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EDI Dominoes Start to Fall
That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share.
We briefly discuss last Saturday’s Manchester event on free expression in football, before moving on to a recent victory for workplace free speech that was reported in The Telegraph.
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has scrapped controversial plans to force its 32,000 members - including 15,000 student members and 46 partner universities - to "encourage diversity, equity and inclusion" in all aspects of their professional and personal lives. The Free Speech Union responded to both of the IFoA’s consultations on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and we take the opportunity to discuss the best strategies for tackling these kind of free speech codes in other contexts.
Also reported last week in The Telegraph, claims of ‘two-tier’ policing are, according to an internal Home Office report, an ‘extreme right-wing narrative’. We know about the Home Office report not because it was published, but because it was leaked to the think tank Policy Exchange, which rightly pointed out that some of the definitions of extremism threaten free speech, defining aspects of normal and legitimate political debate as extremist.
We end with Jan’s regular report on upcoming FSU events plus the good news of Toby Young’s introduction to the House of Lords on Tuesday 28th January, alongside the FSU’s Chairman, Lord Biggar.
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Відео

Comedy, Controversy, Bravery and Vindication
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Please support The Free Speech Union. You can become a member at freespeechunion.org/join/. You can donate at freespeechunion.org/donate/. Monday 20th January 2025 A farewell evening with GRAHAM LINEHAN before he headed to the USA. FSU General Secretary Toby Young in conversation with Graham Linehan.
Discussion with Martin Speake
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. We were delighted to welcome the distinguished composer, musician and educator Martin Speake onto “That’s Debatable!” this week. Back in February 2024, Mar...
Partial Win for Academic Freedom
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. Bridget Phillipson has updated the House of Commons on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act (HEFSA), which secured cross-party support in the last ...
FSU’S LEGAL CHALLENGE FORCES GOVERNMENT ACTION ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH ACT!
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FSU General Secretary Toby Young recently joined Josh Howie on GB News’ Free Speech Nation to discuss our campaign to rescue the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act (HEFSA). Introduced by the Conservatives, HEFSA secured cross-party support in the last Parliament and received Royal Assent in May 2023. It was designed to strengthen universities’ duties to uphold free speech on campus, with ...
Mea Maxima Culpa
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. On Tuesday 7th January, Jan joined many others in Trafalgar Square to stand in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo and honour the victims from ten years ago. The...
FSU MEMBER LOSES JOB BECAUSE HE'S AN ORGANISER FOR REFORM UK!
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FSU member Saba Poursaeedi was punished by his employer, Hightown Housing Association, simply for his lawful support of Reform UK, a mainstream political party polling at around 20% nationally. Find out more about Saba’s case here. www.crowdjustice.com/case/saba-poursaeedi-lost-my-job/ Despite his exemplary work record, Hightown withdrew a promotion to a more senior and permanent role that Saba...
Can Free Speech Survive Kier Starmer?
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. Happy New Year to all our listeners and viewers! We were immensely proud to see both Toby Young and our Chair, Professor Nigel Biggar, in the New Years hon...
All to Play For
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. The former Conservative and UKIP MP, Douglas Carswell, writes in the Telegraph this week, “England is no longer a free society. The old country is descendi...
CANCELLED FOR EXPRESSING GENDER CRITICAL VIEWS!
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Connie Shaw, the 20 year-old Leeds University undergraduate suspended from hosting a student radio show after expressing gender-critical views joined Julia Hartley-Brewer on TalkTV to discuss her shocking cancellation. Ms Shaw, who is also a member of the Free Speech Union (FSU), was handed a “notice of suspension” by Leeds Student Union (LSU) after a complaint was raised with Leeds Student Rad...
LONG LIVE THE REFUSENIKS!
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. We start with some good news. As reported in The Telegraph, Cambridge Constabulary have announced that they will be taking no further action against the FS...
UNI STUDENT SUSPENDED AND SENT FOR POLITICAL RE-EDUCATION AFTER EXPRESSING GENDER CRITICAL VIEWS!
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Connie Shaw, the 20 year-old Leeds University undergraduate suspended from hosting a student radio show after expressing gender-critical views joined Andrew Doyle on GB News show 'Free Speech Nation' to discuss her shocking case. Ms Shaw, who is also a member of the Free Speech Union (FSU), was handed a “notice of suspension” by Leeds Student Union (LSU) after a complaint was raised with Leeds ...
Unpopular Opinions - Academic Freedom in New Zealand
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. We were delighted to welcome Dr James Kierstead onto ’That’s Debatable!’ to discuss his latest report, “Unpopular Opinions: Academic Freedom in New Zealand...
CENSOR LIKE IT'S 1979!
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That’s Debatable!’ is the weekly podcast of the Free Speech Union. Hosts Tom Harris and Jan MacVarish - both staffers at the FSU - talk about the free speech controversies that have erupted in the past week. Please like, subscribe and share. Jan was fortunate enough to join ‘Academics for Academic Freedom’ (AFAF) at their annual conference on Saturday 23rd November and we begin by discussing ho...
"NON-CRIME HATE INCIDENTS AREN'T ABOUT PREVENTING HARM - THEY'RE ABOUT ENFORCING MORAL CONFORMITY"
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The Free Speech Union’s (FSU’s) General Secretary, Toby Young, joined Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg on GB News to discuss the troubling case of award-winning Telegraph journalist and FSU member Allison Pearson, who is facing a police investigation over an X post from last year. Needless to say, the FSU is providing Allison with in-house support via our case and legal teams, as well as paying for her to h...
Watch It!
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Watch It!
"PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE NOW SELF-CENSORSING OUT OF FEAR"
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"PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE NOW SELF-CENSORSING OUT OF FEAR"
250,000 ORWELLIAN 'NON-CRIMES' LOGGED AGAINST UK CITIZENS SINCE 2014
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250,000 ORWELLIAN 'NON-CRIMES' LOGGED AGAINST UK CITIZENS SINCE 2014
Two Cheers for Trump on Free Speech
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Two Cheers for Trump on Free Speech
Should Barristers Adopt a Positive Duty to Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion?
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Should Barristers Adopt a Positive Duty to Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion?
Political Football
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Political Football
Academic Freedom: (Still) Under Threat?
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Academic Freedom: (Still) Under Threat?
L(loyd)G(eorge)BTQ
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L(loyd)G(eorge)BTQ
Hounded Out: Does Publishing Have a Freedom of Expression Problem?
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Hounded Out: Does Publishing Have a Freedom of Expression Problem?
The Knight's Tale
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The Knight's Tale
LABOUR HAVE DONE SOME SHOCKING THINGS TO ATTACK FREE SPEECH, BUT THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST!"
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LABOUR HAVE DONE SOME SHOCKING THINGS TO ATTACK FREE SPEECH, BUT THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST!"
"They're just looking at demographic diversity instead of diversity of thought and opinion!"
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"They're just looking at demographic diversity instead of diversity of thought and opinion!"
Discussion with Bernie Spofforth.
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Discussion with Bernie Spofforth.
FSU INTERVENES AFTER DURHAM UNIVERSITY GROUP CANCELLED FOR NOT BEING LEFT-WING ENOUGH!
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FSU INTERVENES AFTER DURHAM UNIVERSITY GROUP CANCELLED FOR NOT BEING LEFT-WING ENOUGH!
BANNED FOR NOT BEING LEFT-WING ENOUGH: FSU INTERVENES IN LATEST INCIDENT OF CAMPUS CANCEL CULTURE!
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BANNED FOR NOT BEING LEFT-WING ENOUGH: FSU INTERVENES IN LATEST INCIDENT OF CAMPUS CANCEL CULTURE!

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @LarryKippings
    @LarryKippings 3 години тому

    Happy to see that over £28,000 has been raised for legal fees 👏🏻

  • @nascar0509
    @nascar0509 8 годин тому

    Bourgeois Guardianista narcissists need their narcissistic supply otherwise it exposes the emptiness within their cluster B mindset.

  • @hezkyden
    @hezkyden 15 годин тому

    I HATE it when British people use the word 'forever' in place of 'for a long time'. Never mind free speech, copy-catting awful Americanisms should be unlawful at least for anyone over 35.

  • @onceamoth
    @onceamoth 16 годин тому

    Their behaviour is more pathological than political.

  • @wolfhugs2221
    @wolfhugs2221 21 годину тому

    How do members access the members only videos? Or will the newsletter explain that?

  • @cheshiremog
    @cheshiremog 22 години тому

    It’s not that we’re inured to it, I’m well aware of the mass murder of children in Manchester and when I walk through the centre and see the Free Palestine mob , I don’t challenge them because I would expect to be arrested and maybe charged if they could get me to confess to something. What can we do when our state in is cahoots with radical left lunatics that have weaponized the state machinery against us ?

  • @cnrspiller3549
    @cnrspiller3549 День тому

    Great work you guys are doing at the fsu. I am so glad you exist in this age of sanctimony and cancellation. Well deserved knighthood for Sir Toby too! A link to the petition would be a useful addition imo.

  • @hopelessatusernames
    @hopelessatusernames День тому

    "cultivated indifference" to the slaughter of children, there's something su*cidal about that, a society that's given up on the future

  • @onceamoth
    @onceamoth День тому

    Very profound points about the withdrawal of the human right to anger (over the biggest outrage I can conceive - the mass, r cist butchering of CHILDREN). Anger that would be expected and blessed in the Far Left's client communities. As would the automatic assumption of racism had the races been reversed, regardless of evidence. There is plenty of evidence in the Southport case, Jan. Most saliently his Wt Genocide rant.

  • @rolyvonotter2693
    @rolyvonotter2693 День тому

    I didn't know about the NCHI petition, i'll rush off & tell everybody i can. Thank you😊

  • @mowgli2071
    @mowgli2071 День тому

    "DEI isn't working. Let's call it 'EDI'" A few years later: "EDI isn't working. Let's call it 'EID'"...

  • @peterstabler2321
    @peterstabler2321 День тому

    There was coverage on "The Mag" a Toon independent fanzine.

  • @Woodman-Spare-that-tree
    @Woodman-Spare-that-tree День тому

    You’re being very optimistic there. Trump doesn’t run the UK, unfortunately so DEI is still in full flood. 🇬🇧

    • @onceamoth
      @onceamoth День тому

      The DEI virus came from the American lab. The cure is coming from America too.

    • @onceamoth
      @onceamoth День тому

      The virus came from America. So can the cure.

  • @BlackTortoiseOfTheNorth
    @BlackTortoiseOfTheNorth День тому

    Not in UK, they don't!

  • @CCc-b6r
    @CCc-b6r День тому

    Value your free speech sign petition search ABOLISH NON CRIME HATE INCIDENTS PETITION & sign it

  • @papaann4
    @papaann4 2 дні тому

    Never has a Peerage been more deserved.

  • @sellersmckee8616
    @sellersmckee8616 2 дні тому

    mandatory training is the new euphemism for reeducation camps.

  • @patriciaduffy3501
    @patriciaduffy3501 2 дні тому

    Graham is an amazing person, standing up for women and children when other sheep hide away!

  • @ireallymeanthis2760
    @ireallymeanthis2760 2 дні тому

    I'm a big fan of yours Graham, but must disagree over one thing; climate change activism & reporting ( whether in the Guardian or elsewhere) is science-led; it didn't emerge from any ideology or from any irrational thinking.

  • @legionnairegonk4425
    @legionnairegonk4425 2 дні тому

    The IT Crowd and Father Ted are classics. Pure comedy of a like we will never see again thanks to the far-left woke mob. Basically comedy HAS to have fall-guys, someone who is the butt of the joke. The lefties can't understand that in their stupidity. So-called 'progressive' humour just isn't funny - watching ANY current BBC sitcom shows that. The lousy viewing figures confirm it.

  • @Mark_Dyer1
    @Mark_Dyer1 2 дні тому

    As a member of the FSU, thank you for this. What I have noticed about the 'Trans activists' is how puritanically anti-sexual practice they are. Back in the early 1970s, I was a student 'gay activist' (our "wear blue jeans if you're gay!" day caused panic among the students!), and we were fighting for al sexual 'ages-of-consent' to be equal. We were fighting for the right to have sex before we were twenty-one! No-one knows the 'sexual preference' iof a genuine 'trans-sexual' person: whilst the 'Trans activists' appear to wish to eliminate homosexuality in favour of 'Trans'. Perhaps this is why all thouse "loud-and-proud" banners have been reduced from 'Gay Pride', to merely 'Pride'. To remove the sex!

  • @DavidMcKnight-jc3qm
    @DavidMcKnight-jc3qm 2 дні тому

    I take it that FSU would be against going back to basics and find a way to do far more really active science before we open one's mouth.

  • @StewartAnderson-dm3ui
    @StewartAnderson-dm3ui 3 дні тому

    If the filth pull you plead not guilty use your human rights to free speech

  • @StewartAnderson-dm3ui
    @StewartAnderson-dm3ui 3 дні тому

    Ooooh i could crush a grape 😂 no seriously if any grapes are reading this i didn't mean to hurt your feelings

  • @StewartAnderson-dm3ui
    @StewartAnderson-dm3ui 3 дні тому

    Why has this trans shit went thru the roof the last couple of years we need to open up tons of asylums section them

  • @somerandomhomeboy
    @somerandomhomeboy 3 дні тому

    “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” Debunked 2000-present date.

  • @haydoncooper3744
    @haydoncooper3744 3 дні тому

    100% support you well done don't give up.

  • @UteHeggenTranswidowHeals
    @UteHeggenTranswidowHeals 4 дні тому

    We trans widows, who divorced a husband suddenly down the rabbit hole, know this has been growing for decades. We're silenced, outside of yt chan, Trans Widow Ute Heggen and new documentary, Behind the Looking Glass at Lime Soda Films yt chan.

  • @sparagmos4748
    @sparagmos4748 4 дні тому

    Glinner has given us great comedy and has shown that he has integrity and a refusal to toe the gender bollocks line, which many people in his line of work have done. I admire him and wish him the best☺️.

  • @alisonwren3624
    @alisonwren3624 4 дні тому

    Graham you are the ONLY celebrity I have ever asked for a picture with (at a Let Women Speak event) and I still show it to people. I wish you all the very best in your new life.🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

  • @odiedodieuk
    @odiedodieuk 4 дні тому

    Apologising to Dankula was really big of you. Good luck to you and Doylie

  • @Wendyj55
    @Wendyj55 4 дні тому

    Dear Graham, Thanks for bashing away and chipping away at spreading awareness and understanding of the complicated, initially impenetrable issue of "gender-identity" ideology. You've been clarifying things so neatly for simply loads of us for all these years; and nobody, but nobody, says it like you, Graham Linehan. Helen, in one edition of The Mess, told us about the Welsh proverb, "Dyfal donc a dyr y garreg" - tapping persistently breaks the stone ... sometimes you gave great blows with a shillelagh, but it was your dogged persistence and wrangling with fragments of this horrible ideology that has built faith amongst us all. I think we have been stunned at your unerring courage. So, settle back into your self, breathe the fresh air of a new environment, take rest, have fun with friends, carry quiet pride within you for all you have done, regardless of what the opposition were doing to you. We will miss you but we wish you every good thing, but mainly the peace of heart that you are due. Enjoy your new life over yonder but please, as someone else has already said "Haste ye back."

  • @kirstinline
    @kirstinline 4 дні тому

    someone's heard the transphobic clarion call. maybe some more of you could follow him to the fuhrer.

  • @angelasansom1070
    @angelasansom1070 4 дні тому

    Love you Graham, you brave, warm, huge-hearted, brilliantly hilarious man. You and Andrew (also brilliant) will do so well in America X

  • @haydoncooper3744
    @haydoncooper3744 4 дні тому

    Dies anybody know how we can get in touch with Graham, an e-mail address.

  • @haydoncooper3744
    @haydoncooper3744 4 дні тому

    So sad and wrong that he has been treated the way he has. Listening to his book at the moment and i have a huge respect for Graham. Lots of love and best wished Graham.

  • @annoyingbstard9407
    @annoyingbstard9407 4 дні тому

    Seen off by the BBC trolls who now control the media. Good luck Graham.

  • @Katherynhopeful
    @Katherynhopeful 4 дні тому

    Why is it wrong to give all sides of a life altering choice? It is not reeducating but brain washing!

  • @janebennetto5655
    @janebennetto5655 4 дні тому

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️🇬🇧❌❌

  • @tracyferguson8858
    @tracyferguson8858 4 дні тому

    I was sad not to be able to attend, thanks for posting. It looked a lovely send off, and I hope that the big man felt the love. You are a star Graham, can’t wait for the comedy you are working on.

  • @janetteleck2565
    @janetteleck2565 5 днів тому

    Haste ye back Graham Thank you sooooooo much for all that you've done to your great cost for us women and girls ❤❤❤

  • @catherinerobilliard7662
    @catherinerobilliard7662 5 днів тому

    The UK’s loss is America’s gain. I can’t wait to see another comedy series with the magic words “Graham Linehan” guaranteeing comedy gold.

  • @ukgranny9786
    @ukgranny9786 5 днів тому

    I hate the word gender being used instead of sex. They aren't the same. Right again Graham.

    • @kirstinline
      @kirstinline 4 дні тому

      sex dysphoria is already too common.

  • @stellafalconer6715
    @stellafalconer6715 5 днів тому

    Brilliant, wonderful event! Thank you so much, Graham, for all your support for women and girls, and I wish you all the best for your new life in America. ❤

  • @jonathontoss2929
    @jonathontoss2929 5 днів тому

    In the peoples republic of Wigan, the proletariat are obliged to let Lisa Nandy to do the thinking for them……..Allegedly!

  • @elliemitchell3078
    @elliemitchell3078 5 днів тому

    As a current Open University student, some students are starting to see the trickle down effects of these new policies. However, I had no idea things were getting this bad. May Dr Gadow prevail.

  • @danharrodian
    @danharrodian 5 днів тому

    Yes, all the best to Graham, but what about those who do not have the means nor the ability of "celebrity" to do the same.

  • @karicoleman3548
    @karicoleman3548 5 днів тому

    The USA will be SO HAPPY to have YOU!! 🎉 Welcome ❤

  • @peterteagleteagle9958
    @peterteagleteagle9958 5 днів тому

    This country is fast becoming a basket case, loony people are running the country,

  • @peterstabler2321
    @peterstabler2321 5 днів тому

    "Clearly rhe right side of history"