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Free speech is still in peril on campus

Free speech is still in peril on campus

Labour’s watered-down Freedom of Speech Act will do little to tackle the scourge of cancel culture.

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Jan 17, 2025
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The sorry saga of the UK’s Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act reached a desultory conclusion this week. While it had been passed in parliament under the previous Conservative government in response to growing concerns about cancel culture on campuses, it had not been implemented by the time of the General Election. Within days of the Labour govern…

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