‘No Platforming’ and intolerance within the left are too often cited as the only reasons behind the purported demise of free speech on campus, which this week was proven to be untrue.
On Wednesday, King’s College London blocked at least ten students from accessing their campus during a visit from the Queen, and passed on the names of students in the KCL Action Palestine Society and the KCL Justice for Cleaners campaign to the police. This caused some of the students involved to miss their compulsory assessments. This move was done in the name of ‘security’, which has also been cited in attempts to shut down right-wing speakers opposed by left-wing activists.
Universities UK has previously highlighted in the Joint Committee for Human Rights’ report into free speech on campus how the government’s Prevent security strategy had created ‘a grey area in relation to free speech where one did not previously exist’.
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