“I think in the UK debate is more acceptable, disagreement too. Diversity of thought is acceptable in a way it just isn’t in Canada.”
Given the UK’s perceived “free speech crisis”, one of many topics under discussion at the festival, this view speaks to the severity of Murphy’s experiences.
As a Canadian, this is something that really gets to me. Nowhere is perfect of course and there are real issues which people need to guard against, but when I see people complaining about authoritarianism in the UK, I think - you have no idea!