Arif Ahmed has written to all universities in England to warn them not to make the same mistakes as the University of Sussex. Student Academics For Academic Freedom Alumni for Free Speech London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom The Office for Students (OfS) Living Freedom The Free Speech Union Together timeshighereducation.com/news/ahmed-wri…

This is a more common occurrence than many would imagine outside academia, nefarious 'disciplinary actions' on dubious or unelaborated grounds. Anyone staff on the receiving end should contact and join Academics For Academic Freedom about their situation, and Student Academics For Academic Freedom for students.

Great evening thank you Newcastle Politics in Pubs and Linzi 🖤🤍

Sorry to disappoint all of the trolls and weirdo’s who tried to block book this event, then were stupid enough to brag about it on social media. But the event was a sell out and success!!! 😈🤣 Thank you to everyone who came, and thank you for the invite, it was a true honour!

A bit like the 3rd reading of the bill itself, our discussion on #AssistedDying had been postponed ... BUT now we're back on with a new date at the Telegraph & with intro by Kevin Yuill 👏 All welcome - come along, have your say & enjoy a pint 🍻

So West Yorkshire Police want to offer 'men of gold' ethnic minorities more time to apply for jobs than 'men of bronze' . In Wales the govt. want to offer ethnic minority student teachers more money than non-ethnic minority students. This is Plato's 'Noble Lie' , aka Positive

As a condition of registration all HEIs must uphold free speech and academic freedom. They should have been - and some have- ensuring they did not adopt policies that undermine this duty and would not need to ‘fear’ fines. Student Academics For Academic Freedom theguardian.com/education/2025…

🍻 Say no to banter bouncers! Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill could make landlords liable for overheard pub chat if a staff member claims ‘harassment’. Britain doesn’t need East German speech policing. ✍️ Write to a peer and help scrap Clause 20: freespeechunion.org/say-no-to-bant…

The establishment is composed of individuals who are risk-averse & responsibility averse... outsourcing decisions to an army of consultants, NGOs & international institutions, they lack the leadership necessary to take advantage of the current moment Excellent✍️ by Frank Furedi👇

The Sentencing Council’s Two-Tier Guidelines Failed to Treat People as Individuals. Discuss Here is my short piece on the most recent scandal regarding public bodies being infected by woke ideology. The Daily Sceptic dailysceptic.org/2025/04/14/the…

Very interesting piece from Newcastle Politics in Pubs regular Kyriakos Kotsoglou 👇

Why has the 'long arm of the law' been replaced by the 'long arm of Stonewall'? Why should a football club get to decide what fans can and can't say outside the stadium? Here is the write-up of our excellent evening with Linzi 🖤🤍 and Kyriakos Kotsoglou ⚽️👮‍♂️ politicsinpubs.org.uk/newcastle-bann…

How dare they abuse their power as educators in this way? "The National Education Union (NEU) is holding a workshop next month to train members in how to “advocate for Palestine in our schools”." telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/1…

🤔What can we do about wasteful spending & govt overreach? 🤔Can grassroots pressure make a difference to wasteful spending? Intro by Benjamin Elks of TaxPayers' Alliance who will argue we can all make a difference. Come along & join the debate 🍻 Tues 10 June | 7-9pm | The Telegraph Pub

euronews CEPS ThinkTank Kathleen Van Brempt Despite the attempt to shut down as fake news, here are the receipts. bbc.com/news/articles/… timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry… news.sky.com/story/emily-da… And as a bonus here’s a revelation of EU aid linked to Hamas rockets telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

Well done Jacob Reynolds. Attempts to shut down discussion about how Hamas has been funded under the guise of humanitarianism, by cries of FAKE NEWS (and repeating the word starvation), already shows disingenuous defensiveness. And for those looking for evidence, start here:

Reform UK has formed its own DOGE unit. Is this the solution to wasteful spending? Come along to our June meeting & put your questions & points to Benjamin Elks of TaxPayers' Alliance 10 June at the Telegraph. See you there? 👇

From equal pay to banter bans: have employee rights gone too far? Sat 14 June, 1 pm, Cherry Red’s, John Bright St, B1 1BN. With Daniel Dieppe of Civitas think tank The Leeds Salon @PoliticsInPubs Academy of Ideas Newcastle Politics in Pubs eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-equal-p…

Loved this conversation between Andrew Doyle & Claire Fox 🤔Is woke really over? 🧐How did we get here? 🤐Threats to Free Speech today 🤓The state's clampdown on hurty words Well worth a listen ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=cV0UQT…