Teacher who was called ‘Islamophobic’ and sacked after describing Lucy Connolly’s prison sentence as two-tier policing says he has been victim of ‘witch hunt’

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Lord Young of Acton, founder of the Free Speech Union, told The Daily Mail that he was ‘shocked’ by the decision to sack Mr Pearson, criticising the NEU for ‘siding with the bosses rather than the workers when it comes to breaches of workplace speech codes’.

Ruth Stainer, Daily Mail, 3rd August 2025.