Gavin Williamson warns university ‘cancel culture’ threatens UK’s free speech reputation and praises those who ‘defy the intolerant minority’ on campuses New law designed to protect free speech on campuses is before MPs today The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill aims to end ‘no-platforming’ The Education Secretary praised those who ‘defy the intolerant minority’ … Read more
Anne Robinson has furiously hit out at ‘woke’ culture and insists she ‘doesn’t want her language mangled,’ after a Countdown contestant stated she couldn’t use the term ‘foreigner.’ The veteran presenter, 76, who has taken over from Nick Hewer as the first ever female host of the Channel 4 game show, explained she doesn’t ‘want … Read more
‘I like people – but in a limited way’: Jonathan Ross admits he’s an introvert at heart… and that ‘woke cancel culture’ is getting ‘dangerous and uncomfortable’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 14:11 BST, 31 May 2021 | Updated: 14:31 BST, 31 May 2021 Jonathan Ross weighed in on being ‘woke’ and ‘cancel culture’ … Read more
Tory war on ‘cancel culture’: People denied a platform by universities will be able to seek compensation in the courts under government plans designed to make campuses places where ‘freedom of speech can thrive’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 11 May 2021 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 11 May 2021 The … Read more
Student watchdog’s new head vows to end ‘deeply unhealthy’ university cancel culture by dishing out fines and bans for institutions that fail to uphold free speech Lord Wharton of Yarm last night put universities on notice they face harsh fines The Tory peer said the Office for Students is prepared to wield sweeping powers He … Read more
Adam Hills DEFENDS cancel culture and says other comedians need to ‘be more responsible’ for what they say – and it’s their own fault if they offend people and lose their audience By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:57 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 04:33 BST, 8 April 2021 Australian comedian Adam … Read more
Piers Morgan has spoken out passionately in defense of free speech, calling the ‘woke’ cancel culture that cost him his job on Good Morning Britain a new form of ‘fascism’ that threatens the very foundations of democracy. In his first sit-down interview since leaving the UK breakfast show, Morgan, the Editor-at-Large of DailyMail.com, on Monday … Read more
When I was nine years old and queuing for lunch at school one day, a black boy in the year above me suddenly turned around and called me a ‘chocolate bar’. I looked at my beige-coloured skin in confusion. I thought ‘But I’m not as dark as chocolate – why would he say that?’ When … Read more
The founder of a website flooded with pupils’ allegations of sexual harassment has said the scandal should not focus on ‘naming and shaming’ specific schools. Soma Sara instead railed against an endemic rape culture that permeates ‘every school, every university, at home and in society’. Almost 10,000 people have anonymously posted experiences of misogyny and … Read more
Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of educational books for children, will no longer distribute The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future because it ‘perpetuates passive racism’ against Asians. Critics charge that the book’s storyline includes a Kung Fu master with dashes for eyes who wears traditional Asian garb. He is rescued … Read more