A DEBATE on free speech was denounced as an electioneering stunt by Conservative councillors, one of whom referred to being ‘figuratively stoned’ by the ‘church of woke’. As Oxfordshire County Councillors met for an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, Conservative councillor Arash Fatemian moved a motion for debate which suggested the council write to Oxford MP Layla Moran to say it was ‘profoundly disappointed’ to hear a view she expressed on free speech during a BBC Question Time debate. During the programme, Ms Moran, the Lib Dem MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, was asked about the education secretary Gavin Williamson’s plans to introduce ‘free speech champions’ in universities.
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