The Free Speech Debate
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
After the government announced it may ditch the Conservatives' law to fight cancel culture on campuses, Ed Vaizey asks whether freedom of speech at University is under threat. He hears the cases for and against - including from former universities minister Robert Halfon, who was in government when the law was passed.
Plus: Columnists Miranda Green and Carolyn Quinn discuss Keir Starmer's spat with X owner Elon Musk, the state of our prisons, and heckling Liz Truss at Fringe.
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| 1:10.0 | Do our universities need a free speech law? The Tory government spent years drawing |
| 1:14.8 | up plans to protect freedom of speech on university campuses. But just seven days |
| 1:19.0 | before the law was going to come into force, Labour announced that it was |
| 1:22.3 | ditching it. So in our big thing we're going to come into force, Labor announced that it was ditching it. So in our big thing |
| 1:24.4 | we're going to hear the cases for and against and we'll hear from former |
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