Apparently, the debate on free speech at the Oxford Union featuring
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tommy Robinson happened last night and had a very
skimpy attendance. It wasn't due to a lack of interest - quite the
contrary - it was the result of police shutting down the road that
people needed to take to get to the debate. The police had demanded the >Oxford Union give them a substantial amount of money to do their jobs
and the students rightly refused; it's looking like the police, angered
at not getting the money threw a spanner in the works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuj2mfFWsxU [9 minutes]
The good news is that the debate took place despite the meager
attendance. I look forward to watching it when it is eventually uploaded.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
Apparently, the debate on free speech at the Oxford Union featuring
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tommy Robinson happened last night and had a very
skimpy attendance. It wasn't due to a lack of interest - quite the
contrary - it was the result of police shutting down the road that
people needed to take to get to the debate. The police had demanded the
Oxford Union give them a substantial amount of money to do their jobs
and the students rightly refused; it's looking like the police, angered
at not getting the money threw a spanner in the works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuj2mfFWsxU [9 minutes]
The good news is that the debate took place despite the meager
attendance. I look forward to watching it when it is eventually uploaded.
I'd call a roadblock to prevent travel both an infringement upon a basic human right and actual censorship since they were preventing people from hearing the debate live and in person.
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