They shouldn’t be barred. We’re a free country, have freedom of speech. Students should be allowed to debate them and everything, just like how labour, libdem, tory, green, snp, sinn fein, etc should be allowed to speak on campuses.
Reform UK politicians should be barred from speaking on campus, say 35% of students
Submitted 5 hours ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
zwerg@feddit.org 5 hours ago
So 65% think its OK…
Wimopy@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
It sounds like they asked about specific parties being banned. 16% even said Labour…
Without seeing the full survey it’s hard to gauge, but seems like it might’ve been odd phrasing.
Disregarding that, I think I agree with the majority here. Reform are, sadly, a legitimate political party in the UK, who even have seats in Parliament. I don’t feel we should be targeting individual political parties with freedom of speech restrictions, at least not on a national level. Students and staff getting their universities to bar them would be fine. Perhaps an odd distinction, but I think it’s an important one.
9point6@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Quick search indicates HEPI is a Tory-run lobbying org
Baffling that a Tory would struggle understanding the paradox of tolerance.
Though, actually a bit concerning the guardian would publish this without that context