Gavin Williamson warns university ‘cancel culture’ threatens UK’s free speech reputation and praises those who ‘defy the intolerant minority’ on campuses New law designed to protect free speech on campuses is before MPs today The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill aims to end ‘no-platforming’ The Education Secretary praised those who ‘defy the intolerant minority’ … Read more
How could you, Gladys? The Wiggles forced to cancel their ‘Great Wiggly Road Trip Tour’ as the Sydney lockdown is extended by one week By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:59 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 07:00 BST, 7 July 2021 The Big Red Car won’t be travelling near or far after … Read more
‘It’s woke madness!’ GMB viewers slam decision by £26,000-a-year St Paul’s Girls’ School to cancel the term ‘head girl’ because it’s ‘too binary’ – saying ‘people need to get a grip’ St Paul’s Girls’ School will no longer use the term because it says it is too ‘binary’ The £26,000-a-year school will now refer to those in … Read more
‘I like people – but in a limited way’: Jonathan Ross admits he’s an introvert at heart… and that ‘woke cancel culture’ is getting ‘dangerous and uncomfortable’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 14:11 BST, 31 May 2021 | Updated: 14:13 BST, 31 May 2021 Jonathan Ross weighed in on being ‘woke’ and ‘cancel culture’ … Read more
Tory war on ‘cancel culture’: People denied a platform by universities will be able to seek compensation in the courts under government plans designed to make campuses places where ‘freedom of speech can thrive’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:46 BST, 11 May 2021 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 11 May 2021 The … Read more
Owner of celebrity Turkish rooster that crows until he faints is forced to cancel his world tour due to the pandemic Okan Gokbudak, 28, owns a celebrity rooster Bahtiyar who crows until he faints Gokbudak has had to cancel a planned world tour, including a trip to the UK ‘Unfortunately, I cannot travel due to the … Read more
Student watchdog’s new head vows to end ‘deeply unhealthy’ university cancel culture by dishing out fines and bans for institutions that fail to uphold free speech Lord Wharton of Yarm last night put universities on notice they face harsh fines The Tory peer said the Office for Students is prepared to wield sweeping powers He … Read more
Comedian Adam Hills DEFENDS cancel culture and says other comics need to ‘be more responsible’ for what they say – and that it’s their own fault if they offend people and lose their audience By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:57 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 00:57 BST, 8 April 2021 Australian … Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury has railed against the creeping trend of cancel culture as a ‘huge threat’ to the Church of England’s future. Justin Welby also defended the right to freedom of speech after a teacher was suspended for showing his class a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. In a rare intervention, the head of the … Read more
Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of educational books for children, will no longer distribute The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future because it ‘perpetuates passive racism’ against Asians. Critics charge that the book’s storyline includes a Kung Fu master with dashes for eyes who wears traditional Asian garb. He is rescued … Read more