max Thompson
Legislative Affairs and Campaigns Officer
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Connie Shaw
External Affairs Officer
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Vinay Kapoor
Education and Engagement Officer
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Georgina Casey
Operations Assistant
Advisory Councils
The Free Speech Union has several Advisory Councils, mainly consisting of prominent public figures who support our work — from academics and lawyers to writers and journalists. These supporters bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise that has proved invaluable to our mission.
Advisory Council
Legal Advisory Council
Writers' Advisory Council
Scottish Advisory Council
Northern Ireland Advisory Council
Advisory Council
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Ian Rons
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Inaya Folarin Iman
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Julia Hartley-Brewer
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Lionel Shriver
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Dr Andrew Doyle
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Prof David Starkey
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Konstantin Kisin
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Francis Foster
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Dr Michael Shermer
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Dr Helen Joyce
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Dr Jaspreet Singh Boparai
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Prof Matthew Goodwin
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Baroness Claire Fox
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David Goodhart
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Dr David Green
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Allison Pearson
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Matt Ridley
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Prof Eric Kaufmann
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Prof Andrew Roberts
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Prof James Hankins
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Prof Timothy Bates
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Prof Dennis Hayes
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Prof Jeremy Jennings
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Prof Lee Jussim
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Prof Robert Plomin
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Prof Michael Rainsborough
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Prof Doug Stokes
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Dr Pamela Paresky
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Dr Zoe Strimpel
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Dr Radomir Tylecote
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Claire Lehmann
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Mark Littlewood
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Dr Sumantra Maitra
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Jon Moynihan
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Nic Elliott
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Simon Evans
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Juliet Samuel
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Benjamin Schwarz
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Andy Shaw
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Jim Sillars
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Paul Staines
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Dominic Frisby
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Nick Dixon
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Dr Joanna Williams
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Dr Tim Williams
Legal Advisory Council
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Patrick Way KC
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Paul Cavin KC
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Paul Diamond
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Dr Wanjiru Njoya
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Gareth Hughes
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Robert Dougans
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Prof Steven Greer
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Geoffrey Davies
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Dr Larry George
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John Jolliffe
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Rebecca Butler
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Prof Raymond Wacks
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Spencer Keen
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James Montgomery
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Dr Paul Yowell
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Peter Smith
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Jaan Larner
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Luke Gittos
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David Palfreyman OBE
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Roderick Moore
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Preston Byrne
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Graham Lodge
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Christopher Gelber
Writers' Advisory Council
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Alex Marwood
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Lionel Shriver
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Jack Dee
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Dr Andrew Doyle
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Matthew Hamilton
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Caroline Hardman
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Roger Lewis
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Dr Helen Joyce
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Julie Bindel
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Bel Mooney
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George Owers
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Anna Pasternak
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Prof Andrew Roberts
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Nina Power
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Rachel Rooney
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Mary Harrington
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Gareth Roberts
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Kate Clanchy
Scottish Advisory Council
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Joanna Cherry KC
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Murdo Fraser MSP
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Puneet Dwivedi
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Jamie Gillies
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Dr Neil Thin
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Brent Haywood
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Penny Lewis
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Jenny Lindsay
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Iain Macwhirter
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Prof Lindsay Paterson
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Kapil Summan
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Adam Tomkins
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Tom Walker
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Peter Kearney
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Kirstin McLean
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Tom Burns
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Jayne Laidlaw
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Shereen Benjamin
Northern Ireland Advisory Council
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Baroness Kate Hoey
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Jeffrey Dudgeon MBE
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Ruth Dudley Edwards
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Ben Lowry
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Simon Chambers
