Amber Rudd and no-platformed at Oxford Uni

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mindtheclegs · 06/03/2020 11:05

Did a quick search and couldn't find this as an own thread (added to Selina Todd's one but thought it worth a seperate one).

Her Tweet:
twitter.com/AmberRuddUK/status/1235838618221948928
"Badly judged & rude of some students last night at Oxford to decide to “no platform” me 30 mins before an event I had been invited to for #IWD2020 to encourage young women into politics. They should stop hiding and start engaging. #FreeSpeech"

The Oxford Uni article:
www.oxfordstudent.com/2020/03/05/unwomen-oxford-cancels-amber-rudd/
The group is called UNWomen. UnWomen?! And they apologised for hurtz and feels felt by non-binary and 'womxn'. Dressed up in dismay around her politics but they bloody knew her history before asking her to speak, yes?

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TwistedEyeOfHorus · 06/03/2020 11:50

UNwomen or Unwomen? Whatever, they're UNdemocratic, Unkind and definitely UNlikely to succeed in life if they can't ever listen to opposing views. I hope they're not studying law, because they really will have their mind blown if the lecturer asks them to take a stance they don't agree with and argue for it.

Floisme · 06/03/2020 11:45

Have they really called themselves 'Unwomen'?

Yes I know I'm missing the point but sometimes it's the only way I can deal with these dangerous idiots.

TheRealMcKenna · 06/03/2020 11:27

Of course, the free speech on campus crisis is STILL just a right-wing conspiracy.

Slow clap for the Guardian on another fine example of accurate reporting.

nettie434 · 06/03/2020 11:23

I really suspect that this was not about Windrush at all.

Completely agree - although that is assuming the protesters went to the trouble of looking up which Home Secretary introduced this policy. Amber Rudd took one for Theresa May there.

GCAcademic · 06/03/2020 11:16

The government needs to get a handle on this. Institutions who no-platform speakers are breaking the law. There should be clear and very strong consequences for doing so.

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mindtheclegs · 06/03/2020 11:13

The Guardian neglects to mention 'UnWomen' apologising for hurting their 'womxn' and 'non-binary' community in their article.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/06/amber-rudd-hits-out-at-rude-oxford-students-after-talk-cancelled

order-order.com/2020/03/06/amber-rudd-no-platformed-oxford-students/

"Rudd is, of course, on police files as the perpetrator of a “non-crime hate incident”, after an Oxford University Professor Joshua Silver reported the then-Home Secretary’s 2016 Conservative Party Conference speech to the West Midlands Police." (One for Harry The Owl?).

I really suspect that this was not about Windrush at all.

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